Summary: – Oklahoma lawmakers revisit proposed AI safety rules for children. – The stalled bill would have required safeguards for AI chatbots. – Sen. Warren Hamilton plans to reintroduce the legislation in 2027. If not for a hiccup in April, Oklahoma could have beaten California to the punch in enacting first-in-the-nation, sweeping artificial intelligence legislation...Read More

It’s hard to escape the fake stuff. Sure, some of it seems harmless and fun: so what if a cute video of cats sliding down tubes is AI-generated? But the proliferation of fake videos about real events – such as Nepal’s flash flooding – is cause for concern. Visual misinformation is highly believable, and can...Read More

Photo Credit: Robin Worrall The European Union is set to propose a strict ban on social media, video sharing platforms, AI chatbots, and online games for kids under 15. The European Union will propose a ban restricting kids under 15 from accessing social media, video sharing platforms such as YouTube, AI chatbots, and even online...Read More

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) – Missouri says its child welfare system does not have one universally accepted definition of the word “safe.” Gov. Mike Kehoe’s new task force has until Nov. 15 to recommend one. The definition can determine whether a child stays home or enters foster care. Task force to draw line between risk and...Read More

reuters EU Proposes Strict Age Limits Under the New EU Kids Act The EU Kids Act is being pushed forward by the European Commission to strictly regulate and control access to social media, AI chatbots, video platforms, and online games for children and teenagers under 15. According to leaked European Commission documents, European Commission President...Read More

Cases involving child safety on Meta’s platforms will now be reported to the relevant law enforcement agencies. With this, Meta becomes the first social media company in India to undertake this reporting mechanism. “Protecting children on our platforms is a priority for us and we’re committed to working with the government to ensure that the...Read More

Two years ago, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt released his New York Times bestseller The Anxious Generation. The book posits that the rise of social media and smartphone use is largely to blame for the prominent decline in teen mental health since 2010. It quickly became a central rallying cry of the social media backlash. Haidt...Read More

Sept. 15, 2026, 5:02 a.m. MT Colorado’s K-12 schools are near the nation’s best for quality, but their safety issues are among the worst in the nation, according to a new study. WalletHub ranked Colorado’s public school system 27th in the country, a middling ranking among the 50 states and the District of Columbia. It...Read More

There’s a paradox of living within a culture that has moved towards a digital media model: While consumers have access to more content than they could ever hope to consume, they don’t own any of it. The idea of a subscription service is that you pay a certain amount each month to essentially rent any...Read More

Meta has agreed to report cases related to child sexual abuse and other child safety concerns to the appropriate law enforcement agencies in India as the government steps up pressure on social media platforms to take stronger measures to protect children online, government sources said on Tuesday. The sources said the government was continuously engaging...Read More