TikTok, YouTube trail rivals on child safety measures, UK regulator warns UK regulators are disappointed as major social media and tech outlets are not contributing towards necessary child safety measures. TikTok and Alphabet’s YouTube have failed to set out meaningful steps to protect British children from harmful online content, media regulator Ofcom said on Thursday....Read More

An Australian federal court has upheld a financial penalty against X for failing to comply with the country’s child internet safety regulations, marking the end of a prolonged legal dispute between the platform and Australian authorities. The court ordered X to pay a fine of AU$650,000 (approximately US$465,000) after determining that the company failed to...Read More

Editor’s Note 1/8/26: Character AI and Google have agreed to settle several lawsuits with families who say their teens died by suicide or harmed themselves after interacting with the tech platform’s chatbots.   In December, 60 Minutes reported on Character AI, speaking with parents who told us the Character AI bots their 13-year-old daughter interacted...Read More

The Tioga County Public Health Department has announced it has been awarded a $10,000 grant from the Floyd Hooker Foundation to support two important childhood injury‑prevention initiatives. The grants will fund the long‑standing Child Passenger Safety Program and the newly launched “Helmet First, Ride Second” Bicycle Helmet Program for children. Funding from the Floyd Hooker...Read More

An NDIS carer who tried to raise concerns with managers about staff “hitting” and “grooming” children has told an inquiry into Queensland’s “broken” child safety system that her complaints fell on deaf ears. The months-long inquiry into the $1 billion sector was led by Commissioner Paul Anastassiou KC and held its final hearing on Thursday....Read More

As a proud not-for-profit provider of outside school hours care (OSHC), the Y NSW has welcomed a key recommendation from a NSW Upper House Committee inquiry report on the Early Childhood Education and Care Sector, saying it reinforces the need to prioritise child safety in OSHC. The Inquiry’s report, released this week, made significant findings...Read More

Elon Musk’s social media platform X has been ordered to pay $750,000 after it admitted to failing to properly respond to questions about online child sexual exploitation and abuse material. The federal court sided with Australia’s eSafety regulator this week, ordering X to pay a $650,000 penalty, plus $100,000 in legal costs.  The ruling marks...Read More

Holly’s House says one in three teens will experience teen dating violence in the U.S, annually. In Southern Indiana, the child advocacy center handles cases every week. EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WEVV) — February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month. On Tuesday, people nationwide wore orange as a visual form of awareness.  Officials with Holly’s...Read More

Elon Musk’s social media network X has been fined A$650,000 (US$463,063) after admitting it failed to provide information about how it was tackling online child abuse material. The federal court penalty, handed down on Thursday, brings to an end a legal battle that lasted more than three years, after the eSafety commissioner first issued the...Read More

TikTok and Alphabet’s YouTube have failed to set out meaningful steps to protect children in UK from harmful online content, media regulator Ofcom said on Thursday, citing data showing widespread exposure on their platforms. Ofcom said neither company had made significant new commitments to make recommendation feeds safer, despite evidence that these feeds are the...Read More