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Local News As area students return to classrooms, the Michigan Office of Highway Safety Planning (OHSP) and local residents are urging drivers to watch for students and obey school bus laws. (Courtesy photo) This Daily Press file graphic from Aug. 23, 1999, warns residents to obey traffic laws. 1 / 2 expand close ✕ As...Read More
On age verification, the court said federal children’s privacy law prevents Meta from applying certain verification tools to children under 13. Instead, the judge ordered Meta to improve its existing age-assurance tools in New Mexico — including artificial intelligence-based age estimation — and to develop a dedicated model for identifying users under 13 within two...Read More
The negative effects of social media on young people have been felt in Florida and across the United States. In response, the Sunshine State’s legislature has attempted to strengthen Florida’s social media laws to protect children and teenagers. If your family has been harmed, social media laws in Florida may allow you to recover damages....Read More
Updated August 19, 2026 at 8:40 AM EDT Sign up for alerts on breaking news and exclusive reporting from NPR OAKLAND, Calif. – A landmark trial got underway on Tuesday pitting Meta Platforms against a consortium of states accusing the company of designing its platforms to hook young users and misleading the public about it....Read More
RICHMOND, Va. — A new Virginia law requiring school principals to notify parents of alleged bullying within 24 hours could come with consequences for school administrators. “We really need to do everything we can to break that chain to stop bullying and the tragic aftermaths that can occur,” Sen. John Bell(D – Loudoun and Prince...Read More
‘Storage Wars’ star claims co-star Darrell Sheets was cyber bullied before death “Storage Wars” star Rene Nezhoda has claimed that his co-star, Darrell Sheets, was being cyberbullied prior to his death. Sheets died on Wednesday at his home in Arizona of what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. He was 67....Read More
A former data scientist at Meta Platforms Inc. testified that less than 1% of teenagers were early adopters of a feature designed to get them to take a break from scrolling on Instagram. George Volichenko — who worked on the platform’s mental wellbeing team from April 2022 to February 2023 — told a jury that...Read More
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s data protection regulator on Tuesday fined TikTok parent company ByteDance more than 153 million reais (nearly $30 million) because of alleged failures in the handling of personal data of children and teenagers. It’s the South American nation’s latest move against social media companies. The regulatory body said in its ruling...Read More
The Penang State Education Department (JPNPP) has activated emergency protective measures for a 17-year-old student facing a sophisticated and relentless sexual cyberbullying campaign just months ahead of her critical Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) examinations. The disturbing case, which involves the malicious circulation of the minor’s personal identifiable information alongside obscene imagery, underscores the severe psychological...Read More
