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
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
I’m a father of three, an app developer, and the head of the Developers Alliance. I’m personally and professionally invested in the congressional debate over the best way to prevent kids from accessing inappropriate online content. So my interest was piqued by Aiden Buzzetti’s recent Washington Examiner op-ed championing the App Store Accountability Act. Buzzetti...Read More
For someone who has been viciously trolled for an innocuous reel, Beauty Rani Pal, a headteacher of a primary school in Sylhet, has shown remarkable resilience. Recently, a video of her in a carefree mood roaming around her school against the backdrop of a popular Bangla ‘80’s number sparked virulent misogyny and moral policing. Soon...Read More
UK regulator Ofcom is investigating TikTok after raising “serious doubts” about the effectiveness of its ability to identify when a person is under 18. On the same day it published its first Age Assurance Report and coming a few months before TikTok is set to be banned for kids and teens, Ofcom said it has...Read More
Most Australian teens still active on social media despite ban: Report More than eight in ten Australian teenagers were still using social media three months after the country’s landmark ban on under-16 accounts took effect, according to new data from the online safety regulator eSafety. The regulator’s report, published on Friday and drawn from a...Read More
China’s top internet regulator has unveiled a sweeping draft law to crack down on cyberbullying, targeting major tech platforms with hefty fines if they fail to police abusive content and introducing new legal avenues for victims to seek police intervention. Released Wednesday by the Cyberspace Administration of China and other government agencies, the draft Anti-Cyberbullying...Read More
BROOKLYN, N.Y. (WRGB) — New York state is cracking down on addictive algorithmic social media feeds for kids. Gov. Kathy Hochul and New York Attorney General Letitia James announced final regulations for New York’s SAFE for Kids Act at an event Tuesday morning at a STEAM school in Brooklyn. Under the final rules, covered platforms...Read More
HAUGHTON, La. — The Bossier Parish Sheriff’s Office conducted its annual school resource officer training on Thursday at Haughton High School to prepare deputies and officers for potential active threats and emergency situations across the school system. The annual training is designed to prepare SROs for a variety of scenarios that could occur within Bossier...Read More
ENGLAND, Ark. (KATV) — As students across Arkansas prepare to return to the classroom, school leaders and law enforcement officials say keeping schools safe requires year-round planning, strong partnerships and community involvement. From emergency drills to monitoring online threats, educators said school safety begins long before the first day of school and continues beyond the...Read More
