ATLANTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – Three men were arrested during a recent child predator sting operation in Sandy Springs, Georgia, the city’s police department said. Officers reportedly posed as a 15-year-old who agreed to sex in exchange for money. The three men traveled to Sandy Springs, where they were arrested. The men were identified as Antonio...Read More
In the days following Australia’s social media ban for children under 16, the country’s teenagers immediately worked to circumvent the restrictions on the platforms, which included age verification steps, account renewal, and prevention of registration from underage users. Evelyn, a 14-year-old in New South Wales, told The Washington Post in December 2025, just before the...Read More
New polling results show strong support among voters for legislation restricting social media use among kids and teens. The Bay State Poll released Thursday and conducted by The University of New Hampshire Survey Center found 72% of respondents either somewhat or strongly support legislation banning social media use for all kids under 14 and requiring...Read More
BEIJING, April 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Walnut Coding (the “Company”), a leading online coding education platform for young learners in China, has been selected by UNICEF as a featured case study under the framework How Chinese Technology Companies Apply Principles of Responsible Innovation for Children and Child Safety by Design. The case study was jointly...Read More
A former Houston Astros prospect spent the past few years as a youth baseball instructor and coach in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. That work is now under scrutiny because of a 2010 criminal charge. Tommy Whiteman, 46, was a sixth-round pick by the Astros in the 2000 MLB Draft. He then played seven years of minor-league...Read More
Just one day after the much-anticipated Michael Jackson biopic Michael began its theatrical run with robust early box office numbers, the late pop icon’s estate is confronting fresh legal challenges. A family long regarded as Jackson’s “second family” has now filed a lawsuit accusing him of sexually abusing four of their children over several years....Read More
Frustrated with what they describe as a lack of accountability from social media companies, two California state lawmakers have introduced a bill that would clear a legal pathway for them to face lawsuits in the state for failing to detect or remove child sexual abuse material on their websites and apps. Assembly members Maggy Krell...Read More
Republished from The Labari Journal In late 2025, Australia decided to push back against social media companies. On 10th December 2025, anyone under 16 in Australia was prohibited from keeping or making accounts on social media apps like TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Snapchat, X, and Facebook. Social media companies had to enforce this ban or face up to...Read More
Questions have been swirling lately about children’s safety on online platforms, including Roblox — a popular game among youth — being singled out as potentially unsafe. This month, Roblox said it would implement protections for its young users and pay the state of Nevada a $12-million US settlement, which will be used to create a...Read More
Social media sites are among the leading places not only for networking and fun but also for bullying. According to a Bitdefender study (”Teens and online Threats, December 2017), three out of 10 US teens say they were bullied or assaulted online, at least one time. While half of them say they have friends that...Read More
