Australia’s eSafety regulator has asked gaming companies, including Microsoft and Roblox, to explain how they are protecting children from sexual exploitation and radicalisation. Companies including Roblox, Minecraft, Epic Games’ Fortnite and Valve’s Steam have been issued with legally enforceable transparency notices by the eSafety Commissioner’s office. The notices require details on safety systems, staffing and...Read More

(TNND) — California lawmakers are moving forward with a bill that could effectively ban social media accounts for kids under 16 in the nation’s most populous state. The bill, AB-1709, is specifically designed to keep children off platforms featuring “addictive features,” such as notifications, endless scrolls and autoplay that are core parts of popular social...Read More

What is concerning to Madigan is that many young people “lack awareness of digital security and safety” by taking nude photos and sending them out. About one in eight teens in the study say they have forwarded a sext—a behavior the authors referred to as nonconsensual sexting—or have sent a text to others without the...Read More

Teen Chat and Chat Avenue are under scrutiny for allegedly failing to protect children from online grooming through open messaging and chat features. The UK’s online safety regime has entered a more confrontational phase, with Ofcom opening new investigations into Telegram and two chat platforms over suspected failures to protect children from serious harm. The...Read More

KOOTENAI COUNTY — A man convicted in Kootenai County’s largest child pornography case will face a parole hearing next week, prompting his own daughter to campaign for his continued imprisonment. Edmund Bergeman, who has served 20 years in an Arizona prison, is scheduled for a parole hearing on May 1. The Twin Lakes man pleaded...Read More

Adolescents who spend either a lot of time — or no time at all — on social media may be more likely to report poorer wellbeing, according to a new Australian study. University of Adelaide researchers tracked more than 100,000 students from Year 4 to Year 12 over three years, finding that the link between...Read More

Advertisement Friday May 8th from 11am to 1pm the Cortland County Health Department will be holding a Free Child Safety Seat Check Event at the Great Assembly of God (175 Port Watson Street, Cortland) No registration is required and walk-ins are encouraged! Advertisement Child Passenger Technicians will be on site to inspect car seats for...Read More

On April 2, Aubree Jones, a Mormon mom influencer with more than 4 million social media subscribers, posted a video in which she and her husband, Josh Jones, and their seven children stand together in the hallway of their house. Everyone is grinning. White text above them reads “We have an announcement… We’re expecting…” Josh...Read More

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CHICAGO — Most research on adolescent social media use focuses on teens ages 13 and up, the minimum age required to create an account. But new research from Northwestern University is shedding light on a younger, largely overlooked group: children ages 8 to 12. Courtney Blackwell, a pediatric mental health and well-being expert at Northwestern...Read More