ITANAGAR, July 31: Pema Khandu on Friday called for stronger regional cooperation among North Eastern states to address emerging threats facing children, including human trafficking, online exploitation, substance abuse, child marriage, and cross-border vulnerabilities. Addressing the inaugural session of the two-day North East State Commissions for Protection of Child Rights (NE SCPCR) Convention 2026 here,...Read More
“Kids and their phones these days” has been a complaint ever since the first cellular phone was introduced. However, there has been growing concern over the amount of time children spend not just on their phone, but scrolling through social media. The state of New York is hoping to address this issue through their finalized...Read More
ILLINOIS (KFVS) – Governor JB Pritzker signed the Children’s Social Media Safety Act into law on Friday morning, July 31. The bill was designed to protect children on social media. It was passed unanimously in both chambers. “Big social media companies understand and have confessed to how their platforms and addictive algorithms harm our children...Read More
The company said that the Play Signal API, currently available in Brazil, will be rolled out in Australia and Canada by mid-August, before becoming available globally across all markets by the end of 2026. Google confirmed that the new system does not allow apps to access sensitive personal information, such as users’ dates of birth....Read More
The families of four teenagers who died by suicide are suing Meta, TikTok, Snapchat and YouTube over what they describe as “years of escalating harms” from using their platforms that eventually resulted in their deaths. The lawsuit, filed Thursday in the Superior Court of Delaware, is the latest in a flurry of suits filed against the social...Read More
LYNCHBURG, Va. (WDBJ) – Just days after an out of state abduction made headlines with an arrest locally, state leaders and law enforcement are joining forces to protect children online. As we’ve reported, a Blacksburg man now faces 55 new charges in Montgomery County after he was accused of kidnapping a Milwaukee teenager and holding...Read More
The families of four teenagers who died by suicide are suing Meta, TikTok, Snapchat and YouTube over what they describe as “years of escalating harms” from using their platforms that eventually resulted in their deaths. The lawsuit, filed Thursday in the Superior Court of Delaware, is the latest in a flurry of suits filed against...Read More
Subscribe today to listen to this content Get Access Of all the threats that school police officers monitor, add Artificial Intelligence to the list. “We’ve had people create AI bots that sound like a principal to send emergency messages, or make inappropriate statements that cause concern in the community,” said John McDonald, of the Missouri...Read More
Subscribe today to listen to this content Get Access Of all the threats that school police officers monitor, add Artificial Intelligence to the list. “We’ve had people create AI bots that sound like a principal to send emergency messages, or make inappropriate statements that cause concern in the community,” said John McDonald, of the Missouri...Read More
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Gov. JB Pritzker signed sweeping regulations Friday aimed at social media companies and cracking down on “addictive algorithms” that keep kids glued to their screens. House Bill 5511, known as the Children’s Social Media Safety Act, imposes a series of requirements on social media companies and how they are to interact with...Read More
