Updated Jan. 10, 2016, 5:24 p.m. ET A D.C.-area police detective who investigated teen “sexting” — i.e. teens texting nude photos of themselves to each other — killed himself last month as officers tried to arrest him on pedophilia charges. The allegations, if true, represent a grave betrayal of the public’s trust. But people should...Read More
MUSKOGEE, Okla. – Convicted child molester Jimcy McGirt was sentenced to 45 months in federal prison this morning for failing to register as a sex offender and for violating the rules of his probation. 77-year-old McGirt is the man behind the landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling on tribal jurisdiction. He pled guilty last summer to...Read More
Wednesday, March 18, 2015 MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. (WLS) — Police have issued a warning about alleged “widespread” sexting among high school students in Michigan City, Ind. Police say numerous students are sending sexually provocative pictures to other boys and girls, and they sometimes request a photo in return. Officials explain this is still considered child...Read More
The European Union has introduced a new way to keep children off social media. It has unveiled a new app for age verification which is designed to keep children safe online and verifies users’ age with precision. This comes after some countries including Australia have banned users under 16 years of age from social media....Read More
My generation didn’t get a grace period. We were the kids doing active-shooter drills in elementary school. We spent a chunk of our high school years staring at Zoom screens during the pandemic. We watched wildfires turn the sky orange while adults debated whether climate change was real. We grew up under a social media...Read More
Expanded Parental Controls and Youth Protections Under Nevada Agreement Roblox will introduce dedicated accounts for users under 16, restricting access to adult-rated content and offering curated experiences. will extend to users under 16, expanding beyond the previous under-13 threshold. Likewise, nighttime notifications for minors will also be limited. Financially, Roblox will allocate $10M over three...Read More
Indian-American entrepreneur Akash Singhania, CEO of Hotbox Vending, was wrongfully accused of predatory behaviour during a viral livestream by YouTuber Vitaly Zdorovetskiy. Akash Singhania, an Indian-American entrepreneur and CEO of Hotbox Vending LLC, recently found himself at the centre of a viral controversy. Based in Dallas, Singhania’s company specialises in providing vending solutions for alternative...Read More
Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Pew Research published a new report on how U.S. teens use social media apps and the benefits teens say they get from that usage. The report is based on survey responses from 1,458 U.S. teens aged 13...Read More
Roblox has agreed to pay more than $12 million and introduce stricter child safety protections following a settlement with the state of Nevada, as the platform continues to face growing legal scrutiny over the safety of younger users. For the past few weeks, Roblox has been receiving several complaints that the platform is becoming unsafe...Read More
Governments are moving to block children under 16 from social media in the name of safety. But once these measures move from policy to practice, they raise a harder question: what happens when protecting kids requires collecting more data than ever before and may put them at greater risk? Age checks spark debate over privacy...Read More
