⚠️ A federal judge sentenced a man to 27 years for child exploitation and kidnapping-related crimes. ➡️ Prosecutors said he lured an 11-year-old online before taking her to New Jersey. 🔴 The sentence comes on top of a separate state prison term for fleeing police. A child predator has been sentenced to nearly three decades...Read More
The country is facing “an emergency” amid the increase in violence in
schools following the shooting incident in Tacloban and stabbing in Las
Piñas City, Education Secretary Sonny Angara said on Monday, Aug. 3. In an interview with The Philippine STAR’s
Truth On The Line, Angara acknowledged that aside from the learning
crisis, the...Read More
The country is facing “an emergency” amid the increase in violence in
schools following the shooting incident in Tacloban and stabbing in Las
Piñas City, Education Secretary Sonny Angara said on Monday, Aug. 3. In an interview with The Philippine STAR’s
Truth On The Line, Angara acknowledged that aside from the learning
crisis, the...Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Katie Britt joined Keeping It Real: Conversations with Jillian Michaels, for a long-form discussion about Big Tech and social media, AI chatbots, the gambling industry targeting minors, and the adverse effects each has on America’s youth. Excerpts from the interview are below. Michaels opened the episode by highlighting Senator Britt’s leadership: “Kids...Read More
Each day, more teenagers are turning to social media platforms such as TikTok and Instagram to stay informed about current events. Instead of relying on traditional news sources like television broadcasts or newspapers, many teens now get their news through short videos and social media posts covering breaking news, politics, entertainment, and global events. While...Read More
Overview New York is set to become the first state in the nation to restrict algorithmically-driven “addictive” social media features for users under 18. On July 29, 2026, the State published the final rules implementing the Stop Addictive Feeds Exploitation (SAFE) for Kids Act, which takes effect January 25, 2027. Who Is Covered? The Act applies...Read More
BYLINE: “Only a small part of teens’ mental health challenges are explained by social media and phone use; when we pretend that’s the solution, we miss the chance to address predictors that account for far more of the variability in teen well-being,” say professors Dr. Nancy Deutsch and Dr. Bethany Teachman, co-directors of UVA’s Thriving...Read More
On July 28, 2026, a Montgomery County jury sentenced Shawn Joseph Mullen, 35, to life without the possibility of parole after finding him guilty of Continuous Sexual Abuse of a Child following a trial in the 9th District Court before the Honorable Phil Grant. The investigation began in October 2024 after information developed through the...Read More
A monstrous accused predator turned relationships he built with fellow parents in the NYC shelter system into a hunting ground for child sex abuse victims — taking grotesque videos of his exploits with youngsters who thought of him as their godfather, Bronx prosecutors said Monday. Stephen Charles, 42, fidgeted as a prosecutor read the grim,...Read More
