Key Points: Lawmakers unhappy with school safety fund’s effectiveness $26 million allocated for communication systems since 2019 Auditors found most agencies did not follow procurement requirements Republican and Democratic lawmakers alike are unhappy with a school safety fund established more than a half-decade ago, but the two parties remain split over how to fix the...Read More
By SÍLE MOLONEY COUNCILMAN OSWALD FELIZ (C.D. 15), chair of the city council committee on public safety, holds a joint hearing with the city council committee on education on Wednesday, April 29, 2026, to evaluate the operations of school safety agents (SSAs) and crossing guards. Photo courtesy of the Office of Councilman Oswald Feliz Bronx...Read More
France became the first country in the European Union (EU) to ban children under 15 years old from using social media. Both chambers of France’s Parliament voted in favor of the law, PBS reports, with lawmakers citing growing concerns of the harmful impact of social media on children. Sentiment against social media use for children...Read More
Digital platforms are facing greater accountability as regulators strengthen rules around youth protection and algorithm-driven content recommendations. The European Commission has issued preliminary findings that TikTok failed to meet the Digital Services Act’s requirements for protecting minors, citing the platform’s public account settings and recommendation system. TikTok allows minors to set their accounts to ‘public’,...Read More
SINGAPORE: A man kept a detailed diary of how much he spent on sexual acts with 17 girls, three of whom were 13 at the time. One of the 13-year-old girls lodged a police report against him after he asked her for more sex. Edmund Tan Shi Hui, a 28-year-old Singaporean man, was on Monday...Read More
A private organization that investigates suspected child predators reported a second similar incident to the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office within two weeks. The latest incident was reported July 15 on Hawks Court in Nicholson after members of the group said they communicated with a man through several social media platforms while posing as a 14-year-old...Read More
The European Commission has found TikTok‘s new child safety measures wanting after a preliminary examination as part of the wider regulatory movement. The initial results of a formal probe into potential breaches of the Digital Services Act (DSA) show TikTok is falling short of the required standards. The EC explained a public-access setting means child...Read More
As WJOL reported last week, a Joliet man is accused of numerous sex-related crimes. State police say, in May, Joliet police requested the Illinois State Police investigate a sexual abuse allegation. Kurt Johnson was identified as a suspect. Officers executed a search warrant at his home in the 500 block of Apollo Drive in Joliet...Read More
A Fallowfield man was arrested Thursday and charged with exchanging nude images with a teenage boy, who is also an alleged victim in the recent “sextortion” ring that involved more than two dozen Peters Township teens. Aaron Foster White, 30, is facing felony charges after Peters Township police said they found photographs and videos he...Read More
