The European Commission has introduced the EU Kids Act, a proposal that would ban children under 13 from accessing social media and set 15 as the minimum age to open an unsupervised account. The draft would require parental supervision for 13 and 14-year-olds, who could use age-appropriate social media and video-sharing platforms only through sub-accounts...Read More

The Glendale Unified School District Board of Education at its Tuesday, Sept. 8, meeting, discussed school safety plans for the 2026-27 school year, covering technology, campus resources and protocols, safety drills, security camera usage, partnership with law enforcement and student behavior data. Director of Student Support Services Hagop Eulmessekian, who provided a presentation to the...Read More

House summons Meta’s Zuckerberg over child safety, defers action on 2027 DICT budget The House of Representatives summons Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg. This over child safety concerns and how the platform can improve online safety for Filipino users. Full story: https://www.rappler.com/philippines/house-summons-meta-mark-zuckerberg-child-safety-dict-2027-budget/ | Rappler ———————————————— Source linkRead More

Whether seen as a scourge or a source of entertainment, social media is here to stay. While adult opinions of the online space may wax and wane, for many years the effect that endless mindless scrolling through, often downright offensive, content has on minds that are too young to process it has been a bone...Read More

Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, on Wednesday agreed to pay 47 states, the District of Columbia, and a handful of U.S. territories, up to $17.1 billion in penalties over claims that its social media platforms are addictive and a danger to children. Oregon will receive $125 million from Meta in what Oregon Attorney...Read More

Hamburg, N.Y. (WBEN) – New York State Police arrested a suspected child predator Wednesday, September 17. Seth Powell, 22 of Hamburg, is charged with Promoting a Sexual Performance by a Child and Possessing a Sexual Performance by a Child, both felonies. The Bureau of Criminal Investigation out of SP Boston and Troop A Computer Crimes...Read More

WASHINGTON (TNND) — Meta is overhauling how teens will experience Instagram and Facebook after a nearly $18 billion settlement with nearly every U.S. state in a lawsuit over claims of social media addiction and failures to protect children. Users under 18 are already automatically placed in Teen Accounts, which are set to private by default...Read More

Gov. Newsom signed landmark bipartisan legislation strengthening California’s protections for children online and when using artificial intelligence (A.I.). The new laws strengthen safeguards for companion chatbots, prohibit social media platforms from offering addictive features to users under 16, and expand privacy protections for children, according to a press release from Newsom’s office. With the governor’s...Read More

A former Metro Detroit doctor was sentenced to prison on charges of receiving child pornography, according to the United States Attorney’s Office. Lincoln Erickson, 32, of Farmington Hills, was sentenced this week to nine years in federal prison after pleading guilty in May to the receipt of child pornography, United States Attorney Jerome F. Gordon...Read More

While Europe works toward a unified approach to age assurance regulation, American legal structures and values have fractured the national debate, with various states emerging to champion different laws and approaches. A slate of new laws passed in California see the Golden State aiming to lead the way on legislating AI companies, and on establishing...Read More