As summer arrives, families across Texas will begin packing bags, loading up vehicles, and heading out to make vacation memories, enjoy weekend getaways, and road trips to visit loved ones. But amid the excitement of travel, it is important to remember that as roadways become busier, the risk of tragedy increases as well. According to...Read More
Florida has filed a new lawsuit against TikTok, alleging the social media platform allowed underage users to access its services and misrepresented the risks children face on the app despite a state law aimed at protecting minors online. Florida Alleges TikTok Violated Child Social Media Law Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced Monday that the...Read More
A dangerous social media trend encourages children and teenagers to take dangerous amounts of Benadryl to hallucinate. Last week, an Oklahoma father shared the story of what happened to his own daughter, who ended up in the hospital. He had a message for parents, encouraging them to look out for their children. “Sadly, lost all...Read More
Mehdi Arfaoui, Sociologist, Commission nationale de l’informatique et des libertés (CNIL) & École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS) Leanda Barrington-Leach, Executive Director, 5Rights Foundation Tobiáš Bruno Galia, President’s Youth Advisory Board, Czech Council of Children and Youth Urs Buscke, Senior Legal Officer, European Consumer Organisation (BEUC) Alex Cooney, CEO & Co-founder, CyberSafeKids María...Read More
Apple today previewed a new suite of powerful, intuitive, and easy-to-use tools that are designed to help parents create safer digital experiences for their kids. Apple today previewed a new suite of powerful, intuitive, and easy-to-use features designed to allow parents to more easily manage the content their children can see, who they can communicate...Read More
Diana Novak Jones | Reuters Florida’s attorney general sued TikTok on Monday over claims it is violating the state’s law barring social media platforms from allowing children under age 14 to create accounts. In the lawsuit, filed in state court in St. Lucie County, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier, a Republican, accuses TikTok of violating...Read More
from the techlash-on-demand dept UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is not having a particularly good time of being the UK’s leader. Basically everyone thinks he’s doing a terrible job and it seems unlikely that he’ll be in the role much longer. Apparently desperate to turn the tide on being historically disliked, he’s decided to grab...Read More
CHICAGO, June 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Hyundai Motor America hosted its fifth child safety seat check with Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago at Wilkins Hyundai in Elmhurst, Illinois, continuing a multi-year partnership focused on improving child passenger safety in the Chicagoland area. This effort comes as child passenger safety remains a...Read More
The slew of safety updates comes as Roblox confronts growing legal scrutiny over the ability of predators to access young children on the platform. At least nine states have sued Roblox over child safety issues, with three additional states reaching settlements with the company in lieu of lawsuits. More than 150 families have also sued...Read More
Users will be placed into the relevant account experience automatically through Roblox’s age-check systems. Age-checked users under 16 will continue to have access to the vast majority of their favourite games, while the experience for age-checked users aged 16 and above will remain unchanged. What changes for children Roblox Kids accounts are designed for users...Read More
