Reddit Sues Australia Over Social Media Ban, Citing Free Speech Threat December 12, 2025 By Byron Kaye and Renju Jose Message board website Reddit on Friday filed a lawsuit in Australia’s highest court seeking to overturn the country’s social media...
World Watches First Teen Social Media Ban Start in Australia December 10, 2025 By Newley Purnell and Nasteho Said Australia’s social media ban for youths took effect Wednesday, a landmark move that’s drawn global attention at a time governments...
Two-Year-Old Falls From 20-Story New Jersey Apartment Building November 17, 2025 Authorities in New Jersey are investigating the death of a 2-year-old boy who was reported to have fallen from a...
French Court Probes TikTok for Algorithms Pushing to Suicide November 5, 2025 French judicial authorities said on Tuesday they had opened an investigation into Chinese social media platform TikTok and the risks...
Australia Tells AI Chatbot Companies to Detail Child Protection Steps October 22, 2025 By Byron Kaye Australia has ordered four artificial-intelligence chatbot companies to explain their measures to protect children from exposure to sexual or self-harm...
Italian Families Target Facebook, Instagram and TikTok Over Child Safety October 8, 2025 By Giselda Vagnoni A group of Italian families has filed a lawsuit against Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok, accusing the platforms of failing to...
OpenAI to Bring Parental Controls in ChatGPT After Teen’s Suicide September 29, 2025 OpenAI is rolling out parental controls for ChatGPT on the web and mobile, following a lawsuit by the parents of...
Meta Clashes With Apple, Google Over Child Age Check Legislation July 25, 2025 By Emily Birnbaum The biggest tech companies are warring over who’s responsible for children’s safety online, with billions of dollars in fines on...
French Families Sue TikTok Over Teen Suicides They Say Are Linked to Harmful Content January 24, 2025 By Tom Nouvian In the moment when her world shattered three years ago, Stephanie Mistre found her 15-year-old daughter, Marie, lifeless in the...
West Virginia Lawmakers Ban Smoking in Cars with Kids Present March 25, 2024 By John Raby CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia, which has the highest rate of adult cigarette use in the nation, became the...