TL;DR: Waffle’s screen-free kids’ phones — the Waffle Home ($119) and Waffle Go ($149) — are available to pre-order now and ship in October. Want your kids to be able to reach you, but not quite ready to hand them a phone that opens the door to social media and the internet? Waffle just opened...Read More
A small dog named Draco spends his days watching for signs that his owner, 24-year-old Alexis Spence, might harm herself. He was trained to intervene during panic attacks and self-harm episodes — a direct legacy of the mental health crisis Alexis says began when she opened her first Instagram account at age 11, two years...Read More
Social media execs to front hearing over tougher kids ban penalties | Lawyerly Social media execs to front hearing over tougher kids ban penalties Save (0) Please login to bookmark Close Representatives from Meta, Google, TikTok and Snap will front a Senate hearing this week over whether they should face penalties of up to $99...Read More
DEA warns parents about drug dealers targeting teens on social media OMAHA, Neb. — As students head back to school, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is warning parents about a growing way teenagers can be exposed to illegal drugs, through their phones. DEA Omaha Field Division Public Information Officer Emily Murray says drug traffickers are...Read More
Here’s the stories you’ll be talking about on the New Jersey 101.5 Morning Show. Newark police are looking for the person who stole a computer from someone’s porch minutes after a FedEx delivery (Newark NJ Department of Public Safety via Facebook)Newark police are looking for the person who stole a computer from someone’s porch minutes...Read More
By Jason Lange and Courtney Rozen WASHINGTON, Aug 9 (Reuters) – A bipartisan majority of Americans support more government rules for how social media companies conduct business, including a requirement of age-verification tools to keep younger children off social media, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll. The poll, which was conducted over the six days ending...Read More
Meta now faces $942 million in penalties and court-ordered remedies in New Mexico after a judge found its platforms constituted a public nuisance that harmed children. Meta says it disagrees with the ruling and plans to appeal, maintaining that it works to protect young users and that the case misrepresents its safety record. The decision...Read More
BANGKOK, Aug 12 — Thailand’s Cabinet has approved a proposal to elevate school safety to a “national agenda” following the Aug 7 shooting at a school in Nonthaburi province. Deputy government spokeswoman Capt Patdarasm Thongsaluaykorn said the Ministry of Education proposed the move to strengthen the systematic prevention of and response to incidents at educational institutions...Read More
A New Mexico court just delivered one of the biggest blows yet to Meta, the company behind Facebook and Instagram. The court ordered Meta to pay $567 million to help young people who were hurt by its platforms. Combined with an earlier $375 million penalty from March, Meta now owes New Mexico $942 million total....Read More
Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday announced a lawsuit Tuesday against the social media app TikTok, contending the wildly popular platform misrepresents itself as age-appropriate for children. “This includes profanity, drinking, drug use, nudity, individuals in sexually suggestive situations,” he said. “Activities that 13-, 14- and 15-year-olds should not be exposed to at such a young...Read More
