California lawmakers introduce AB 1709 to age‑gate addictive social features, create an e‑Safety commission and protect kids from social media harms. tulcarion Getty Images We don’t always see eye to eye as colleagues — a given for a Democrat and a Republican. Yet, despite our differences, we do agree on one thing: Social media, in...Read More

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Georgia Tech and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta (CHOA) are working together to develop an AI social media surveillance tool that can help identify when a young person is at risk of a harmful mental health event. The tool is based on a decade and a half of research. Researchers...Read More

The US says it is processing deportation of a South Sudanese man who targeted and defiled children, intensifying clear-outs for sex pests. According to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Ruben Marier was arrested on Sunday and is set to be deported after being identified as a child sex predator. The department said Marier had...Read More

37 Bossier Parish students head back to school this Thursday, August 6, and the Bossier Parish Sheriff’s Office is asking everyone to help make it a safe start to the school year. As you travel this week, please remember: Slow down in active school zones and obey posted speed limits. Put your phone down. Louisiana...Read More

Ten people have been found guilty of cyber bullying France’s first lady Brigitte Macron. The online claims were about her gender and sexuality, including allegations that she is a transgender woman who was born a man. The French president’s wife told TF1 ahead of the verdict that the online attacks against her appeared endless and...Read More

President Emmanuel Macron’s wife, Brigitte, has faced intense harassment on social media with malicious claims she was born a man. Published On 5 Jan 20265 Jan 2026 A Paris court has found 10 people guilty of being involved in the cyber-harassment of President Emmanuel Macron’s wife, Brigitte. On Monday, the defendants, including eight men and...Read More

Al-Abdulghani Y (2021) Exploring digital resilience in Qatar: a socio-technical perspective. Dissertation, Carnegie Mellon University. https://kilthub.cmu.edu/articles/thesis/Exploring_Digital_Resilience_in_Qatar_A_Socio-Technical_Perspective/16725265?file=30962941 Alhassan MD, Butler M (2021) Digital resilience and the continuance use of mobile payment services. Paper presented at the 1st virtual conference on implications of information and digital technologies for development, Cornell University, New York, 22 Aug (2021). https://arxiv.org/abs/2108.09743...Read More

4 August 2026 A majority of Australian teens are still on social media – despite the government’s crackdown. Australia introduced the ban last year In 2025, Australia became the first country in the world to introduce a ban on social media for under-16s – but new research shows that more than eight in 10 teens...Read More

In an age saturated by technology and social media, some Waterloo Region families are finding ways to limit their children’s exposure to it. One Waterloo Region mother stood her ground when her son asked for a phone. Her main concern is access to social media and things that are not age-appropriate. “In some people’s eyes,...Read More

Cyberbullying has emerged as a pervasive problem in educational settings worldwide, posing significant risks to students’ mental health and academic success (Kowalski et al., 2014; Tokunaga, 2010). Defined as the use of digital technologies to harass or harm others, cyberbullying transcends physical boundaries and can occur anytime, reaching a wide audience (Smith et al., 2008;...Read More