BLAIR COUNTY, Pa (WJAC) — As families get ready for the first day of school, child safety advocates and prosecutors are urging parents to think twice about how much personal information they share online in popular back-to-school social media posts. Officials say photos that may seem harmless, including common first-day pictures with chalkboards listing details...Read More

NORMAN, Okla. — A man tried to lure a third-grader into his car at Memorial Elementary’s SPARK Park in Houston on Sunday, then drove off. Four days later, police still don’t know who he is, and they may never find out, because the three license plate cameras that could have identified his car had already...Read More

Ohio’s effort to require parental permission before children under 16 can open social media accounts remains frozen for the time being. On Aug. 17, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit agreed to temporarily pause its earlier decision, keeping the law from taking effect while a technology industry group prepares to ask the...Read More

CHARLOTTE — As students return to classrooms, the American Red Cross is offering safety reminders for children, parents, teachers and motorists as the new school year begins. The organization is encouraging families to review basic safety practices with children, including what to do while walking, biking or riding a bus to school and how to...Read More

PHOENIX, Ariz. (KVOA) – Gov. Katie Hobbs signed the Alec and Lydia Act into law Thursday, overhauling how Arizona courts handle child custody and domestic violence cases. The bipartisan legislation aims to prioritize child safety in custody decisions involving parents with a history of domestic violence. For far too long, child custody decisions have not...Read More

GILBERT, AZ (AZFamily) — A convicted sex offender accused of riding an e-bike near schools while wearing children’s accessories was arrested Thursday following a barricade situation in Gilbert. The case began Tuesday, when Gilbert police started investigating reports of a suspicious man riding an e-bike near several schools, neighborhoods and other areas where kids gather...Read More

In a 2024 lawsuit, the Department of Justice claimed TikTok violated a federal law protecting children under 13 from accessing the social media app. (CN) — ByteDance, the Beijing-based global parent company of social media platform TikTok, settled a lawsuit brought by the Department in Justice for $400 million on Friday after the government questioned...Read More

Details in an affidavit show that a Harrison 39-year-old who has been charged with internet stalking of a child was reportedly told multiple times that he was speaking to a 14-year-old during a White County Sheriff’s Office sexual predator sting in June and still offered a job “having sex while cattle farming.” A warrant was...Read More

The Department of Justice on Friday announced it had reached a $400 million settlement with social media platform TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance over concerns about children’s safety on the platform. The litigation relates to a complaint filed by the DOJ in 2024 that accused TikTok and its affiliated entities of violating children’s...Read More

CHICAGO (AP) — 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...Read More