HONOLULU (CN) — Attorneys for TikTok and the state of Hawaii clashed Thursday over whether one of the state’s most significant attempts to regulate social media should be thrown out before it ever reaches trial. Attorney General Anne Lopez accused the social media giant in December of using manipulative design features to addict minors while...Read More
(KNSI) – Governor Tim Walz on Tuesday signed legislation expanding Minnesota’s protections for children using social media, requiring parental consent for users under 16 and banning addictive design features on child accounts. House File 4138 amends the state’s Stop Harms From Addictive Social Media (SHASM) statute, adding new privacy safeguards, parental controls, and restrictions on...Read More
Connecticut officials are pushing further on efforts to protect minors online, with the attorney general’s office announcing on Tuesday that it is investigating Roblox, one of the largest online gaming platforms in the country. The platform allows users to create and distribute games for others to play, lets users design customizable avatars, and includes interactive...Read More
Studies are now showing evidence to suggest the ways teenagers are engaging in sexual activity is changing. More high school students are “just saying no” to physical intercourse, but the shift towards virtual intimacy could lead to damaging consequences. The most recent Youth Risk Behavior Survey from the Center for Disease Control shows a nearly...Read More
The Honourable Paul Anastassiou KC used his closing address of the Child Safety Commission of Inquiry to underline the critical importance of protecting children and improving the systems designed to support them, following 10 months of evidence, submissions and hearings. Commissioner Anastassiou delivered an incisive address at the ceremonial closing hearing in Brisbane on Thursday...Read More
Minnesota social media tax considered Minnesota could become the first state to tax social media companies if a new bill gets passed by lawmakers this year. FOX 9?s Corin Hoggard explains how it could work. ST. PAUL, Minn. (FOX 9) – Minnesota is rolling out new rules to keep kids safer on social media, giving...Read More
WINTER PARK, Fla. (CBS12) — Alan Chambers, the former president of an infamous Florida-based anti-LGBTQ conversion therapy organization, was arrested in an undercover child predator sting. Detectives said 54-year-old Chambers of Winter Park was taken into custody Tuesday following an undercover operation in which he allegedly communicated online with an undercover detective posing as a...Read More
(InvestigateTV) — Every morning, parents send their kids to school and expect them to come home safe. Yet for many families, the threat of a school shooting is a very real fear. In 2025, there were more than 160 incidents of gunfire on school grounds, resulting in 54 deaths and 149 injuries, according to Everytown....Read More
Marine Corps veteran Austin Parker, president of the McLennan County Veterans Association, joins KWTX@4’s Justin Earley and Lauren Westbrook to share why it’s so important for civilians, families, and young people to take part in honoring fallen service members on Memorial Day. He walks through what to expect at Monday’s community-wide ceremony at the Doris...Read More
WILLIAMSON COUNTY, Texas (KWTX) — The Williamson County Sheriff’s Office Organized Crime Unit arrested a 36-year-old man on child exploitation charges. Investigators arrested Evan Jackson on one count of online solicitation of a minor and two counts of possession of child pornography depicting a child engaging in sexual conduct, the sheriff’s office said. Investigators arrested...Read More
