Robert Daw has admitted trying to engage children in sexual activity, after messaging them online Robert Daw Three vulnerable children have identified by police, after a man with hundreds of indecent images was jailed. Robert Daw is now behind bars, after admitting multiple offences relating to the sexual exploitation of children online. An investigation was...Read More

Updated August 26, 2026 at 5:26 PM EDT Sign up for NPR’s Up First morning newsletter for the stories you need to start your day. The social media company Meta and states suing it have agreed to settle a landmark federal child safety lawsuit in a move that state attorneys general hope will be a...Read More

Irish media regulator opens formal investigation into X over child safety and age assurance controls In a latest tech update, Ireland’s media watchdog, Coimisiún na Meán, has opened a formal investigation into social media platform X to determine whether the company is doing enough to protect children from viewing age-inappropriate content. The first of its...Read More

France’s failed attempt to keep under-15s off social media has not stopped Emmanuel Macron. Instead, he is taking the fight to Brussels, pushing for a ban across the bloc as the European Commission weighs its own restrictions. Governments and researchers disagree over whether a blanket ban would make children safer. The French president asked Ursula...Read More

A landmark $17.1 billion multistate settlement has been signed between state attorneys general and Meta Platforms, Inc., the ownership company of Instagram and Facebook. Meta’s CEO Mark Zukerberg also agreed to implement a sweeping set of safety features designed to protect children who use those two social media platforms. The states claimed that Meta knowingly...Read More

The ads pointed people towards almost 50 apps combined across Google’s Play Store and Apple’s App Store. Of the 350 ads, the researchers say that around 300 of them directed people to AI image or video generator ads, with most of these apps being linked to China-based developers. Some apps had already been removed by...Read More

The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has decided to institute a formal inquiry into alleged lapses in Meta India’s policies on child safety and the platform’s lack of action on child sexual abuse material (CSAM), according to sources.   The decision to institute a formal inquiry was taken after NCPCR found Meta’s...Read More

Robert Pattinson has had a superb year playing untrustworthy men. He was funny and slightly pathetic as cheating Charlie opposite Zendaya in The Drama, played deliciously slimey antagonist Antinous in The Odyssey and, in Primetime, stars as American TV journalist Chris Hansen in what might be his most provocative outing yet. Set in 2006, Primetime...Read More

Despite her success in prosecuting child exploitation cases — 93 of them since she launched a special unit dedicated to the task in 2022 — Kane County State’s Attorney Jamie Mosser acknowledges that perpetrators “always seem to be one step ahead of us” technologically. That’s why she gratefully accepted a $1 million check Aug. 26...Read More

Quick Read McCuskey named Apple the next child-safety litigation target after Meta’s $17 billion settlement, warning the last company to settle gets hit hardest. Apple’s iCloud reportedly generated only 200 CSAM reports versus Google’s 600 million, giving state AGs their primary legal argument against the company. The real risk isn’t a financial hit. Forced iCloud...Read More