Editor’s Note: This article is part of the Police1 Innovation Report, which examines how emerging technologies are reshaping law enforcement operations and leadership decision-making. This series focuses on school safety in an era of expanded digital awareness, exploring how technology, governance and operational alignment intersect before a crisis unfolds. How much — and which —...Read More
New York State has moved to protect kids from addictive social media platforms, announcing on Tuesday that the SAFE for Kids Act has been finalized and will go into effect early next year. The law promises to stop social media companies from feeding kids personalized content via algorithms and sending them notifications deep into the...Read More
A LITTLE MORE CONVERSATION Perhaps that’s what the age restriction is for – buying time for us to have conversations over what boundaries are appropriate. At some point, our children will make their own decisions. The parenting approach therefore needs to shift from prescription to persuasion. When they’re young, we make decisions for them. As...Read More
Benjamin Morris was arrested Monday night on 30 charges related to possession and dissemination of child sexual abuse material. ROCK ISLAND, Ill. — The former interim executive director at Quad City Arts, charged with possessing and disseminating child sexual abuse material, had his first court appearance on Wednesday. 33-year-old Benjamin Morris was arrested around 10:30...Read More
Pro Available to WrapPRO members The tech company’s stock price fell as much as 10% even as revenue topped expectations Illustration courtesy of Chris Smith/TheWrap Meta reported $60.8 billion in second quarter revenue, up 28% annually, slightly outpacing the $60.29 billion analysts projected. The tech company’s earnings per share were $6.18, below analyst expectations of...Read More
MIAMI — A former youth pastor who flew through South Florida in 2025 already carrying a sordid past now has a bleak future ahead of him, federal prosecutors announced on Wednesday: 40 years in federal prison. Leer en español Jacob Melvin Hart, 46, of San Juan Capistrano, California, was sentenced by a Miami federal judge...Read More
WASHOUGAL, Wash. (KATU) — Washougal Police arrested two men from Oregon during an undercover sting operation where officers posed as children online. According to investigators, both men thought they were meeting up with a minor child to exchange money for sexual activity. Officials said no actual children were involved in the undercover communications. Washougal Police...Read More
JOHNSON CITY, N.Y. (WBNG) –New York State officials have released final regulations outlining how social media companies must implement the SAFE for Kids Act, a law signed in 2024 that restricts algorithm-driven feeds for users under 18. The law — which stands for Stop Addictive Feeds Exploitation — requires social media platforms to limit algorithmically...Read More
Say it with me: Correlation does not equal causation. But once again, we’ve got someone spinning noncausal survey results as “social media is bad news for teenagers,” despite the fact that most of the teens studied were only moderate users and problems among the heaviest users could cause social media overuse, rather than vice versa....Read More
New York has finalized the SAFE for Kids Act rules, requiring age verification and parental consent for personalized social media feeds and overnight notifications for minors. At a Glance New York has finalized the SAFE for Kids Act rules. Social media platforms must verify users’ ages before enabling certain features. Parents must give permission for...Read More
