Technology Technology   The Big Story Social media verdicts spur new momentum for kids online safety push Back-to-back verdicts against Meta and Google’s YouTube sent a ...

A pair of verdicts held social media companies accountable for harming young users, highlighting a growing backlash as ...

Throughout our communities, law enforcement witnesses the hidden dangers of the digital world. What may seem like a harmless ...

Recent verdicts in New Mexico and Los Angeles are highlighting digital safety for kids and teens. This is what parents need ...

Juries in two cases this week decided Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, and YouTube, which is owned by Google, are liable for damages because heir platforms put children at ...

Eight years ago, my son David died by suicide at 16. His death followed a yearlong battle with social media and online gaming addiction as well as months of intense and threatening cyberbullying that ...

The internet offers endless exciting opportunities for children to satisfy their natural curiosity, explore interests, find entertainment and discover new things. It’s a world at their fingertips — a ...

A recent incident in our community involving an adult targeting a teenager through the gaming platform Roblox is prompting ...

Roblox launches a real-time AI moderation system to detect harmful content by analyzing avatars, text and environments ...

A big risk with kids using AI chatbots is how they might struggle to distinguish between good and bad advice. Making the Internet safe for children has long been a goal for parents, legislators, and ...

The Kids Online Safety Act was supposed to fix (or break) the internet. Now, after nearly three years of rewrites, it’s got days left to pass. is a senior policy reporter at The Verge, covering the ...

With children out of school and sometimes left home alone, a child safety expert said summertime is a time of year when predators are working hard to exploit young people online. Callahan Walsh, a ...