Child Safety

John Herb Hayes III and Geordyn Nichole Hayes face charges in their daughter Saylor's death, with warrants alleging they misled searchers and disabled her tracking device.

The ANPD ordered ByteDance to delete improperly collected data and said 22 platforms are under active compliance review.

California Deputy AG Megan O'Neill told a federal jury Meta designed Instagram and Facebook to hook minors and concealed evidence of the harm.

The dedicated 13-to-17 mode blocks suicide, eating disorder and sexual content and adds homework tools that explain answers rather than produce them.

Testimony that AI tools convert ordinary photos into child sexual abuse material is pressing platforms and Congress to act faster than the technology moves.

Senators Josh Hawley and Dick Durbin are demanding answers from Roblox over explicit content and alleged ties to child sexual abuse on a platform used by children as young as five.