The EU announced a long-awaited social media ban for teens on Thursday (17 September), expecting Big Tech to align its deliberately addictive designs to child safety measures. But the issue, critics say, will be enforcing it. The legislation unveiled by the commission during the Strasbourg plenary aims to ban social media for children under the...Read More
A day after European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen teased the EU KIDS Act during the State of the Union address to European Parliament, the Commission formally rolled out the proposal, which contains bracketed age restrictions and platform requirements around minors’ access to social media. The proposed regulation imposes a blanket ban on children...Read More
REDDING, Calif. — A convicted child predator from Laos, ordered removed from the United States in 2005, was arrested last month during an immigration enforcement operation in Redding, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced. The operation occurred in August 2026. The ICE Fugitive Operations team said Kao Wang Saechao, a Laos national, was convicted...Read More
The Australian Digital subscription 12 Month Plan costs $338 (min. cost) for the first 12 months, charged as $26 every 4 weeks. This automatically renews after the first 12 months to be charged as $26 (min. cost) every 4 weeks. Renewals occur unless cancelled as per full Terms and Conditions. No cancellations during the first...Read More
DETROIT – A former Metro Detroit doctor was sentenced this week to 108 months — or about nine years in federal prison — after pleading guilty in May to a federal child sex abuse charge. The charge stemmed from a multi-state investigation into the sexual exploitation of children involving three other men. Lincoln Erickson, 32,...Read More
2-hour daily limits, no nighttime scrolling and more Meta is making changes to its apps like Instagram and Facebook for teens in the United States, including things like a two-hour daily time limit. Teens here in Canada are divided on whether it’s a good thing. “I think it’s a good idea because I think people in...Read More
Egypt’s police face criticism after a 16-year-old girl was allegedly killed by her brother following a social media post detailing her detention with a man. [Getty] An Egyptian teenager was murdered this week, allegedly by her brother, after authorities posted information about retrieving her from a young man’s home, sparking a debate around the appropriateness...Read More
Three candidates are competing for the Area 5 seat on the Orcutt Union School District board of trustees, with incumbent Shaun Henderson facing challengers David Morgan and Whitney May in the Nov. 3 election. The candidates discussed quetions regarding cellphone and artificial intelligence policies, school facilities and safety, and trustee compensation, and their responses included...Read More
Bloomsburg, Pa. — PennDOT and safety partners, including State Farm agents and Safe Kids PA Susquehanna Valley Partners, will host a child safety seat inspection and used seat collection next week. The event, set for Sept. 22 from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Geisinger Clinic Bloomsburg, 2407 Reichart Road, is being held in observance of Child...Read More
Kao Wang Saechao, a Laotian national, had been ordered removed from the U.S. by an immigration judge back in 2005 but remained in the country until last month. As featured on
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said that an immigration judge had ordered him to be removed from the country in 2005 Source link ——————————————————–...Read More
