YouTube Chief Executive Neal Mohan on Wednesday rejected calls to join Meta’s $18 billion multistate settlement over child safety concerns, telling CNN that the video platform has long maintained independent measures to protect younger users. Mohan made the comments during a meeting with journalists at YouTube’s annual Made on YouTube event, where the company announced...Read More
YouTube CEO Neal Mohan has rejected joining Meta’s multistate child safety settlement. He clarified that the Google-owned video platform already has measures in place to protect young users. His comments come after Meta agreed to a multistate deal worth up to $18 billion that calls for new restrictions on how teenagers use Facebook and Instagram,...Read More
The week of September 20-26 is Child Passenger Safety Week. In an interview with Spectrum News, Trooper Serena Trodella of the Massachusetts State Police Traffic Programs Section in Milford spoke on the importance of a properly installed car seat for children. Trooper Trodella, “Nationally, nearly half of all car seats and booster seats are either misused...Read More
RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) – As online predators increasingly target South Dakota youth through social media, gaming apps, and messaging platforms, a statewide anti-trafficking organization is stepping up efforts to protect families from digital exploitation and sextortion. Call to Freedom is partnering with Avera and Homeland Security Investigations to host “Keeping Kids Safe Online” on...Read More
BISMARCK, N.D. (KFYR) – There are many parents in our state who misuse their car seats without even knowing it. According to North Dakota’s Department of Health and Human Services, in 2025, 3 in 4 car seats checked were being used incorrectly. Some of those include incorrect harness use, bad tether usage and wrong lower...Read More
YouTube CEO Neal Mohan rejected the prospect of joining Meta’s multistate child safety settlement, saying the video platform already has safeguards in place to protect younger users. “We have invested in making sure that young people are safe on our platform … for a very long time,” Mohan told CNN on Wednesday, adding that YouTube...Read More
WABASH VALLEY (WTHI) – It is National Child Passenger Safety Week. The Illinois Department of Transportation wants to remind families of the importance of properly installing a car seat. IDOT officials say crashes are the leading cause of death for children, with about 46% of them due to improper car seat installation. According to national...Read More
AMARILLO, Texas (KFDA) – The Amarillo City Council is discussing a proposed ordinance that would prohibit registered sex offenders from living near designated child safety zones. The measure, proposed by the Amarillo Police Department, would create a 1,000-foot residency buffer. Under the proposal, registered sex offenders whose offenses involved a minor would be barred from...Read More
The lawyers suing Meta argue the Project Nido (an internal name for the Teen Accounts team) swag is part of “culture of privilege abuse at Meta” aimed at keeping the research it’s conducted internally on teen harm out of the public eye, an issue that Mark Zuckerberg discussed after internal data on Instagram’s effects leaked...Read More
A man looks on as he walks past an Apple store in Beijing on September 23, 2026. (Photo by WANG Zhao / AFP)
Washington: Apple has rolled out a new suite of child safety and parental control features across iPhone, iPad and Mac with the latest iOS 27, iPadOS 27 and macOS 27 updates, giving...Read More
