SANTA FE, NM – A New Mexico court has ordered Meta, the parent of Facebook and Instagram, to pay $567 million to address harm to young users from its platforms, in the second phase of a case. Judge Bryan Biedscheid said $420 million of the amount will be used for treatment services for young people,...Read More

Watching a quick video on TikTok or checking a friend’s latest Snapchat story seems like harmless fun. However, it’s becoming more apparent every day that social media use negatively affects many teens and children. Teens and young adults have experienced a rise in social media addictions, anxiety, depression, body image issues, and suicidal thoughts. What Drives Teens...Read More

On July 31, Alachua County Sheriff’s Office (ACSO) deputies arrested Christopher Lamar Johnson, 33, after he was caught in their child predator sting dubbed “Operation Firewall.” Johnson is one of 16 men who ACSO arrested in the sting. Around 3:00 p.m., the same day of his arrest, Johnson went on the Skipthegames application and began...Read More

Photo Credit: A24 here are some movie roles you can see coming. Robert Pattinson tackles Chris Hansen, and that was not one of them. Yet that’s exactly what makes Primetime immediately intriguing. The upcoming A24 thriller drops audiences back into the mid-2000s and the rise of the television phenomenon that became To Catch a Predator,...Read More

Five Bay Area men arrived at a San Francisco home in late July, thinking they were going to meet kids they’d been soliciting online for sex, authorities said. Instead, cameras were rolling. Undercover deputies arrested them while drones flew overhead. Chris Hansen, the former host of “To Catch a Predator,” stepped in to confront the...Read More

School has started at Palestine Independent School District, and many schools in our coverage area, and extra care needs to be taken by motorists sharing the roads with school buses, children walking or on bicycles, and even lots of new teen drivers driving on their own for the first time. “As another school year begins,...Read More

Following the violent incident at Debsirin Nonthaburi School, four key ministries responsible for human capital development held a joint meeting to prevent a recurrence. They are accelerating work on “National School Safety Standards” to be completed within 90 days, including regular mental health screening for students and teachers. The meeting was led by Professor Yodchanan...Read More

Australian schools are overlooking one of the most effective tools available to help identify bullying and protect student wellbeing, with artificial intelligence and digital monitoring capabilities remaining underutilised across many school-managed platforms. BDO National Digital Leader Nick Kervin said schools were increasingly investing in technology, but many were failing to use existing capabilities to identify...Read More

The families of four teenagers who died by suicide are suing social media companies Meta, TikTok, Snapchat and YouTube. (AP Photo) The families of four teenagers who died by suicide are suing Meta, TikTok, Snapchat and YouTube over what they describe as “years of escalating harms” from using their platforms that eventually resulted in their...Read More

In a landmark ruling against Meta, a New Mexico judge likened the company’s social media platforms to factories. The psychological harm to children who use Facebook and Instagram, he said, can be seen as their pollution. Judge Bryan Biedscheid fined the company $567 million in his ruling Thursday, but he also prescribed steps to clean...Read More