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
Illinois kids should no longer find themselves scrolling endless online algorithms after Gov. JB Pritzker signed a sweeping online safety bill Friday he said would protect against some of social media’s most harmful effects. “Our kids deserve the chance to explore, make mistakes and grow up on their own terms, not on an algorithm’s,” the...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
NHS England’s puberty blocker trial will go ahead, the High Court has confirmed, after refusing an emergency injunction to halt it. A legal challenge against the trial was brought by the Bayswater Support Group, which represents parents of trans-identified children, psychotherapist James Esses, and detransitioner Keira Bell. They argued that the trial is unlawful but...Read More
Colin Lecher & Maria Martha BrunoCalMatters Alarming trends in teen mental health and increased social media use led California to pass a new wave of laws to protect kids online. The state enacted protections to prevent children’s data from being sold, to give kids an opportunity to delete what they post, and to require businesses that target...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 media giants that alleges their platforms...Read More
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 users under 18...Read More
TOKYO – A Singapore-based private school operator has scrapped plans to open an international school in Sapporo, citing concerns over child safety and operational risks after suffering an intense anti-immigration backlash fuelled by xenophobic rhetoric and misinformation. The decision by Global Indian Education (GIE), part of the Singapore-headquartered Global Schools Group (GSG), marks the end of...Read More
