Kids are consuming a lot of AI slop. And child safety advocates are getting worried. In a letter sent to Google CEO Sundar Pichai and YouTube CEO Neil Mohan, a coalition of national organizations and child development experts is demanding a change to YouTube policies to cut down on AI slop, including an outright ban...Read More
By Sara Brandstätter and Luca Bertuzzi ( April 1, 2026, 12:00 GMT | Insight) — Big Tech could face overlapping compliance obligations under the EU’s digital services law and the proposed child sexual abuse content rules as lawmakers seek to align parallel systems for assessing and mitigating online risks. Cyprus, which is chairing talks among...Read More
Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers on Wednesday filed a child-safety lawsuit against the popular online gaming platform Roblox, alleging that the company knowingly markets itself to kids but puts no guardrails in place to protect them from adults. “There may be no bigger online playground for predators in the entire world,” Hilgers said in a...Read More
A recording of Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s deposition is played for jurors on March 4 in Santa Fe, New Mexico. (Jim Weber / Santa Fe New Mexican via AP) SANTA FE, N.M. — Closing arguments began Monday in a landmark trial in New Mexico where social media conglomerate Meta is accused of misleading...Read More
Meta fined for misleading users on child safety
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A court in New Mexico has ordered Meta to pay $375 million (£279 million) for allegedly misleading users about the safety of its platforms for children, AzerNEWS reports, citing foreign media.
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A new national rule targets minors’ access to major platforms, raising questions about enforcement and family impact. Details about verification methods remain unclear. Indonesia on Saturday introduced restrictions on the use of social media accounts for children under 16, becoming the first country in Southeast Asia to implement such sweeping national measures. This decision reflects...Read More
According to WGN 9, 2020 has been one of the most “dangerous and deadly” years for Chicago’s children and teenagers with 291 kids shot and 41 killed through the end of September, and the highest numbers in 6 years for Chicago’s youngest children, with a total of 38 children under 12 shot and six killed....Read More
The United States House Energy & Commerce Committee on Thursday will mark up bills discussed at a December hearing in pursuit of protecting children online. The bills run the gamut from funding initiatives increasing research and education on online platforms’ impacts to restricting children’s access to certain online features to mandating that online services and...Read More
SCOTTSDALE, AZ (AZFamily)— A new social media trend is causing concern among Valley police officers. In the past few weeks, there have been multiple cases of teens attempting to lure potential child predators and then posting their encounters online. The trend is reminiscent of a 2000s TV show, To Catch a Predator. But police say...Read More
A child crying behind a chain-link fence is not a border problem. A toddler struggling to breathe after exposure to tear gas is not a policy success. And a preschooler detained as he returned home is a moral failure. The United States is once again invoking child protection to justify immigration policies that inflict profound...Read More
