Kamal for Child Safety Task Force to curb child abuse Deputy Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad Barrister Kayser Kamal today spoke at the Shaheed Abu Sayeed Convention Centre in Shahbagh. Photo: BSS DHAKA, June 6, 2026 (BSS) – Deputy Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad Barrister Kayser Kamal today called for the formation of a national...Read More
CHICAGO — Most research on adolescent social media use focuses on teens ages 13 and up, the minimum age required to create an account. But new research from Northwestern University is shedding light on a younger, largely overlooked group: children ages 8 to 12. Courtney Blackwell, a pediatric mental health and well-being expert at Northwestern...Read More
LAS VEGAS — When Livingston Parish deputies executed a search warrant at a suspect’s home, they discovered him actively using voice-changing technology to pose as a teen girl while communicating with a real child online— exactly the crime they had come to arrest him for. “He had a 14-year-old girl on the phone, he was...Read More
KINGSTON, N.Y. — School district officials said that proposed updates to the districtwide safety plan include keeping personnel in sync during crisis situations while making it easier for responding agencies to navigate the campuses. The proposed plan and the current plan can be found at https://www.kingstoncityschools.org/departments/school-safety and will be subject to a 7 p.m. July...Read More
WAYNE COUNTY, Mich. – A sex offender in New Boston has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for allegedly receiving and possessing child pornography. The investigation into 63-year-old Gerald Richard Sarkozi began in April 2024, after the FBI in Massachusetts received information from a mobile messaging app company that a registered sex offender in...Read More
Predator clear in new case Photo: Facebook Regis Palmer Warning: This story involves descriptions of child sex assault. Reader discretion is advised. An Okanagan man who was previously sent to jail for sexually abusing a foster child in 2023 was found not guilty of charges relating to sexual assault. According to a recently published Supreme...Read More
L – Aaron Spencer campaign photo; R, Inset – Aaron Spencer mug shot after his arrest | Images by Amy Leigh/X A judge has dismissed a second-degree murder charge against Arkansas sheriff candidate Aaron Spencer, ruling that missing evidence and misconduct by law enforcement made it impossible for the case to proceed. Special Circuit Court...Read More
THE STUDIES ARE BLEAK: Most teenagers don’t go out of their way to read news from reliable sources, or they depend on social media for their information about current events, which is a notoriously flawed approach, to put it lightly. Benjamin Barba-Zuniga is a senior at California High School in San Ramon and a member...Read More
HOUSTON – As court cases targeting major social media platforms move forward across the country, many parents are asking the same question: Who is responsible for keeping children safe online? While judges weigh the legal responsibility of tech companies, mental health experts say families should not wait for the outcome of those cases before taking...Read More
General News ADVOCATES of children’s rights have urged the National Assembly to speedily pass the Bill for an Act to enact the Child Online Access Protection and Online Violence Against Nigerian Child and for Other Related Matters. The advocates made the call in an interview with newsmen on the sidelines of a stakeholders’ round table...Read More
