Social Media Ideas for Online Safety Act 2025

Privacy Tip #502 – Kids’ Online Safety

8 Aug 2026 – International Safe Sport Day

In 2026 some right wing politicians are protecting those who sexually abuse children, voting against safety bills or online privacy laws. For example, Elon Musk’s Grok was used to...

A Major 'Online Safety' Bill Cleared a Senate Committee. More Crackdowns on Internet Freedom Could Be Coming. 

The Senate Commerce committee advanced four bills related to online and AI safety in the name of protecting children. 

Senate Commerce Advances Kids’ Online Safety Bills

From chatbots to connected toys, senators push new guardrails for kids online

Despite Critic’s Warnings, Kids Online Safety Act Advances to Senate for Full Vote

Marsha Blackburn said Wednesday, "The era of Big Tech profiting off of our children is over."

Is the UKs age-verification law working? Kinda.

UK's communications regulator, Ofcom, releases a report about the progress about the Online Safety Act.

Senate advances the latest Kids Online Safety Act out of committee

The House passed its own version of the contentious KOSA bill in June.

OPINION: Online safety should protect digital communities

New Jersey prevention expert Mary Pat Angelini argues online safety should protect digital communities while addressing risks through collaboration. The post OPINION: Online safety...

Unicef: 1 in 5 youths targeted by online sexual abuse

The internet is not a safe place for unsupervised children and young people — by now, that’s common knowledge. Social media platforms are adept at tweaking their algorithms to ensu...

New method aims to keep kids safe from illegal AI-generated content

With the exploding popularity of generative artificial intelligence, many open-source models are now available online for anyone to adapt for their task, such as generating product...

Meta's $18 Billion Settlement- Implications for Law, Technology, and the Future of Child Safety Online

Beyond the social media ban: What Singapore can learn from the next phase of online child safety

When governments first began talking about regulating social media, the debate revolved around familiar tensions: innovation versus regulation, free speech versus public safety, an...

Britt pushes bipartisan Sammys Law to give parents new online safety tools

Britt pushes bipartisan Sammys Law to give parents new online safety tools

Britt pushes bipartisan Sammys Law to give parents new online safety tools

Britt pushes bipartisan Sammys Law to give parents new online safety tools

Hawley negotiates Inclusion of STOP CSAM Act in Senate NDAA

The act would crack down on the proliferation of child sexual abuse material online by allowing victims to sue companies that host it.

Judge Orders Meta to Build New Child Safeguards. Advocates Hope Other Courts Follow

The new online safety measures would include a monthly time limit and AI chatbot restrictions.

Iowa House Republican Introduces Bill to Protect Kids from Chatbots Plying Sexual Content

The bill would ban deceptive AI personas and allow parental supervision of AI.

I’m a gamer and a parent. The KIDS Act makes my kids less safe.

I was lucky to grow up during the adolescence of the tech age. Sleepovers meant Super Smash Bros. with friends. The 2000s meant building free personal websites and poking around wh...

Govt pushes ahead with social media ban for under-16s

A new bill will put pressure on social media companies to comply, while also establishing an online safety regulator and setting up a penalty regime.

I've Spent 35 Years In Policing. I've Never Seen A Threat To Children Escalate Like This

In three and a half decades working in policing, I have seen the landscape of child abuse change many times. I have watched technology transform both the scale of the threat and th...

Governor Signs Three Bills Targeting Kids’ Online Safety, Social Media Research

At a Tuesday ceremony at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Hudson County in Jersey City, Gov. Mikie Sherrill signed a trio of bills intended to strengthen online safety protections for...

Let’s build a children’s public internet

An increasing number of people seem to agree the internet is terrible for children - allegedly addictive, destructive to self-esteem, possibly a portal to predators. Over the past...

Malaysia cracks down on cybercrime with new rules for digital space: ‘necessary reset’

Malaysia is close to overhauling its nearly 30-year-old cybercrime law and giving authorities long-sought tools to pursue online fraud, digital impersonation and AI-generated abuse...

New Yorkers will soon need to verify their age to access algorithmic feeds

New Yorkers who want to see their Instagram or TikTok feed curated by an algorithm, or receive notification after midnight, will soon have to verify their ages to access those feat...