Mount St. Helens peeking through the clouds. Molly Solomon / OPB The Forest Service has given a Canadian company permission to explore for gold and copper near Mount St. Helens. EarthFix reporter Eilis O’Neill tells us what’s at stake. Portland Community College Rock Creek Campus President Sandra Fowler-Hill and Liliana Luna, DACA recipient and PCC...Read More
Opinion Passing bills to safeguard social media isn’t easy with big digital media companies lobbying aggressively against them. In Los Angeles, Lori Schott (center) is embraced as she holds a photo of her daughter, Annalee Schott, after the verdict in a landmark trial over whether social media platforms deliberately addict and harm children on March...Read More
ACLU of Minnesota files a brief supporting teen Contact: Jana Kooren, jkooren@aclu-mn.org, 651-529-1693, 651-485-5925 (cell) St. Paul, Minn- The American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota is supporting a 14-year-old girl charged with a felony crime for sending an explicit selfie through Snapchat to a teen boy at her school. In a brief the ACLU-MN is...Read More
Last week, Meta and YouTube were found liable for creating intentionally addictive products that affected the wellbeing of young social media users. The ruling has supercharged an already growing movement from governments and regulators to restrict or ban social media use for under-16s, as has been done in Australia, to protect children from potential harm....Read More
PALOS PARK, IL — A Palos Park teen was targeted in a sextortion scheme after he sent explicit photos of himself to a person he thought was a girl his age, police said. The 18-year-old engaged with the purported girl on the “Yubo” app. After receiving texted photos of a girl in her bra and...Read More
Twenty-one people died in Robb Elementary School. President Joe Biden’s response to the mass murder has been unsatisfying, even ambiguous at times. If he has viable solutions that do not expand the federal footprint in schools, he should articulate them. And he needs to explain why they would be better than ideas offered by local...Read More
Roblox, the online gaming platform used by millions of children and adults worldwide, is now requiring mandatory age verification for users who want to access online chat features. The new policy launched in early January and comes as the company faces a growing number of lawsuits alleging it failed to adequately protect children from online...Read More
District Attorney Ron Freitas announces The San Joaquin County District Attorney’s Office has successfully secured a triple life sentence against Eugenio Reyes, ensuring he never returns to the community he preyed upon. In Department 6D, the defendant was sentenced to three consecutive terms of Life Without the Possibility of Parole after prosecutors proved the defendant’s crimes constituted...Read More
The other night, my friend’s teenage daughter asked her if she could download a new app because “everyone has it.” She conspired with her mom friend group, and we all advised her to ask the usual questions: What is it? Who’s on it? Why do you want it? The teen’s answer was a familiar thing...Read More
