TRENTON, NJ — New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin filed a lawsuit Thursday against Discord, Inc., accusing the messaging platform of engaging in deceptive practices that left children vulnerable to online predators and explicit content while misleading parents about the effectiveness of its safety features. The complaint, filed in Superior Court in Essex County,...Read More

Even as schools continue to report an increase in students’ behavioral problems and mental health needs, the majority of educators say they generally feel safe at school. But many say they feel less safe than they did in 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted every part of life, as well as every detail of schooling....Read More

The LCSO made tenth arrest connected to internet chat operation. Kyle James Ross Bulton also known as Kyle James Ross Ball 30 of Washington DC was arrested and charged with two counts of “use of a communication device to facilitate certain offenses involved children” This arrest concludes the undercover internet chat operation that took place...Read More

WALLOWA, OR – A Wallowa man was one of five people arrested in an undercover child predator sting conducted by the Washington County Sheriff’s Office on May 15. David Vichi, 49, of Wallowa, was taken into custody after investigators say he arranged to meet someone he believed was a minor for sex. Instead, he was...Read More

An Arizona father is behind bars on attempted murder charges after he attacked a Department of Child Safety case worker, putting him in a brutal chokehold for nearly three agonizing minutes. De’Andre Johnson, 37, livestreamed the vicious assault on social media Tuesday. The disturbing footage shows Johnson strangling the case worker following an hour-long interview...Read More

Federal agents raided the NYPD’s School Safety Division headquarters in Queens Thursday as part of a probe into city contracts, sources said. The raids are the latest to target Mayor Eric Adams’ administration and appear linked to an investigation into Tim Pearson, a former senior aide and one of Hizzoner’s longtime friends under scrutiny for allegedly...Read More

Roblox has rolled out new policies aimed at restricting the content children on the platform can access and how they’re able to interact with other players, as well as a new type of account that gives verified parents the ability to monitor and manage what their kids are doing in the game. Users under the...Read More

The legislation doesn’t outline penalties for school districts that don’t meet the armed officer requirement, Baskin said. If school districts can’t staff schools with armed peace officers because of financial or staffing constraints, the legislation allows for a school board to claim a “good cause exception.” Each school board will determine what these exceptions will...Read More

Fox40 — Sacramento resident Gledel Arthur Beacham Jr. was arrested on charges of child abuse, sexual assault, production of child porn, and kidnapping Friday by the Yuba City Police Department. Officials began investigating Beacham after they received a call about a sexual assault involving him and an underage victim he met online on May 4th....Read More

Sign up for Chalkbeat Detroit’s free newsletter to keep up with the city’s public school system and Michigan education policy. Amid a bipartisan push to improve school safety and students’ mental health, Republican lawmakers have put forward a package of bills that aims to create a comprehensive “school-community mental health system” and put additional crisis...Read More