About the Child Safety Regulatory Priority Program From May 2025, the NSW Regulatory Authority’s Child Safety Regulatory Priority Program will focus on supporting providers, service leaders and educators to embed child safe culture, behaviours and practices in ECEC services, and compliance with child safety regulatory requirements. The 12-month regulatory priority program will: provide extensive information,...Read More

On May 23, 2024, Skyline High School held its graduation ceremony on its school grounds in Oakland, California. What should have been a celebratory occasion turned violent in an all-too-familiar way.  Just as the ceremony was wrapping up, a dispute escalated into gunfire, leaving three people wounded. Three minors—one armed with a Glock handgun—fled the...Read More

Advocates in Tulsa say they are seeing a rise in teenagers being targeted by online predators and are urging parents to recognize the risks and take steps to protect their children. Police reported that a 13-year-old girl recently ran away from home after communicating with a 21-year-old man on Snapchat. Such incidents are part of...Read More

GALVESTON, Texas — A federal lawsuit claims that two popular gaming platforms failed to protect a child in Galveston, Texas from an alleged predator. The victim’s mother said she uses parental controls on her children’s devices, but still, her 13-year-old daughter ended up sexually assaulted by a man she met on the children’s game Roblox...Read More

Kevin Galileo Morales Saravia AUSTIN A criminal illegal immigrant wanted for sexually abusing a child is this month’s Featured Fugitive. Kevin Galileo Morales Saravia has been added to the 10 Most Wanted Criminal Illegal Immigrants List and the reward for information leading to his arrest is increased to $4,000 during the month of May if...Read More

LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — A new investigative series on ABC is set to unveil the chilling operations of a network known as 764, a group of online predators targeting teenagers to produce child pornography and inflict harm. With over 250 open investigations linked to this network, the series aims to shed light on the disturbing...Read More

Apple on Thursday announced a range of new initiatives designed to help parents and developers create a safer experience for kids and teens using Apple devices. In addition to easier setup of child accounts, parents will now be able to share information about their kids’ ages, which can then be accessed by app developers to...Read More

Safe schools are a prerequisite for student achievement. Increasingly, this vital aspect is more aspirational than realistic as schools face threats on many fronts. From the looming risk of on-campus violence, the escalating mental health crisis, and the growing risk (and cost) of cyber attacks, schools are working overtime to make sure they provide a...Read More

In a new whitepaper published today, Apple outlined several tools it already offers to parents and developers to “help enhance child safety while safeguarding privacy. This includes Screen Time, Find My, Communication Saftey, Communication Limits, and more. Over this year, Apple is introducing new features to build on its commitment to user privacy, security, and...Read More

Approximately half of public K-12 schools have an armed police officer, commonly known as a School Resource Officer (SRO), stationed on campus. But evidence shows that school-based police do not reduce gun-related or other violence and instead fuel suspensions, expulsions, and arrests, and increase potential involvement with the criminal legal system. This school-to-prison pipeline disproportionately...Read More