The Trump administration on Friday laid out a legislative framework for a singular policy for AI in the United States. The framework would centralize power in Washington by preempting state AI laws, potentially undercutting the recent surge of efforts from states to regulate the use and development of the technology. “This framework can only succeed...Read More

The wife of former Maroon 5 bassist Mickey Madden says in new court filings that he physically assaulted her after she confronted him about “sexting with teenage girls.” In court documents seeking a domestic violence restraining order against Madden, his wife, Kate Bowman, says he attacked her on July 21 at their Los Angeles home...Read More

FBI agents say it’s one of the most horrifying trends online. Predators are convincing teens to harm themselves and sometimes take their own lives. CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The FBI is asking parents to be on alert for a dangerous online scheme targeting kids and teens.  Agents say sextortion is now taking on a new form,...Read More

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A jury began deliberations Monday in a landmark trial in New Mexico where social media conglomerate Meta is accused of misleading its users about how safe its platforms are for children. Meta’s attorneys dispute the claims and say the company provides built-in protections for teenagers and weeds out harmful content...Read More

It truly is astounding that this horrifying information about VA Del. AC Cordoza (R-HD86) – see video, below, and also click on this link – never came out in his previous runs for office (e.g., in 2021 against Democratic incumbent Del. Martha Mugler, when he was first elected to the House of Delegates, defeating Mugler...Read More

CINCINNATI — A Cincinnati-area man was arrested and is facing multiple child sexual abuse material charges after being confronted by a national predator-catching organization that claims to have helped secure arrests across all 50 states. 31-year-old Benjamin Naylor, of Deer Park, allegedly possessed and distributed child sexual abuse material on his phone, according to Hamilton...Read More

SANTA FE, N.M. — A New Mexico jury determined Tuesday that Meta knowingly harmed children’s mental health and concealed what it knew about child sexual exploitation on its social media platforms, a verdict that signals a changing tide against tech companies and the government’s willingness to crack down. The landmark decision comes after a nearly...Read More

Musician Mickey Madden, a one-time bassist for the Adam Levine-fronted band Maroon 5, is accused of physically attacking his wife after she confronted him about sending inappropriate text messages to teenagers. ‘He physically abused me,’ Madden‘s spouse Kate Bowman said in court documents filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, in regard to a series of...Read More

On a single day in late October, five teachers were physically attacked at a high school in Rochester, New York. Just days earlier, another teacher reported she was sexually assaulted as she attempted to intervene in a student altercation. These incidents were just the latest in what Rochester school officials have acknowledged is a troubling...Read More

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WBMA) — The Alabama Legislature has passed the Child Predator Death Penalty Act, strengthening criminal penalties for certain sexual crimes against children under the age of 12. House Bill 41, also filed as Senate Bill 17, classifies first-degree rape, first-degree sodomy, and first-degree sexual assault involving victims under 12 as capital offenses eligible...Read More