Sign up for Chalkbeat Tennessee’s free newsletter to keep up with statewide education policy and Memphis-Shelby County Schools. Tennessee state lawmakers next year will have access to an unprecedented pot of money earmarked for child mental health support, but it’s not yet clear where the funds will go and whether school programs will directly benefit....Read More
CADILLAC — The public got to learn all things safety at this year’s Child Safety Expo hosted by the Cadillac Fire Department Friday. The event featured various activities for kids, while their parents had the opportunity to learn about different services available in the area to keep them safe. Police, fire and emergency medical services...Read More
Somewhere right now a parent is standing over a cot with a phone raised, taking the fourteenth photo of a sleeping baby who has not moved since photo three. It isn’t a better photo. It’s barely a different photo. It goes up anyway, roughly ninety seconds later, with a caption that is mostly emoji. The...Read More
Brussels is finalising steps to impose swingeing restrictions on teenage access to social media, amid growing anxiety that Big Tech platforms cannot be trusted to protect children from harmful content. Long-awaited measures to be unveiled next week by European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen aim to prevent children under 15 using “risky” app functions...Read More
By Jocelyn Wiener, CalMatters This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Even a decade ago, the horror stories behind some of the 13 children’s online protection bills Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law Thursday seemed the stuff of fiction. An AI chatbot coaching a teenager to isolate himself from friends...Read More
In today’s Tech Bites, California now has implemented a new set of laws aimed at protecting children from the risks linked to Artificial Intelligence and social media. The new laws will restrict how minors can interact with chatbots and will ban addictive feeds. Companies in violation could face penalties. A Universal Music Group is entering...Read More
(TNND) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday signed bills aimed at making social media safer for kids by limiting so-called addictive features and raising penalties for platforms found negligent in harming children. Assemblyman Josh Lowenthal, a Long Beach Democrat and the lead author of the bills, said Friday that he’s “ecstatic” to see them...Read More
PRINCETON, W.Va. (WVVA) – A bill that would end the twice-yearly clock changes has passed the U.S. House of Representatives and now awaits action in the Senate. Mercer County Public Schools Superintendent Edward Toman said he hopes lawmakers consult school leaders and families before making a decision. Bill would end clock changes If passed, the...Read More
CAMERON, Texas (FOX 44) — Following a year-long operation, a Michigan man was arrested over 1,000 miles away from home to allegedly meet a minor in Cameron, Texas. For almost a year, 58-year-old Geevar Varghese was allegedly speaking with who he thought was a 14-year-old girl – but it was actually a 40-year-old man with...Read More
