Roblox is rolling out a major update to its safety features and parental controls. Roblox hide caption toggle caption Roblox In an effort to address child safety concerns, digital gaming platform Roblox announced Monday that it is rolling out a major update to its safety features and parental controls. The update includes amped-up parental controls...Read More
WASHINGTON COUNTY Ore. (KPTV) – On Thursday, the Washington County Sheriff’s Office (WCSO) conducted a child predator sting, arresting five men for luring a minor and online sexual corruption of a child. Investigators used multiple dating apps, social media sites, and other online platforms to pose as minors. The men arrested contacted the profiles and...Read More
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. State legislators made school safety a top priority this year after 19 students and two teachers died in the 2022 Uvalde school shooting. But even after they passed a sweeping bill on the...Read More
article The Minneapolis police logo on a squad vehicle. (FOX 9) MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – A man who worked as a substitute teacher is charged with several counts of disseminating child pornography and soliciting a child for sex after an online child predator sting group set up a meeting at a Minneapolis park. Preston Casey...Read More
UNICEF and Lego announced their collaboration on a recently released RITEC Design Toolbox (RDT), a guide for game designers on “[how to] incorporate support for children’s well-being into their design process.” According to the FAQ, the RDT encompasses different design facets (including UI and product design), and different management levels. Primarily, its purpose is to...Read More
A child predator in Biloxi will spend more than three decades in prison. Michael Ryan Gilbert, 37, pled guilty Thursday to one count of sexual battery and one count of child exploitation. Circuit Court Judge Christopher Schmidt sentenced Gilbert 50 years with 16 years suspended in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections, leaving...Read More
It’s a dangerous world out there, especially with the anonymity of the internet. This makes keeping your child safe online more important than ever. Windows 10 and Windows 11 have lots of cool parental control features that can help you keep an eye on what your child is doing on their computer. Even if you’re...Read More
Global News Police say nearly 200 tips have come in for missing Nova Scotia children The RCMP say they are working “day and night” on the disappearance of two Nova Scotia children who have been missing for almost two weeks. To date, police say they have received more than 180 tips from the public and...Read More
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia House members voted 159-13 on Tuesday for a school safety bill that supporters say is aimed at preventing a school shooting like the one in September that killed two teachers and two students at Apalachee High School. But some lawmakers remain uneasy about its proposed creation of a statewide student database...Read More
Measure proposes new Child Safety and Custody Compliance Act Sen. Ana Maria Rodriguez A Miami Republican is proposing a “Child Safety and Custody Compliance Act,” that would make it a crime for child welfare investigators to “willfully” fail to do their jobs. SB 60 by Sen. Ana Maria Rodriguez, a trade association vice president, defines...Read More
