A universal feature of traveling Europe as a Hackaday scribe is that when you sit in a hackerspace in another country and proclaim how nice a place it all is, the denizens will respond pessimistically ...

Students spent the day talking with New Jersey's new leader.

As families and policymakers grapple with how to protect children in a digital world, the question of responsibility online ...

The House Energy and Commerce Committee advanced a package of kids online safety legislation to the House floor, and the Senate unanimously passed the Children and Teens Online Privacy Protection Act ...

Congress could potentially pass the first major legislation related to children’s online safety since 1998, as the Kids Online Safety Act, sometimes referred to as KOSA, was reintroduced earlier this ...

In 48 hours, lawmakers moved more aggressively than they have in nearly a decade, but will it pass a challenge in federal court?

New age-verification laws and tools are designed for child safety on social media and the internet, but adults are in the ...

In recognition of Internet Safety Day on Tuesday, Feb. 10, the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office is reminding families, teens and caregivers that online exploitation can happen to anyone — and ...

Instead of rigid technical mandates, lawmakers should pursue risk-based approaches that encourage innovation.

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- As students return to classrooms across the region, experts are urging parents to prioritize conversations about online safety. The National Center for Missing and Exploited ...

The Kids Online Safety Act was supposed to fix (or break) the internet. Now, after nearly three years of rewrites, it’s got days left to pass. is a senior policy reporter at The Verge, covering the ...

Who is the Online Safety Act for, exactly? In the U.K., where nearly every child over the age of 12 has a mobile phone and spends time consuming video content on YouTube and TikTok, the ideas and ...