by Olivia Young More than 100 school safety agents serving the greater Riverdale area and New York City at large are advocating for higher pay and better working conditions. They are calling on their labor union, Teamsters Local 237, and the New York Police Department to better advocate on agents’ behalf, organizers said. The movement,...Read More

WASHINGTON — Young Democratic and Republican state lawmakers from across the country found common ground Friday on the need to regulate artificial intelligence and kids’ online safety. Legislators at an annual conference hosted by Future Caucus, an organization that aims to strengthen bipartisan dialogue among Gen Z and millennial leaders, engaged in tech-related policy discussions...Read More

Nighttime curfews to be set by default and features that get teens hooked onto social media to be automatically switched off for 16- and 17-year-olds Measures look to protect the next generation, ensuring that when kids turn 16, they don’t face a cliff edge of being exposed to the most addictive features online  Tech Secretary also looks at measures...Read More

TIERED ACCESS TO SOCIAL MEDIA Summing up the discussions at the forum, Mrs Teo said there was broad support for tiered access and stronger expectations that tech companies take responsibility for designing safer platforms.  She said safety should extend beyond moderating harmful content to features that shape user behaviour, such as recommendation algorithms, design elements...Read More

EXCLUSIVE: ITV and Oscar-nominee Jeff Pope are teaming on a drama examining the devastating impact of social media on children, an idea that came to the broadcaster from Simon Cowell’s partner Lauren Cowell. The as-yet-untitled series will follow the story of multiple families and campaigners including Ellen Roome, who believes that the tragic death of...Read More

The U.K.’s online safety regulator Ofcom has launched an investigation into TikTok to determine whether the platform has met its obligations under the Online Safety Act to protect children from harmful content. The watchdog’s probe will cover concerns raised in its two reports on children’s experiences online and age assurance that age inference models used by TikTok, which guess...Read More

Case #2026-1214 The Baytown Police Department arrests 33-year-old Toby James Woods of Houston in connection with a proactive undercover operation targeting individuals attempting to exploit minors online. Woods has been charged with Online Solicitation of a Minor, a felony offense. During the investigation, it was also determined that Woods is a convicted sex offender from...Read More

Writer’s latest series created with campaigner Ellen Roome and Simon Cowell’s partner, Lauren Cowell Jeff Pope will explore the devastating impact social media can have on children in his latest drama for ITV. The as-yet-untitled series will follow the story of Ellen Roome and families around the world who have campaigned for better online safety....Read More

Australia’s early childhood education and care (ECEC) sector will enter the next stage of national child safety reform when advanced child safety training will become available from July 2026, expanding on the mandatory foundation modules introduced earlier this year. The new training forms part of the nationally consistent child safety framework agreed by Education Ministers...Read More

The debate over the government’s proposed social media ban for under 16s has raised several difficult questions, including doubts about whether it will work, which services it will cover, and what risks to privacy mandating age verification could create. But beyond the operational questions is a more fundamental one: is the ban constitutional? Bill C-34...Read More