Washoe County Blue pinwheels will soon line a lawn in Reno, while also appearing across Washoe County, each one meant to represent something simple: a safe and carefree childhood for every child in the community. April marks National Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Awareness Month, and Washoe County partners are inviting the public to take...Read More
Major social media platforms have expressed concern over the expiration of key child safety provisions in the European Union. On April 3, 2026, certain protections under the EU ePrivacy Directive expired after lawmakers failed to reach agreement on a replacement. The expired rules had allowed platforms to scan for child sexual abuse material (CSAM) without...Read More
“These are not grooming gangs. These are rape gangs” Mohan Singh has spent decades supporting vulnerable children in the UK, long before grooming scandals hit the headlines. As founder of the Sikh Awareness Society, he has seen firsthand how predatory gangs target young people, offering gifts or attention before coercing them into sexual abuse. Singh...Read More
Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. With the EU failing to come to terms on a new agreement over child safety protections, Google, Meta, Microsoft and Snap reaffirmed their commitment to protecting children and preserving privacy on their platforms. On April 3, safety...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...Read More
Guiding teens through adolescence presents its own difficulties. The teen brain is known to undergo large structural changes, which seems to increase the sensitivity of their dopamine signalling – a neurotransmitter associated with pleasure. This was once thought to make teens much more impulsive than younger children, as they actively seek out risky situations that...Read More
It’s a burning question for parents and public health officials alike: How do you keep a new generation from starting to smoke? We already know some strategies that have worked. Public health campaigns aimed at young people and consistent reinforcement from parents help keep them from striking up the dangerous habit. But first, a basic...Read More
BOSTON – Energy drinks continue to gain in popularity, especially among young people, and new research reinforces that the beverages could be harmful to kids’ health. It’s estimated that more than 30% of kids ages 12 to 17 consume energy drinks regularly, males more often than females. Some do it because they think it will...Read More
Here’s the dynamic that I think that people will find frustrating. We have many large tech platforms right now. They seek this enormous scale. They reach previously unseen heights, and then they notice they have a problem. And they go in and they try to solve it to some degree, and then they keep growing...Read More
