Congress is preparing to vote on a package of bills aimed at protecting children online. The proposals span content moderation requirements for social media platforms, data collection restrictions, and controls over how minors access apps through their phones. Behind all these legislative efforts lies a fundamental constitutional question that remains unresolved: What is the scope...Read More
On March 31, Australia’s online safety watchdog, eSafety, announced it is considering legal action against Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, and YouTube over systemic failures to block users under 16. Australia’s eSafety Commissioner, Julie Inman Grant, released her first compliance report since the ban took effect on Dec. 10 last year, stating that five million Australian...Read More
MADISON, Wis. — Changes to social media platforms are expected after a jury found YouTube and Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, negligent for knowingly designing addictive products that harm the mental health of teens. The ruling stems from a lawsuit filed by a now 20-year-old woman and her mother. Meta and YouTube were ordered...Read More
For years, parents, teenagers, pediatricians, educators and whistleblowers have pushed the idea that social media is detrimental to young people’s mental health and can lead to addiction, eating disorders, sexual exploitation and suicide. For the first time, juries in two states took their side. In Los Angeles on Wednesday, a jury found both Meta and YouTube liable for harms to...Read More
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Ronya and Beau Buzbee, parents of slain teenager Hailey Buzbee, clap after Indiana Gov. Mike Braun ceremonially signs child protection bills into law at the Statehouse on Wednesday, April 1, 2026. Photo by Leslie Bonilla Muñiz, Indiana Capital Chronicle. By Leslie Bonilla MuñizIndiana Capital Chronicle INDIANAPOLIS — The parents of a slain Fishers teenager stood...Read More
The Department of Child Safety is backing a package of bills to reform Arizona’s child welfare agency. Legislation sponsored by Sen. Carine Werner (R-Scottsdale) — and supported by DCS — would add new requirements for caseworkers to include pictures of children in their reports and files, encourage coordination between the agency and tribal communities, and...Read More
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Got story updates? Submit your updates here. › The blurred lines between a tween’s digital and real-world lives underscore the need for parental guidance on healthy social media habits.NYC Today A concerned parent asks advice columnists Grandma Gail and Kim Murstein how to help their 11-year-old daughter who is “obsessed” with social media and devices....Read More
A New Mexico state court jury on Tuesday held Meta liable for nearly $400 million in civil damages after a trial where the state attorney general accused the Facebook and Instagram operator of failing to safeguard kids who use its apps from child predators. The civil trial, which began with opening arguments in Santa Fe...Read More
