By Lisa Dittmer, Amnesty International’s Children’s Digital Rights Researcher, and Paloma Candia and Ahmed Dhman both Amnesty International’s Digital Rights Champions, a global network of child and youth human rights defenders. This article was first published in TechPolicy.Press Children’s online safety has become a leading political issue as concerns about Big Tech harms have moved from...Read More
Police promote seatbelt, child safety seat laws Published 10:43 am Monday, August 24, 2026 Local law enforcement agencies are joining a national push to educate folks about safety belts and child seat laws, with the goal of keeping everyone safe in a vehicle. The vehicle safety initiative runs from Monday, Aug. 24, through Sunday, Sept....Read More
article Booking photos for four men arrested during an online child predator operation in Hall County. (Credit: Hall County Sheriff’s Office) HALL COUNTY, Ga. – Four North Georgia men face felony charges after an undercover online predator operation in south Hall County over the weekend, according to law enforcement officials. What we know: Investigators with...Read More
By Emily Field ( August 24, 2026, 5:33 PM EDT) — A California federal judge on Friday again refused to block the Golden State law that bars social media companies from using algorithmic feeds to deliver content to children without parents’ consent, telling Meta, Google and TikTok that predictive algorithms that show “interesting” content aren’t...Read More
A Schuylkill County man will serve up to 16 years in prison for possessing dozens of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) files. Robert Troutman, 58, pleaded guilty this week to felony counts of sexual abuse of children. A Schuylkill County Judge sentenced Troutman to 8 to 16 years in prison, and ordered that Troutman, upon...Read More
What This Story Is About Health officials in Bowling Green, including a health educator with the Barren River District Health Department, are warning parents that tobacco companies are using targeted marketing tactics. Why It Matters Teen brains are not fully developed until around age 25, and nicotine use during this period harms brain development, according...Read More
TULSA, Okla. — Federal, state, local and tribal law enforcement agencies announced the results of Operation Clean Sweep III, a coordinated push targeting online child exploitation across northern Oklahoma. The multi-agency crackdown ran from March through early August and involved 25 partner agencies working to track down predators using social media, messaging apps and emerging...Read More
Rochester man admits to horrible crimes against children ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced today that Rashad Rabah, 33, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty to receipt of child pornography before U.S. District Judge Meredith A. Vacca. The charge carries a minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum penalty of 20 years and a...Read More
Rochester man admits to horrible crimes against children ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced today that Rashad Rabah, 33, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty to receipt of child pornography before U.S. District Judge Meredith A. Vacca. The charge carries a minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum penalty of 20 years and a...Read More
Everyone has seen them out at restaurants: the “iPad babies” and zoned-out families. Parents letting their children, some quite young, stare at phones or tablets throughout the meal, sometimes while mom and dad also look at screens. It’s easy to judge those families, though I try to remind myself that we, as casual onlookers, never...Read More
