In just a few short weeks, parents will be labeling their children’s clothes and packing their duffle bags with sunscreen and bug spray. But there’s one thing all too many forget each summer before sending their kids to camp: checking if it’s safe. And that can literally be a deadly oversight. ‘People will read the...Read More
Maintaining Safe Learning Environments: Threat Reporting and Firearms Safety Ensuring the safety and well-being of students and staff members while on a school campus is integral to student success. Everyone has a role to play in maintaining safe and secure learning environments, and new legislation, Senate Bill (SB) 906, aims to increase collaboration with...Read More
In brief In recent years, both US state and federal legislatures have intensified efforts to enact laws aimed at safeguarding minors in the digital world. However, several court rulings have found that these legislative actions overstepped constitutional limits. This article highlights key legislative initiatives at the US federal level and in California and Texas to...Read More
AUSTIN, Texas — Austin Police are searching for additional victims of an alleged child sex predator. Anyone who had online or physical contact with 20-year-old Keshawn French-Burton is asked to report the incident to police. French-Burton is facing charges in Austin and Hays County for the sexual assault or abuse of at least three underage...Read More
MARTIN COUNTY, Fla. — WPTV is taking a deeper dive into the state of Florida’s new school safety laws designed to keep your children protected. SPECIAL COVERAGE: Education Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday signed in law HB 1421, which includes both safety and mental health requirements for public schools in Florida. One of those requirements...Read More
A Memorial Day service in Lakeview took a disturbing turn Monday afternoon when a man was arrested for taking inappropriate photographs of children during the community’s annual Amvets parade. Around 12:15 p.m., officers were alerted by concerned bystanders at the Lakeview Amvets Memorial Service about a man photographing children in a manner they believed to...Read More
There has been a significant shift towards regulating children’s safety and privacy in the digital environment, and already some international bodies and governments are moving to ensure children’s rights and safety online Over the last five years, we have seen a major shift towards the regulation of children’s safety and privacy in the digital environment....Read More
High-profile acts of violence like the shooting in Uvalde, Texas, where a gunman shot and killed 19 students and two teachers at an elementary school, resonate with students and educators far beyond where the tragedy takes place. After the Texas shooting—as with other such attacks—educators nationwide were called upon to help students manage their fears,...Read More
Deputies arrested Crystal Lynn Wakeland for allegedly hiding evidence of a sexual predator’s failure to register a new phone. On May 20, Channie Lehemiah Donald Jr. – a registered sexual predator – for stopped for driving with a suspended license. Donald had a black iPhone, which he allegedly used to text Wakeland. That raised the...Read More
“By November 2022, Snap employees were discussing 10,000 user reports of sextortion each month, while acknowledging that these reports ‘likely represent a small fraction of this abuse’ given the shame and other barriers to reporting,” says a newly unsealed version of the lawsuit filed by New Mexico’s attorney general against Snap. This less-redacted version of...Read More
