(Bloomberg) — A key Senate committee on Wednesday advanced a package of bills aimed at improving children’s safety online, teeing up a showdown with the House over whether to hold Meta Platforms Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google liable for harms done to minors on their social media platforms. Most Read from Bloomberg The bills passed...Read More
Teen sleep is quietly collapsing, and the device on the nightstand is a big reason why. Adolescents biologically need about nine hours a night, but many parents report their kids logging only six to seven hours on school nights, and researchers are increasingly pointing to late-evening phone use as a driver. The stakes go beyond...Read More
Parents want to know how much their teenager’s phone is really disrupting sleep, mood and daily functioning. Experts on adolescent sleep and media use are pointing to specific ways screen time reshapes stress hormones, mental health and nightly routines. How Does Phone Use Affect Teen Sleep? Cellphone use before bed delays the natural drop in...Read More
New York is taking another step to address growing concerns about the impact of social media on children’s mental health, with new regulations that will require platforms to limit addictive features for users under 18. State officials on July 29 released final rules implementing the Stop Addictive Feeds Exploitation, or SAFE, for Kids Act, which...Read More
by The National News Desk Fri, August 7th 2026 at 10:10 AM Updated Fri, August 7th 2026 at 10:28 AM NEW YORK, NEW YORK – JANUARY 31: In this photo illustration, a teenager uses her mobile phone to access social media on January 31, 2024 in New York City. Technology executives appeared at a Senate...Read More
Meta’s ad platform did something it has promised, repeatedly, never to allow again. According to a new investigation from Wired, Meta ran dozens of paid ads over the past nine months containing explicit AI-generated child sexual abuse imagery, some of which stayed live even after the company was directly confronted about them. If this feels...Read More
A proposed private member’s bill could introduce stricter safeguards for children using social media and online gaming platforms in India. The Safeguarding Healthy Internet Environments for Little Digital-Natives (SHIELD) Bill, 2025, proposed by BJP MP Baijayant Panda, seeks to bar children under 13 from creating accounts on social media and gaming platforms without verified parental...Read More
Meta Platforms Inc.’s WhatsApp is testing a new feature that lets users in India add their date of birth, an update to the massively popular messaging service in its largest market. Screenshots circulating online in recent days show a box that appeared atop the app for some users saying, “Add your date of birth. Upcoming...Read More
A former senior executive at PGIM and longtime real estate executive was arrested as part of a sting operation involving minors in San Francisco. Photo credit: Unsplash/Daniel von Appen Reuben Teague, 50, was one of five men arrested in the undercover operation conducted by the San Francisco Sheriff’s Office in conjunction with other U.S. law...Read More
School safety: Law enforcement urges traffic awareness on Athens, Limestone County roads Published 7:30 am Saturday, August 8, 2026 With local classes back in session for the start of the 2026-2027 academic year, busy periods of school traffic will once more become part of the weekday bustle as motorists make their rounds in and around...Read More
