Banning TikTok won’t solve social media’s foreign influence, teen harm and data privacy problems

TikTok is hardly a model social media platform, but it’s also far from an outlier when it comes to threats to Americans. Read More

UK Plans Talks With Big Tech to Limit Online Harm for Teens

The UK government plans talks with Alphabet Inc., Apple Inc. and other technology giants to push them to sign a voluntary charter granting parents more control of social media use by young teens, ... Read More

Spurred by Teen Girls, States Move to Ban Deepfake Nudes

Legislators in two dozen states are working on bills, or have passed laws, to combat A.I.-generated sexually explicit images of minors. Read More

Teen girls confront an epidemic of deepfake nudes in schools

Using artificial intelligence, middle- and high-school students have fabricated explicit images of classmates and shared the doctored pictures. Read More

Battle Creek Police arrest teen student accused of threatening violence at high school

Authorities said the student threatened to bring guns to Battle Creek Central High School to shoot students. Tips led police to a suspect and subsequent arrest. Read More

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle say social media is harming kids’ and teens’ mental health

Courthouse News’ podcast Sidebar tackles the stories you need to ... In New York, Murthy said the burden on parents – and their kids - to figure out rapidly evolving technology can be too much. He ... Read More

It Is Time For Technology To Give Up Its Leadership Position

Stocks like Meta that trade at a premium to the market face a violent reaction if growth slows, a trend we may see across the Magnificent 7. Read more here. Read More

Do lockdown drills do more harm than good?

This week marks the 25th anniversary of the Columbine High School massacre that saw two teenagers kill 12 students and one teacher. Since then a sharp increase in lockdown drills have been implemented ... Read More

Australian counter terrorism force arrests seven teenagers after Sydney bishop stabbing

An Australian counter terrorism team arrested seven teenagers on Wednesday linked to a boy charged with a religiously-motivated terror attack on a Sydney bishop and questioned another five people. Read More

'Alexa Bark': UP Teen's Prompt Act Saves Toddler From Monkey Attack

With her prompt thinking, a 13-year-old girl from UP saved her 15-month-old niece from a monkey attack at their home. Her quick thinking and presence of mind using technology are now earning applause ... Read More

UK plans talks with Big Tech to limit online harm for teens

The UK government plans talks with Alphabet Inc, Apple Inc and other technology giants to push them to sign a voluntary charter granting parents more control of social media use by young teens ... Read More

Australian counter terrorism force arrests 7 teenagers after Sydney bishop stabbing

"I can assure the community there is no ongoing threat to the community, and the action we have taken today has mitigated any risk of future or further harm," said New South Wales state Police Deputy ... Read More