Todd Blanche (Photo by Valerie Plesch/Bloomberg via Getty Images) Todd Blanche went to Congress today. It went as well anyone could expect considering the Trump slush fund the DOJ just dropped. The Acting Attorney General appeared before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee Tuesday for what was nominally a budget hearing — the White House has requested...Read More

Cyberbullying is a serious problem in today’s digital world. With the rise of social media and online communication, bullying no longer happens only in schools or public spaces. It can occur at any time through phones and online platforms, making it difficult for victims to escape. Cyberbullying is defined as the intentional and repeated use...Read More

Bangladesh’s digital child protection policy still rests on a dangerously comforting illusion: that harmful online content can be managed by blocking websites. It is a politically convenient approach, because it allows the state to appear decisive without confronting the actual architecture of digital harm. It is also a technically weak approach. Bangladesh has already relied...Read More

If you were sentient in the early 1980s, you probably remember watching public service announcements that made it seem as if every neighborhood in America was teeming with creeps. A typical “stranger danger” P.S.A. went something like this one, from the American Medical Association. A maternal voice-over intones: “You’ve taught your children to be polite...Read More

You may have noticed blue pinwheels around your town: in front of government buildings, schools and in windows. This small blue pinwheel is the symbol for Child Abuse Prevention Month each April. It’s also a symbol of possibility, a reminder that when we work together to support families early, we can create communities where children...Read More

San Diego County sheriff’s deputies were searching for a man suspected of sexually battering a 10-year-old girl in Poway over the weekend. The assault was reported at 7 p.m. Saturday near the 13400 block of Midland Road in the City of Poway, according to the SDSO. The girl’s friend was with her at the time...Read More

Henna Virkkunen, Executive Vice-President for Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy of the European Commission. Source The European Commission has preliminarily found that Meta may be in breach of the Digital Services Act over how Facebook and Instagram handle access by users under 13. The finding focuses on whether the company has “diligently” identified, assessed and...Read More

Tech giant Meta recently announced a set of new features to give parents greater oversight of how their children use Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and Horizon. This follows the company’s announcement earlier this month that it is expanding age assurance checks to filter 13-to-17-year-old users into teen accounts in the United States and other countries, following...Read More

Minnesota’s Catholic bishops are applauding the passage of a bipartisan bill this week that restricts what critics say are the addictive aspects of social media for children below age 15. The Minnesota Catholic Conference, the public policy arm of the Church in Minnesota, issued a statement May 16 saying it is “encouraged” that lawmakers in...Read More

Table of Contents Close Table of Contents Key Takeaways: Cyberbullying Statistics & Facts Even though cyberbullying affects teenagers most (46% of U.S. teenagers), almost 41% of U.S. adults faced some form of cyberbullying from 2020 to 2021. In 2023, the average lifetime cyberbullying victimization rate was revealed to be 31.2%. 2,24 Facebook is the leading...Read More