The Brief A registered sexual predator, Keith Cole, 46, was arrested after allegedly molesting a 13-year-old during a home visit on Easter, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office. The teen reported the incident to school staff, who contacted law enforcement, leading to Cole facing a lewd or lascivious molestation charge. Deputies say Cole has...Read More
American teens today are clocking onto social media sites like it’s their day job, with more than half spending nearly five hours per day on social platforms, according to a 2023 Gallup poll. They’re scrolling for an average of 35 hours per week through thousands of videos across apps like TikTok, Youtube, and Instagram and...Read More
‘She’s now a shell of a child she used to be, and it’s devastating’ Colin Walker(Image: Merseyside Police) A former security guard unmasked as a sexual predator kept his ‘perverted, disgusting fantasies’ secret for ‘many, many years’, a judge who jailed him said. Colin Walker, 68, subjected four young girls to a catalogue of sickening...Read More
High school student and her friends using their smart phones in a hallway. getty Updated March 27, 2026: This story, originally published on Feb. 18, 2026, includes new information about Wednesday’s verdict in the lawsuit against Meta and Google in California Superior Court. A California court has delivered what some are calling the tech industry’s...Read More
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared on Monday that securing the nation’s schools is the government’s highest priority, vowing that no concessions will be made on the issue. Speaking after a Cabinet meeting, Erdogan addressed the recent tragedy in Kahramanmaras, where an eighth-grade student opened fire at a middle school, killing nine people and injuring...Read More
LANSING, Mich. (WZMQ) – Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel and state Sen. Dayna Polehanki convened a roundtable Thursday with youth leaders, medical experts, and parents to highlight concerns about the impact of social media and artificial intelligence on children. The discussion centered on a package of bills known as Kids Over Clicks, which aims to...Read More
This First Person article reflects the experiences of Kaylee Maendel, a mental health advocate who lives in a Hutterite colony in southern Manitoba. For more information about CBC’s First Person stories, please see this FAQ. You can read more First Person articles here. WARNING: This story includes reference to suicide. If you or someone you know is...Read More
Sharing sexually explicit photos, videos or messages — or sexting — seems to be increasingly common among teens today. About 27 percent of teens say they’ve received such an electronic message, or sext, according to a study in the journal JAMA Pediatrics that included more than 110,000 teens. Nearly 15 percent admitted to having sent a sext....Read More
article Courtesy: Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office DESTIN, Fla. – Three teenagers are facing charges after deputies said they broke into a Florida water park Saturday night and stole ice cream. The backstory: According to the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office, deputies went to Big Kahuna’s Water & Adventure Park in Destin to investigate an alarm that...Read More
For years, families have asked the same question after something goes wrong online. How could this happen on a platform used by millions of children? Now, for the first time, a jury has given a clear answer. A New Mexico jury found Meta liable for failing to protect children on its platforms and ordered the...Read More
