Myspace bulletins were the original Facebook status: whiny letters that all your followers could read. When I was 14 I sent out a passive-aggressive bulletin about a girl at school – a “faker” – copying me, which is hilarious considering everyone who used Myspace was an identikit scene kid with the same terrible DIY dye...Read More
Today, because of the expiry of the ePrivacy derogation enabling the use of technology to detect child sexual abuse material (CSAM), Europe risks leaving children across the globe less protected from the most abhorrent harm. This concern is shared by a group of almost 250 child rights organizations and many others. For years, a number...Read More
A December iPhone update gives parents a new tool to protect children online. Parents who have their kids on a family sharing plan can turn on the “communication safety” feature in iOS 15.2. When the function is turned on, explicit photos sent to the child are blurred. “[The child is] presented with helpful resources, and...Read More
SALT LAKE CITY – A repeat sex offender who was getting another chance at freedom is back behind bars after a civilian predator hunter group confronted him inside a halfway house in Salt Lake City. Predator Poachers, the group run by Alex Rosen, baits online predators using “decoy accounts” set up to look like online...Read More
House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Chair Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) led a hearing on Tuesday, December 2, 2025, titled “Legislative Solutions to Protect Children and Teens Online.” Source The once-surging alliance of federal lawmakers pushing to bolster protections for children online in the United States is splintering. The House Energy and...Read More
After Justin Folley – a now-former teacher at Moffat County High School in northwest Colorado – was found not guilty of sexting with a student, we learned of a gap in Colorado law. Turns out that an adult sexting a kid who is 15, 16 or 17-years-old is legal. When an adult teacher has a...Read More
I have three teens and they all have their own phones. They also have their own Instagram accounts. My kids have my permission to have an Instagram account as long as they aren’t being inappropriate assholes on their pages or their friends’ pages. That means it’s my and their father’s responsibility to dig deep about...Read More
Sign up for Chalkbeat Chicago’s free daily newsletter to keep up with the latest education news. Chicago Public Schools pitched a new school safety plan Wednesday that would get rid of campus police, call for more training for educators on alternative discipline practices, and require locking classroom doors. The proposed plan, which is on the...Read More
During a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee hearing Tuesday, one expert warned that broad federal preemption provisions included in child safety legislation under review would undermine state protections for children. The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade hearing covered 19 bills, that spanned issues of age verification, data privacy, parental controls, artificial intelligence, screen time and...Read More
MUNFORDVILLE, Ky. (KT) – Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman and Kyle Williamson, Commonwealth’s Attorney for the 10th Judicial Circuit, announced Friday that their joint action will send a child predator to prison for the next 30 years. Christopher Hawkins, 25, was sentenced Friday in Hart Circuit Court. He pleaded guilty to Use of a Minor...Read More
