GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — More than 95% of teenagers have access to smartphones, and many of them are on social media — and the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Detroit Division says drug dealers are using those platforms to target children. WATCH: DEA warns drug dealers are targeting teens on social media DEA warns drug dealers are...Read More
A pastor kicked off a recent campaign stop for Michael Whatley, the Republican nominee for Senate, with a prayer that asked God to bestow “integrity and honesty” upon the event and to right wrongs “hammered down on the conservative movement.” The prayer was hardly unusual by North Carolina political standards. What was surprising was the...Read More
Fort Gay, W.Va — The Fort Gay Police Department has been working around the clock to keep its mission, Operation Mountain Justice going, to target and arrest child predators. “If you’re going to pray on children, that is something that Fort Gay is not going to tolerate. This is a fight that we’re willing to...Read More
A Texas judge ruled on Thursday that TikTok violated the state’s consumer protection law by misleading users about how the platform filtered content for minors and the effectiveness of its Restricted Mode feature. Texas sued TikTok in January 2025, accusing the company of marketing its platform as safe for children while failing to provide the...Read More
On September 10, videos and photos of a social media child predator catcher confronting a man on the UH campus made their rounds on the University of Houston subreddit. The man confronting the adjunct professor was identified as Alex Rosen, founder of the Houston-based organization Predator Poachers, which conducts sting operations on adults who seek...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
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WPTA/Gray News) – An Indiana man has been given the maximum possible sentence after being found guilty of child molestation. A jury found Stephen Bush, who failed to appear for his trial last month, guilty on all counts. That included four counts of child molestation and two counts of sexual misconduct with...Read More
TikTok rejected ads from Meta urging it and YouTube to join Meta’s multibillion-dollar child safety settlement with U.S. states, escalating a public fight between some of the world’s largest social platforms. Why it matters. Meta needs its rivals to come to the table. Part of Meta’s settlement is contingent on other major platforms agreeing to...Read More
OUACHITA PARISH, La. (KSLA) – The Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill’s Office (Louisiana A.G.’s Office) says it has arrested a man for video voyeurism, sexual battery, sexual abuse of animals, and the production/possession of child sexual abuse material. James Brannon Allen, 20, of Lyons Hill Road in Homer, was arrested September 9, 2026, on the...Read More
