When 13-year-old Ishiat Shahriar Opratim walked out the door with his mother’s iPhone last Friday, his family expected photo-snapping with friends — not a tragedy. Another child who did not come home leaves parents asking agonizing questions. Yet, child-protection bodies like UNICEF point to subtle daily safety routines that offer a line of defence. Know...Read More
The EU Commission draft law to restrict young people’s access to the internet that it presented last week will come at a high cost: it will put online services behind age gates, expand the use of intrusive age verification, and undermine the privacy of all users. The EU Kids Act aims to protect children from risks associated...Read More
Child Passenger Safety Week: Protecting the youngest among us 2026-09-21 By: Chris Perkins, Senior Writer & Editor, GM News General Motors connects people to what matters, and so often, that’s family. That’s why the company’s commitment to safety is foundational and prioritizes protecting the youngest among us. There’s hardly a better time...Read More
Rob Sand wants to ban social media for Iowa kids under 16. What about parental permission? How would Democratic candidate for governor Rob Sand’s proposed social media ban for Iowa kids work? Democratic candidate for governor Rob Sand wants to ban children under 16 from having social media accounts in Iowa, even with their parents’...Read More
Photo Credit: Getty Images Europe may be taking major steps to curb social media’s grip on kids. A new proposal would place tighter guardrails on teenagers and block children under 13 from social platforms entirely, according to The Associated Press. Here’s what to know In her annual State of the European Union speech in Strasbourg,...Read More
The comprehensive school safety bill consolidates protections under existing child protection, mental health, and disaster policies into a singular operational framework for public and private schools MANILA, Philippines – The Senate on Monday, September 21, approved on third and final reading a bill that institutionalizes a comprehensive school safety framework, following three fatal school shootings...Read More
CANYON, Texas (KVII) — A Randall County judge sentenced an Amarillo man to life in prison after a jury convicted him of continuous sexual abuse of a young child. A jury found John Jacob Wilson guilty on Thursday after deliberating for 31 minutes. Prosecutors said the case began in 2022, when the victim told a...Read More
Robert Pattinson’s latest A24 outing is pulling from very real and very uncomfortable television history. ‘Primetime‘ is based on Chris Hansen’s real life rise to the top as one of the most famous true crime TV hosts. It is a dramatization built around the show that made him a household name. So what is ‘Primetime’...Read More
A state supreme court ruling is sparking a major debate over constitutional rights and public safety as more than 20,000 sex offenders are being removed from Michigan’s registry. Michigan State Police have removed more than 20,000 people from the state’s sex offender registry following a landmark Michigan Supreme Court ruling — slashing the list by...Read More
Interior view of House of Commons at Canada Parliament. Ottawa, Canada – December 15, 2025. Shutterstock When the Canadian government introduced Bill C-34, the Safe Social Media Act, in June, much of the news coverage likened it to Australia’s social media ban. While Bill C-34 contains an under-sixteen social-media limit, it also grants a new...Read More
