BOSTON — The state House of Representatives has approved legislation to ban social media use for children under age 14 and set tough statewide restrictions on cellphones in public schools. The Democratic-led proposal, which passed 129-25 Wednesday on a largely party line vote, would require Facebook, Instagram and other social media platforms to block users...Read More

A New Mexico jury on Tuesday ordered Meta to pay $375m in civil penalties after it found the company misled consumers about the safety of its platforms and enabled harm, including child sexual exploitation, against its users. The lawsuit – the first jury trial to find Meta liable for acts committed on its platform –...Read More

REDDING, Calif. — Weed Police Department (WPD) recently initiated an undercover sting operation in which an officer posed as a 13-year-old minor to engage potential predators on various social media and dating apps and obtain evidence of misconduct. Weed Police Department (WPD) said the sting uncovered Jeramy Black, 23, of Redding engaging in sexually explicit...Read More

A shocking incident in Kachiguda highlights the dark side of social media interactions. A 13-year-old girl was reportedly sexually assaulted by a minor boy she encountered online, police sources reported. The alarming case unfolded when the girl’s statement led to a complaint registered with the Kachiguda police. The authorities swiftly acted, apprehending the suspect...Read More

Joshua Homer, a serial sexual predator at the center of a KSL Investigation, has been charged with three new felony cases while incarcerated. These charges, allegedly possessing a contraband cell phone, distributing drugs and assaulting a cellmate, all occurred while Homer was behind bars. Read more: https://ksltv.com/?p=896267—- Socials for KSL TV:Tweets by KSL5TVhttps://www.facebook.com/ksltvhttps://www.instagram.com/kslnews/ Socials for...Read More

Banning kids from social media won’t “actually solve the problems” and “kids will find very quickly the ways to go around and to still use social media,” the Estonian minister said. “The way to approach this, to me, is not to make kids responsible for that harm [stemming from social media platforms] and start self-regulating,”...Read More

Potential social media and AI chatbot bans for Canadian children and youth are expected to be proposed at the Liberal party policy convention underway in Montreal. Out of the 24 policy resolutions being brought forward for debate by party members, two are about a potential social media and artificial intelligence chatbot ban for youth. Those...Read More

Since Australia’s under-16s social media ban began four months ago, Noah Jones’s online experience has been “pretty much the same”. The 15-year-old Sydneysider says he hasn’t been kicked off any social media platform since the policy came into effect late last year. “[I] had a minor inconvenience on Instagram but then got past it,” he...Read More

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece became the latest European Union country to unveil plans for a total social media ban for kids 15 and under in a move the country’s prime minister said aims to pressure the 27-member bloc into formalizing EU-wide age restrictions. The new law will target social media platforms that enable the...Read More

A disturbing new Netflix true crime documentary has stunned viewers by revealing how a Michigan mom tormented her own daughter with anonymous harassment for more than a year.  The film, Unknown Number: The High School Catfish, follows the case of Kendra Licari, who secretly sent her 13-year-old daughter, Lauryn, hundreds of abusive texts.  Experts have...Read More