A new study about teens and sexting shows a rise in the number of teens either sending or receiving sexually explicit texts. The study finds 27-percent of kids under 18 receive sext messages including nude photos and nearly 15-percent of teens send them. Some of the most concerning new data in the report relate to...Read More

Story highlights Brandy Vela, who had been bullied, killed herself in front of her family Her family says people have posted disturbing things on a memorial page Police are investigating but say they don’t have any suspects CNN —  Raul Vela, who watched his daughter die two weeks ago, doesn’t want peace or quiet. He wants...Read More

BOISE, Idaho (KMVT/KSVT) — Gov. Brad Little signed a bill that gives foster care children more protection. Senate Bill 1257, known as “Isaiah’s Law,” is named after a boy whose story exposed gaps in the system. The law strengthens foster child safety by allowing courts to deny in-person parental visitation when physical or sexual abuse...Read More

SOMERS POINT, N.J. (WPVI) — A pre-kindergarten teacher’s aide in South Jersey is accused of sexually assaulting multiple children over a 10-year span, according to prosecutors. Shaun M. Stebbins, 43, of Somers Point, was arrested Sunday and charged with first-degree aggravated sexual assault of a child under 13, first-degree permitting a child to engage in...Read More

One of the latest and most ambitious studies on bullying and cyberbullying in middle and high school students begs to differ with the adage, “sticks and stones can break my bones, but names can’t hurt me.” Researchers found that 1 in 5 students said that they had been threatened with a weapon at school, 73...Read More

Updated at 2:48 p.m. ET on February 27, 2026 Not so long ago, Mark Zuckerberg was working in overdrive to convince the world that his company was doing everything it could to protect children. In 2021, he posted a note to his personal Facebook page, writing that he had “spent a lot of time reflecting”...Read More

In January, I wrote about a study in which two-thirds of teenage girls in an online forum reported being asked to send sexually explicit messages or images via text. The overwhelming majority of the girls who sexted reported being “coerced” into doing so. That study was based on a small sample of about 400 young...Read More

Roughly six-in-ten U.S. teens have been bullied or harassed online, according to a new Pew Research Center report that explores teens’ experiences with cyberbullying and their views about it. Senior Researcher Monica Anderson discusses the methods and meaning behind the data. Bullying has been around for decades, centuries even. Cyberbullying is a newer manifestation of bullying....Read More

Snap (NYSE:SNAP), social media and advertising platform, closed Thursday at $4.01, down 10.69%. The stock fell after the European Commission opened a formal Digital Services Act investigation into Snapchat’s child safety practices. Investors are watching potential regulatory penalties and compliance costs. Trading volume reached 104.1 million shares, coming in about 120% above its three-month average...Read More

Rice County District Court dismisses child pornography charges against 14-year-old teenager for sending an explicit Snapchat of herself. Contact: Jana Kooren, jkooren@aclu-mn.org, 651-529-1693, 651-485-5925 (cell) Rice County District Court Judge Cajacob dismissed the child pornography charges against a 14-year-old Rice County girl for sending an explicit Snapchat of herself. She was charged with one count...Read More