VIDEO: Langley RCMP share back-to-school safety reminders Published 8:00 pm Monday, September 7, 2026 As students get ready to return to class, Langley RCMP are reminding drivers and students about safety rules around local schools. School zones are back in effect, meaning drivers need to follow the posted 30 km/h speed limit. “We want to...Read More
A second Southern Baptist church in South Carolina has made headlines recently for allowing a registered sex offender to participate in congregational ministry. Ministry Watch reported Aug. 31 that Brookwood Church in Simpsonville recently disqualified an adult male from serving in any capacity in the church, saying: “The man is a registered sex offender in South...Read More
A “high-risk” child sex predator who targeted young girls online has been jailed for more than seven years after he admitted to more than 40 child offences. Kasey Fitton, 20, of no fixed abode, was described as a dangerous “manipulative groomer” by Judge Sophie McKone at Bradford Crown Court on Monday, where he plead guilty...Read More
Australia has done it. Indonesia has followed, and the United Kingdom intends to do so from 2027. As governments move to keep children below a prescribed age off social media, South Africa faces the same difficult question: should it shut the door too? Linique Hanekom, whose work at the North-West University’s (NWU’s) Centre for Health...Read More
Late last year, Australia became the first country in the world to institute a nationwide ban on children younger than 16 having social media accounts. Six months in, most indications are that the law has largely failed at keeping young teens off the platforms, in a disappointing start to an initiative carefully watched by parents...Read More
BRUSSELS: The European Union (EU) should make social media platforms change instead of banning children from using the apps, Estonia’s digital minister told AFP on Sept 7, just over a week before the EU is due to announce an age limit. Estonia has been a lone voice in opposing the EU’s plans to restrict children’s...Read More
Governor Kelly A. Ayotte and Attorney General John M. Formella announce a landmark $17.1 billion multistate settlement with Meta Platforms, Inc. Under the settlement, New Hampshire will receive up to $224,344,141 paid in ten equal installments. In addition to the payment, Meta must implement a sweeping set of safety features designed to protect children on...Read More
FRANKFORT, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) – Kentucky will receive $358 million from a $17 billion settlement Meta is paying to resolve a landmark case over teen social media addiction. Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman, along with several other states, took Meta to court alleging the company knowingly harmed kids’ mental health by designing and...Read More
Limiting kids’ access to its addictive social media products Facebook and Instagram, Meta cut a worthwhile deal in a lawsuit with 47 states, D.C. and several U.S. territories. No more will children be glued to screens thanks to some needed reforms and Meta will write out at least $12 billion in checks to be doled...Read More
MANILA, Philippines — A House of Representatives panel has proposed a full social media ban for children below 13 and restrictions on the said technology’s use for those aged 13 to 18, as a means to shield young people from harmful content online. During a hearing of the House committee on the welfare of children,...Read More
