Screen time doesn’t reveal everything about teens’ online experiences. stockphotodirectors Getty Educators fielding questions about phones and focus can now draw on a growing body of peer-reviewed research. Research suggests that what teens do online, the content they encounter and their individual experiences can matter alongside the amount of time they spend on screens.Why doesn’t...Read More
Alexis Romero – The Philippine StarOctober 13, 2026 | 12:00am SINGAPORE — The administration is studying “really hard” a proposal to impose a blanket ban on minors’ access to high-risk digital services, President Marcos said yesterday as he admitted there is no easy solution to the problem that triggered recent school shootings. Marcos said violent...Read More
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 16 — Debate on the Supply (Budget) Bill 2027 was the main focus of the Dewan Rakyat in the second week of the Third Meeting of the Fifth Session of the 15th Parliament, alongside current issues such as haze, health, education and school safety, as well as the cost of living.A total...Read More
Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird and counterparts from three other states announced plans Wednesday to sue OpenAI in state courts, alleging ChatGPT harmed children and violated each state’s consumer fraud act. Bird was joined by attorneys general Kris Kobach of Kansas, Mike Hilgers of Nebraska, and JB McCuskey of West Virginia at the Iowa Capitol...Read More
News Service of Florida, Author at NBC2 NewsTALLAHASSEE, Fla. —Florida’s law banning minors under 14 from getting their own social media accounts is likely constitutional, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday, throwing out a lower court’s preliminary injunction against the law.The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals had previously stayed the lower court’s ruling blocking the...Read More
The real estate group’s charity initiatives this quarter span a $13,000 in combined grants, a child safety awareness campaign and a 500km cycling challenge in Thailand. At a glance Harcourts Foundation has granted $10,000 to Dress for Success Tasmania to run outreach employment services across Northern Tasmania through 2026/27, and is backing child safety and...Read More
The state is making nearly two-million-dollars available to help Massachusetts schools protect children from the harmful effects of social media. The grants will be used to educate students about online safety, cyberbullying, protecting personal information and recognizing misinformation. Grants of up to 60-thousand-dollars each are available through the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. Applications...Read More
ROCKFORD, Ill. (Rockford News First) – Cases of online extremist networks targeting children have increased in the U.S., according to federal investigators. Now, child safety experts are sounding the alarm, urging parents to take caution. Just days ago, a leader of global violent extremist network 764 plead guilty to conspiracy to sexually exploit minors.Jamie Powers...Read More
ATLANTA —Above video: Your Thursday headlinesGeorgia parents will have to approve social media accounts for children 15 and younger under a state law that can move forward after a federal appeals court lifted an order blocking it.The ruling Thursday by the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals clears a major legal obstacle for Senate Bill...Read More
If you have checked your phone’s screen time dashboard lately and felt your stomach drop, you are not alone. Those numbers tell you how long your teenager scrolls. They do not tell you what shows up on the screen when they do. That blind spot is where researchers and pediatricians are focusing their attention, and...Read More
