TikTok executives decided not to disable notifications during school hours, ignoring recommendations from their own safety team, and paid millions of dollars to parents’ and teachers’ associations to promote the social network in schools. Snapchat sent alerts to teenagers while they were in class urging them to share what was happening in the classroom. Google...Read More
BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — A West Palm Beach food delivery driver is behind bars after allegedly driving to a park on Thursday to meet who he believed was a 14-year-old girl for sex. According to the probable cause affidavit, 44-year-old John Johnson was arrested Thursday evening by Boynton Beach Police at Intracoastal Park after...Read More
Sen. Dan Laughlin (R-49) today announced that more than $528,000 in state funding has been awarded to nonpublic schools in Erie County through Pennsylvania’s Targeted School Safety for Nonpublic Schools Grant Program. The grants were approved by the School Safety and Security Committee and are designed to help schools improve security measures, prevent violence, and...Read More
Brandon Abbott, 44, was convicted on both child molesting charges filed against him. MORGANTOWN, Indiana — A Morgantown man was sentenced to 40 years in prison after being convicted of molesting a child from when they were 7 to 9 years old, Johnson County Prosecutor Lance Hamner announced Friday, June 5. Brandon Abbott, 44, was...Read More
Cans of Celsius lined up on a store shelf by MDV Edwards via Shutterstock (1) Celsius Holdings (CELH) remains in focus after Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton launched an investigation into the company for marketing Alani Nu to teenagers and children. Alani Nu is a low-calorie energy drink containing 200 mg of caffeine per 12-ounce...Read More
“Social media is a failed state,” proclaimed Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez last week, before announcing plans to ban social media entirely for kids 15 years old and younger. “Today, our children are exposed to a space where they were never meant to navigate alone: a space of addiction, abuse, pornography, manipulation, and violence,” Sánchez...Read More
A bill making its way through the North Carolina General Assembly could ban some teenagers from having an account on social media. Host Tim Boyum sits down with the lawmaker who introduced the bill to talk about why he felt it was time to take action and the opposition he’s seen. Plus, Secretary of State...Read More
Masoud Abdi had his sentence increased by five years after the Solicitor General Ellie Reeves KC MP referred his case to the Court of Appeal under the Unduly Lenient Sentence Scheme. The Leeds Crown Court heard that Abdi contacted the victim over social media, lied about his age and despite learning she was 14 years...Read More
Beyond major retail platforms, independent direct-to-consumer sites have cropped up to sell loungers that don’t appear to meet the new lounger standards or other infant product standards that might apply, including sites like Little Manta, Mumzworld, and SunLoveKids, all of which sell lounger-style products. In some cases, those products are marketed with soft sleep-adjacent language...Read More
“companies needs to be more responsible, but they are not going to be until they are fined otherwise, so government has to step up and regulate them more, and fine them” – Woman, 35-44, London “Platforms need to spend a lot more money policing harmful content. They will take down copyrighted material within minutes, so...Read More
