PHOENIX (AZFamily/Gray News) – A Phoenix family says two teenagers caused around $10,000 in damage by kicking in their front door in an incident that police believe may be connected to a dangerous social media trend. Ring video footage shows two people who appear to be teenage boys opening a Phoenix family’s front gate about...Read More

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WPTA/Gray News) – An Indiana man has been given the maximum possible sentence after being found guilty of child molestation. A jury found Stephen Bush, who failed to appear for his trial last month, guilty on all counts. That included four counts of child molestation and two counts of sexual misconduct with...Read More

SINGAPORE: Barely two months after his last sentence for a sexual offence against a 14-year-old girl lapsed, a repeat offender began preying on another girl of the same age. The 39-year-old man befriended the teenager online before pressuring her into “threesomes” with him and his friend, and later with a former co-worker. He then advertised...Read More

A marketing blunder has left one of the UK’s most popular attractions rushing to fix a listing on its booking platform after social media users spotted a poor choice of words. According to BBC News, Chester Zoo recently gained attention on social media when an online advertisement offered tickets for a “Child Predator Tour”. The...Read More

California Governor Gavin Newsom on Thursday signed a bill that prohibits social media platforms outright from providing “addictive features” — including algorithmically recommended content and videos that play automatically — to users under 16. Newsom said at the signing ceremony that the law is “better” than the one in Australia, which bans young teens from...Read More

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law Thursday a host of measures aiming to curb online addiction among children, including a landmark bill to ban social media platforms from providing addictive features to minors under 16. The package of bills is the state’s latest attempt to rein in safety risks that lawmakers said have contributed...Read More

UPDATED: December 15, 2025 You may have heard about Texas laws against cyberstalking and cyberbullying. But are such acts a crime? Cyberbullying and Cyberharassment First, let’s understand what “cyberbullying” means. Generally, it refers to people using the Internet or social media (via computer or cell phones) to bully, belittle, threaten, harass or otherwise intimidate another...Read More

HB 2590 would add language about bullying and cyberbullying to the state’s law about threats and harassment. NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A Tennessee bill that would effectively ensure reports of bullying are treated the same as harassment passed the House of Representatives on March 25. It also passed the Senate on April 8. Now, the bill...Read More

Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed on Sunday said the proposed Cyber Security (Amendment) Act 2026 will help restore decency in the digital space, protect women and young people from cyberbullying and ensure professional safeguards for journalists while preventing any misuse of the law. “The government is highly conscious of citizens’ freedom of expression and personal security,”...Read More

Tokyo —  Japan’s parliament on Monday passed legislation making “online insults” punishable by imprisonment amid rising public concern over cyberbullying sparked by the suicide of a reality television star who had faced social media abuse. Under the amendment to the country’s penal code – set to take effect later this summer – offenders convicted of online...Read More