Barely days after the precedent-setting verdicts around Meta and YouTube’s efforts to promote addictive behaviour among children, a group of digital safety advocates have now petitioned Google CEO Sundari Pichai and his colleague at YouTube Neil Mohan to change the latter’s policies in order to cut down AI slop. The demand came from a coalition...Read More
A New Mexico jury has found Meta liable for misleading consumers about the safety of its platforms and endangering children. Meta is ordered to pay $375 million in damages for violating state consumer protection laws. State Attorney General Raul Torrez, in a statement, said that Meta executives knew their products harmed children, disregarded internal warnings,...Read More
New Mexico’s case relied on a state undercover investigation where agents created social media accounts posing as children to document sexual solicitations and Meta’s response. The lawsuit, filed in 2023 by New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez, also says Meta hasn’t fully disclosed or addressed the dangers of social media addiction. Meta hasn’t agreed that...Read More
Washington — James Woods, a 17-year-old college-bound track star, had just gotten his driver’s license and posed for his senior yearbook photo when an online predator targeted him on Instagram. James received 200 messages in less than 20 hours, according to his mother, Tamia Woods. “It ranged anywhere from ‘I own you,’ to ‘you...Read More
House Energy and Commerce Chairman Brett Guthrie (R-Ky.) delivers his opening remarks at the markup on Thursday. (Screengrab) Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce Committee forged ahead with legislation expanding protections for children online on Thursday, bucking opposition from Democrats who assailed what they called a diluted package that would instead put kids more...Read More
Full Digital Access 12 Month Plan costs $260 (min. cost) for the first 12 months, charged as $20 every 4 weeks. This automatically renews after the first 12 months to be charged as $20 (min. cost) every 4 weeks. Renewals occur unless cancelled as per full Terms and Conditions. No cancellations during the first 12...Read More
The Blue Whale Challenge has parents worrying over the safety of their children. Dangerous trends show kids falling prey to online games and challenges that are not only causing grievous harm to them but also claiming their lives. Children who play these games are often driven to self-injury, suicide, and sharing explicit photos online. Sensibility...Read More
Americans are having a few regrets about their approach to child safety in the care of drug-using parents. Earlier this month, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico said she never should have signed the state’s 2019 Comprehensive Addiction Recovery Act. “We were releasing, after they were well enough to go home, infants in the...Read More
Meta misled users about the safety of its platforms and enabled the sexual exploitation of young users, a New Mexico jury found Tuesday, one of the first major child safety trial losses for the social media giant. The state’s attorney general, Raúl Torrez, sued Meta in 2023, accusing it of misleading consumers about the safety...Read More
