AG defending state law requiring child sex offers to use full name on social media

As a parent, I’m grateful to my own State Senator, Lindsey Tichenor, and Kentucky’s legislators who are protecting our children from predators,” Coleman stated. “This statute doesn’t ban any speech, ... Read More

Under-16s face social media ban unless ‘addictive’ features dropped

Children under 16 could be restricted from social media without parental consent unless the platforms ditch their “addictive” features under proposed legislation to be tabled this week. A private ... Read More

Meta Will Face State Lawsuits Alleging Teen Social Media Addiction

Despite efforts to have two cases dismissed, the parent company of Instagram and Facebook will have a legal reckoning over allegations its platforms harm younger users. Read More

Indiana lawmaker eyes social media restrictions for kids under 16

"This legislation would help protect one of our most vulnerable Hoosier populations," said LaPorte County state Sen. Mike Bohacek, R-Michiana Shores. Read More

Blocked by a politician on social media? Know your rights

(Photo Illustration by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images). If you spend enough time on social media, the odds are good: You will either block someone or be blocked; you will delete comments you dislike ... Read More

Federal lawsuit: Tennessee's social media age verification law violates First Amendment

A trade group of social media companies is challenging a Tennessee law that requires parental consent before minors can create accounts. Read More

Judge temporarily halts Tennessee law banning adults from helping minors get abortion without parental consent

A federal judge temporarily blocked ... to obtain an abortion without consent from the child's parents. READ ON THE FOX NEWS APP Anyone convicted of breaking the law would be charged with a ... Read More

Judge blocks Tennessee law that bans helping a minor get an abortion without parental consent

The law outlaws the “recruitment” of a minor to obtain an abortion, a term the judge concluded was so ill-defined it could encompass a wide range of conversations about abortion, including ... Read More

Federal judge temporarily blocks part of TN's abortion travel ban on free speech grounds

A federal judge has blocked a portion of a new Tennessee law passed earlier this year that makes it a felony to recruit or transport a minor for an illegal abortion without parental consent ... Read More

Opinion: There’s less social media transparency and, likely, more disinformation

Our knowledge of these tactics was partly built on a degree of social media transparency that no ... vectors of malign foreign influence. News stories such as these tend to focus on influencers ... Read More

Australia’s social media ban for minors: Has this worked elsewhere?

Some experts argue that a complete social media ban is going too far, and would also block ... law banning children under 16 from accessing the internet, including social media, without parental ... Read More

California governor signs law to protect children from social media addiction

(AP) — California will make it illegal for social media ... parental consent beginning in 2027 under a new law Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Friday. California follows New York state, which ... Read More