Wikipedia Commons Windsor police have arrested and charged 22-year-old Qasim Sabi with sexual assault-related offences involving minors after he had previously been released on multiple occasions, including in connection with other sexual assault charges involving minors. Police announced Saturday that Sabi had been arrested and charged with two counts of sexual assault, two sexual interference...Read More
Wikipedia Commons Windsor police have arrested and charged 22-year-old Qasim Sabi with sexual assault-related offences involving minors after he had previously been released on multiple occasions, including in connection with other sexual assault charges involving minors. Police announced Saturday that Sabi had been arrested and charged with two counts of sexual assault, two sexual interference...Read More
In compliance with Australia’s trailblazing social-media ban, Meta has used AI-detection technology to remove over 750,000 accounts across Facebook and Instagram that belong to users under 16 years of age. According to the company’s announcement, Meta has removed around 250,000 teen accounts in the region since January, when the tech giant reported the first 500,000...Read More
Roblox Corporation is being investigated by the US Senate, claiming the platform is disregarding online child safety practices. With Fortnite and Roblox being the most under scrutiny for their online child safety practices or lack thereof, the US Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism has officially launched an investigation into Roblox Corporation. Senators Josh...Read More
The Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office reported the following arrests: Robert Allen Sanders, 48, Grand Prairie, Texas — domestic abuse battery-strangulation. Caleb Antonio Colado, 22, 709 W. Verdine St., Sulphur — two counts direct contempt of court; two counts battery of a dating partner-strangulation; false imprisonment. Joseph Earl Bellow Jr., 58, 407 Peake St. — drug...Read More
Of the thousands of lawsuits Meta faces over child safety on its platforms, none may be more consequential than one going to trial this week in California. States are seeking extensive financial damages that could, in theory, total as much as $1.4 trillion, plus changes to how the company operates Facebook and Instagram. The lawsuit accuses the...Read More
One in four adolescents aged 13–17 in Latin America and the Caribbean reports experiencing bullying at school. The new toolkit highlights the health impacts of bullying and cyberbullying and provides practical tools to prevent and address them. Washington, D.C., August 17, 2026 (PAHO) – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) launched the toolkit What Works...Read More
The US Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism has launched an investigation into Roblox, saying the platform “appears to prioritise revenue and engagement metrics” over child safety. In a letter to Roblox CEO David Baszucki (via Kotaku), Senators Josh Hawley and Dick Durbin said the “alleged criminal activity on Roblox warrants congressional scrutiny.” “You...Read More
BBB.org, Sunday, August 16, 2026 8:38 PM The worldwide trend of banning social media for children has been blocked in France, BBC reports. The country’s Constitutional Council struck down a ban for the under-15 age group on the grounds that it infringed freedom of expression. French President Emmanual Macron has asked Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu to...Read More
Adolescent outcasts, identity and violence take center stage in Oasis (Oase), the much-anticipated debut feature of German writer-director Jannis Lenz, which will world premiere on Sept. 6 in the Horizons section of the 83rd edition of the Venice Film Festival. This one will be very different from that other Oasis movie at Venice, Oasis: Don’t Look Back...Read More
