Meta insists it has a long history of protecting its youngest customers as it defends itself against a swath of lawsuits alleging its social media empire harms children. In the latest such instance, the social media giant is fighting allegations in a California federal court that it contributes to the youth mental health crisis by...Read More

The lawsuit alleges that Meta designed and monetised Facebook & Instagram to encourage compulsive use among young people (representative image) Meta is facing a landmark legal challenge in the US that could have far-reaching implications for how Facebook and Instagram are designed and operated, after 29 states accused the company of deliberately creating products that...Read More

There’s no better time than now for schools to implement social media literacy and cyberbullying policies, experts say. The always-on nature of social media, growing privacy concerns, cross-platform interactions and the rise of artificial intelligence are reshaping the digital landscape, putting the focus on how schools respond. New state laws will require schools to provide...Read More

“Cyber Blues” by C.D. Richardson C.D. Richardson, author of the AROC Adventures children’s book series Children’s Author and Tech Leader C.D. Richardson Encourages Empathy, Digital Literacy and the Courage to Ask for Help Online and offline worlds overlap for today’s children. The feelings don’t disappear when the device is turned off. Cyberbullying can affect sleep,...Read More

Photo-Illustration: Intelligencer; Photo: Getty Images In 2024, Australia passed a new law called the Online Safety Amendment. Its primary purpose was simple: to introduce “an obligation on certain social media platforms to take reasonable steps to prevent children under 16 years of age from having an account.” By then, worries about young people, social media,...Read More

A car crash that claimed the lives of five teenagers in Ireland early Sunday has raised police concerns about the role social media plays in dangerous driving incidents in the country. The teenage boys were driving in a car on the wrong side of a motorway outside Dublin when they collided head-on with another vehicle...Read More

THE fatal shooting of a 10-year-old pupil by a fellow student at the Ateneo de Zamboanga University, as well as the shooting incident in Tacloban City, led me to retrieve the public statement of the Psychological Association of the Philippines (PAP). Issued last July 6, 2026, it is still relevant in the light of recent...Read More

Following the April death of longtime Storage Wars star Darrell Sheets, the Lake Havasu City Police Department began looking into cyberbullying allegations made by Sheets in a note found near his body. Police found the 67-year-old’s body on April 22, and the Mohave County Medical Examiner’s Office determined that he died by suicide. Per NBC...Read More

A cybersecurity practitioner has called for mandatory child-safety controls on digital platforms and devices, arguing that banning individual apps will not address the wider online ecosystem that can expose minors to violent content, grooming, and radicalization. In a revised policy white paper, cybersecurity professional Albert “Abet” Dela Cruz proposed a national digital safety framework requiring...Read More

(Photo by Sanket Mishra via Unsplash) By Talker Nearly two-thirds of Americans believe children under the age of 16 should not be allowed on social media, according to new research. The survey of 2,000 Americans revealed that 62% of respondents agreed that kids 15 and under should be barred from creating social media accounts. With discussions...Read More