PHOENIX — A months- long investigation into Arizona’s child safety system is coming to an end as State Senator Carine Werner holds a final Department of Child Safety oversight hearing Monday. The hearings started after three children — Emily Pike, Rebekah Baptiste and Zariah Dodd — died. All three children had prior contact with the...Read More

Home › Regional & State News › Buffalo CBP Seizes 350,000 Batteries Violating Child Safety Law Photo: U.S. Customs and Border Protection (@CBPBuffalo on X) U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in Buffalo have seized a large shipment of hearing aid batteries that did not meet federal safety standards. Officials say nearly 350,000 batteries were...Read More

Tasmania’s child safety regulator has addressed an “untenable situation” where police officers may have been exempt from a key measure to safeguard children from abuse. The Office of the Independent Regulator (OIR) oversees organisations’ compliance with mandatory reporting for suspected or confirmed child abuse involving staff. In Tasmania, organisation heads are required to report to...Read More

SANTA FE, N.M. – A New Mexico jury determined Tuesday that Meta knowingly harmed children’s mental health and concealed what it knew about child sexual exploitation on its social media platforms, a verdict that signals a changing tide against tech companies and the government’s willingness to crack down. The landmark decision comes after a nearly...Read More

A growing surge in CSAM (Child Sexual Abuse Material) circulating online has become an urgent concern for authorities and child protection organizations across the EU. As digital platforms continue to play a central role in communication, the challenge of tackling child sexual exploitation has intensified. The main issue lies in the expiration of a temporary...Read More

***DISCLAIMER*** The topics discussed in this article may be sensitive to some readers. If you believe that a child is in immediate danger, call 911 or your local police department. NYS Statewide Toll Free Hotline: 1-800-342-3720 Mandated Reporter Hotline: 1-800-635-1522 For deaf or hard of hearing, call TDD/TTY at: 1-800-638-5163or have your Video Relay System provider call: 1-800-342-3720 To report an incident...Read More

Congress is preparing to vote on a package of bills aimed at protecting children online. The proposals span content moderation requirements for social media platforms, data collection restrictions, and controls over how minors access apps through their phones. Behind all these legislative efforts lies a fundamental constitutional question that remains unresolved: What is the scope...Read More

For years, parents, teenagers, pediatricians, educators and whistleblowers have pushed the idea that social media is detrimental to young people’s mental health and can lead to addiction, eating disorders, sexual exploitation and suicide. For the first time, juries in two states took their side. In Los Angeles on Wednesday, a jury found both Meta and YouTube liable for harms to...Read More

The Department of Child Safety is backing a package of bills to reform Arizona’s child welfare agency. Legislation sponsored by Sen. Carine Werner (R-Scottsdale) — and supported by DCS — would add new requirements for caseworkers to include pictures of children in their reports and files, encourage coordination between the agency and tribal communities, and...Read More

A New Mexico state court jury on Tuesday held Meta liable for nearly $400 million in civil damages after a trial where the state attorney general accused the Facebook and Instagram operator of failing to safeguard kids who use its apps from child predators. The civil trial, which began with opening arguments in Santa Fe...Read More