DOYLESTOWN, Pa. (WPVI) — Bucks County officials announced an expansion of a federal lawsuit against social media and technology companies they allege are harming children, adding Roblox, Discord, Meta, and X to an existing legal action first filed in 2023. The Bucks County District Attorney’s Office originally filed suit against companies including TikTok, YouTube, Facebook,...Read More

Apple’s new child safety tools give parents full digital control. Photo: ChatGPT Recreated Tech giant Apple has announced a major overhaul of its parental control system, introducing new tools designed to help parents better manage what their children can access on iPhones and iPads. In a statement, the company said upcoming software updates this fall...Read More

LAGUNA BEACH, Calif. (KABC) — A mother and her two children were swept away into the ocean in Laguna Beach as a powerful swell creates dangerous conditions in Orange County and other Southern California coastal areas. One of the children, a teenage girl, remains missing. The city’s Marine Safety Department responded to a 911 call...Read More

The organisation stressed that the risk of falls extends beyond windows and balconies. Potential hazards can include furniture positioned near windows or edges, unsecured staircases, elevated surfaces, common areas within residential buildings, sharp corners, protruding edges and objects that allow children to access unsafe locations or increase the risk of injury if they trip or...Read More

Apple did not choose this timing by accident. At WWDC 2026 today, Apple previewed its biggest parental controls and iOS 27 child safety features overhaul in years – on the same day UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer gave Apple and Google a three-month deadline to introduce device-level controls that prevent children from viewing or sharing...Read More

UK government announces three-month ultimatum for big tech companies to improve child safety Privacy advocates warn the mandate could undermine privacy Signal is among those warning that the proposal will create more harm than good The UK’s plan to become “the first country” in the world where children are prevented from accessing explicit pictures on...Read More

Apple unveiled a suite of new child safety features that will allow parents to exercise greater control over what their children can access online, who they can communicate with and how much time they spend on apps. The updates, announced ahead of the rollout of iOS 27, iPadOS 27 and macOS 27 later this year,...Read More

Matilda Wormwood, Pexels As a parent, I don’t think elementary school kids need smartphones. But life isn’t always ideal. Sometimes they need a way to call home, message family, or stay connected after school. If that day comes, Apple’s latest child safety features make an iPhone feel like one of the safer options available—not because...Read More

The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that Police in Central District were unjustified and acted unlawfully in issuing a Police Safety Order (PSO) against a father and using it to remove his child from his care. On 10 December 2024, the child’s mother reported to Police that on 29 November 2024, the child told...Read More

Apple’s efforts to expand parental controls are a good start, and legally required soon. Like all safety systems, it’s only as strong as its weakest link. On Monday, Apple spent 30 minutes of the WWDC 2026 discussing its latest updates to Child Accounts. These updates are designed to make using iPhone, iPad, and Mac safer...Read More