TLDR Snap stock dropped approximately 12% on Thursday following news of a formal EU investigation The European Commission opened a probe into whether Snapchat complies with the Digital Services Act (DSA) Regulators are examining age verification, grooming protections, and safeguards for minors on the platform The Commission has the power to request documents, carry out...Read More
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), and Katie Britt (R-AL) today introduced the Child Predators Accountability Act, which would ensure that law enforcement can continue to charge and prosecute child sexual abusers for producing child sexual abusive material (CSAM) that depicts a minor who is asleep, unconscious, or...Read More
What is the context around school violence? School violence is widespread. It can be physical, psychological or sexual and include gender-based violence, bullying and cyberbullying. While schools are meant to be safe and supportive environments for learners and teachers, evidence shows this is not always the case: every year, across the world, one billion children face violence,...Read More
We found there had been some improvements, especially on Instagram, which didn’t show any potentially harmful content whatsoever this time. Instagram’s Teen Accounts are now guided by PG-13 movie ratings to help protect under-18s. However, on TikTok, the girls were still exposed to worrying content, mostly on the profile of 15-year-old Maya, who was repeatedly...Read More
Listen to this story Loading audio file, please wait. Speed1.00 0.25 0.50 0.75 1.00 1.25 1.50 1.75 2.00 (Adobe Stock photo) For years, parents, teenagers, pediatricians, educators and whistleblowers have pushed the idea that social media is detrimental to young people’s mental health and can lead to addiction, eating disorders, sexual exploitation and suicide. For...Read More
Earlier this week came the news, both disturbing and empowering, that three teens had filed a class-action lawsuit against Elon Musk’s xAI, alleging that its Grok tool was used, with their photos, to make nonconsensual nude and sexually explicit images of them. It was “heartbreaking,” said the mom of one of the girls, to watch...Read More
Education Halfpoint Images / Getty Images Boys and girls are equally vulnerableHalfpoint Images / Getty Images Any form of cyberbullying—aggression carried out online—can cause trauma. That is the conclusion of a study conducted by Florida Atlantic University and the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire, based on a survey of 2,697 adolescents aged 13 to 17 years...Read More
The European Union regulators are investigating Snapchat over concerns about the platform’s ability to protect minors from risks such as exploitation by child predators and recruitment by criminals. On Thursday, the European Commission announced a formal investigation under the Digital Services Act (DSA), which sets high standards for online safety. While Snapchat requires users to...Read More
Ever since we’ve had access to the internet, we have been worried about strangers interacting with children online. This makes sense. The high stakes of online grooming and sextortion mean that we must prepare children to be skeptical of online-only connections and recognize the warning signs of exploitation. Young people are on board. While many...Read More
Co-authored by Jonathan Santo and Sheri McVay. We often picture bullying as something that happens in school hallways or on playgrounds. But for today’s teens, some of the most hurtful experiences occur in virtual spaces, such as private group chats or live-stream comment sections. In fact, cyberbullying has become one of the most pervasive and...Read More
