Children aged 13 to14 will not be able to create independent social media accounts but only ‘mini accounts’ through their parents Proposal seeks gradual transition from supervised, restricted online access to independent social media use The European Commission has proposed new rules aimed at limiting children’s access to social media and requiring online services to...Read More

Children under 13 in Czechia could be barred from social media under sweeping new EU rules unveiled Thursday, while teenagers would face parental controls until they turn 15. The European Commission’s proposed EU KIDS Act would establish common age restrictions across all 27 member states as part of a broader attempt to protect children from...Read More

EU to ban social media for kids The European Union (EU) has announced plans to ban social media for under-13s – a move welcomed by child safety campaigners. The proposals were unveiled on Wednesday by Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission.  “Many perceive the power of big tech as overwhelming and impossible...Read More

For Wisconsin parents, the most disturbing aspects of their teen’s phone probably have little to do with screen time. Bigger questions surround what happens inside the apps: notifications, endless feeds, the urge to keep checking and personalized recommendations. Families sense these problems even when scientists can’t prove causation or define a diagnosis. Wisconsin’s Assembly Bill...Read More

The EU announced a long-awaited social media ban for teens on Thursday (17 September), expecting Big Tech to align its deliberately addictive designs to child safety measures. But the issue, critics say, will be enforcing it. The legislation unveiled by the commission during the Strasbourg plenary aims to ban social media for children under the...Read More

A day after European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen teased the EU KIDS Act during the State of the Union address to European Parliament, the Commission formally rolled out the proposal, which contains bracketed age restrictions and platform requirements around minors’ access to social media.  The proposed regulation imposes a blanket ban on children...Read More

REDDING, Calif. — A convicted child predator from Laos, ordered removed from the United States in 2005, was arrested last month during an immigration enforcement operation in Redding, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced. The operation occurred in August 2026. The ICE Fugitive Operations team said Kao Wang Saechao, a Laos national, was convicted...Read More

The Australian Digital subscription 12 Month Plan costs $338 (min. cost) for the first 12 months, charged as $26 every 4 weeks. This automatically renews after the first 12 months to be charged as $26 (min. cost) every 4 weeks. Renewals occur unless cancelled as per full Terms and Conditions. No cancellations during the first...Read More

DETROIT – A former Metro Detroit doctor was sentenced this week to 108 months — or about nine years in federal prison — after pleading guilty in May to a federal child sex abuse charge. The charge stemmed from a multi-state investigation into the sexual exploitation of children involving three other men. Lincoln Erickson, 32,...Read More

2-hour daily limits, no nighttime scrolling and more Meta is making changes to its apps like Instagram and Facebook for teens in the United States,  including things like a two-hour daily time limit. Teens here in Canada are divided on whether it’s a good thing. “I think it’s a good idea because I think people in...Read More