If parents and student leaders think their precious teens aren’t sending naked pictures of themselves to their boyfriends and girlfriends, they need to think again. It’s happening. Students (teens age 12-17) are using their mobile phones as portable pornography devices. There’s a name for this: sexting. It’s defined as sending sexually suggestive messages or photos...Read More
Child and adolescent family therapist Darby Fox discusses new research on how teens perceive social media. Many credit Snapchat with helping friendships, but most report online harassment and bullying. Child and adolescent family therapist Darby Fox explains how teens view social media. New research indicates that while some find platforms like Snapchat beneficial for friendships,...Read More
$12 million. That is the price Roblox has agreed to pay to settle a lawsuit tied to child safety concerns on its platform, a case that puts a hard dollar figure on the ongoing scrutiny the company faces over how it protects its youngest users. What the settlement actually means The lawsuit targeted Roblox Corporation...Read More
A group of parents working in the tech industry are launching a national petition aimed at convincing the federal government to restrict social media use for those under the age of 16. The grassroots movement, called “Age Standard,” is also calling for legislation to enforce the restrictions using age-estimation technology operated by independent third parties....Read More
A federal judge blocked Arkansas’s Social Media Safety Act, which required social media companies to limit teens and kids from their platforms. LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A federal judge blocked the most recent state law requiring social media companies to limit teens and kids from their platforms. Judge Timothy Brooks ruled that Act 900, or...Read More
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows is directing a House committee to examine child safety failures on Roblox after a lawmaker from Uvalde discovered a game simulating the 2022 Robb Elementary School massacre. Burrows said Rep. Don McLaughlin of Uvalde brought to his attention a first-person shooter game on Roblox that graphically recreates...Read More
What do Kate Middleton, Prince Harry and researchers at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles have in common? They all have new wisdom about the dangerous combo of nakedness (or some degree thereof) and photography. Yes, this has been a teachable moment sort of news spell when it comes to the power of modern image...Read More
On May 26 at General McLane High School Auditorium the Pennsylvania State Police will be hosting a Roblox Safety and Online Predators event. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. for the event with the event starting at 6 p.m. This presentation is to give parents and community members the proper tools to understand online environments that...Read More
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Washington man has pleaded guilty in connection with two decades-old cold cases after investigators reportedly linked him to both crimes using a clever ruse and just a piece of gum. Mitchell Gaff, 68, entered the pleas Thursday in Snohomish County Superior Court, where he admitted to...Read More
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan devoted his entire post-cabinet address this week to the back-to-back school attacks that shook Türkiye, pledging sweeping new security and social measures and declaring that school safety was now “the foremost” priority of his government with “not the slightest concession” to be made. The remarks came days after a 14-year-old student...Read More
