The lawsuit was filed this week in Collin County by Annalise Sisson on behalf of her 3-year-old daughter. Represented by The Button Law Firm, Sisson accuses the daycare center of acting negligently, recklessly endangering children, and failing to protect the kids entrusted to its care. According to the complaint, on June 11, 2024, messages in...Read More

As part of a special operation designed to identify and apprehend scammers and child predators, the Baxter County Sheriff’s Office has made six arrests in the past week. Baxter County Sheriff John Montgomery says partnering with Trilogy Media, Inc., an organization dedicated to alerting the public about scams and shedding light on scammers through video...Read More

Democrat Rob Sand calls for social media age limit in kids’ tech safety plan DES MOINES, Iowa — Democratic gubernatorial candidate Rob Sand said he supports banning social media for children under age 16, setting age verification and parental consent requirements on certain apps and providing more safeguards for minors online, according to a kids’...Read More

By Stephen Baldwin, RealWV Photo by Perry Bennett. The news of Del. Elliott Pritt’s, R-Fayette, alleged child sexual abuse rocked the state last week. Reading the criminal complaint absolutely broke my heart. I can’t imagine the pain and trauma the alleged victim, plus Pritt’s family, will face for years to come. I pray they all...Read More

Key Points: Lawmakers unhappy with school safety fund’s effectiveness $26 million allocated for communication systems since 2019 Auditors found most agencies did not follow procurement requirements Republican and Democratic lawmakers alike are unhappy with a school safety fund established more than a half-decade ago, but the two parties remain split over how to fix the...Read More

By SÍLE MOLONEY COUNCILMAN OSWALD FELIZ (C.D. 15), chair of the city council committee on public safety, holds a joint hearing with the city council committee on education on Wednesday, April 29, 2026, to evaluate the operations of school safety agents (SSAs) and crossing guards. Photo courtesy of the Office of Councilman Oswald Feliz Bronx...Read More

France became the first country in the European Union (EU) to ban children under 15 years old from using social media. Both chambers of France’s Parliament voted in favor of the law, PBS reports, with lawmakers citing growing concerns of the harmful impact of social media on children. Sentiment against social media use for children...Read More

Digital platforms are facing greater accountability as regulators strengthen rules around youth protection and algorithm-driven content recommendations. The European Commission has issued preliminary findings that TikTok failed to meet the Digital Services Act’s requirements for protecting minors, citing the platform’s public account settings and recommendation system. TikTok allows minors to set their accounts to ‘public’,...Read More

SINGAPORE: A man kept a detailed diary of how much he spent on sexual acts with 17 girls, three of whom were 13 at the time. One of the 13-year-old girls lodged a police report against him after he asked her for more sex. Edmund Tan Shi Hui, a 28-year-old Singaporean man, was on Monday...Read More

A private organization that investigates suspected child predators reported a second similar incident to the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office within two weeks. The latest incident was reported July 15 on Hawks Court in Nicholson after members of the group said they communicated with a man through several social media platforms while posing as a 14-year-old...Read More