02-17 A Loose Network of Parents are Teaching Each Other How to Get their Kids Off of School-Issued Chromebooks and iPads.
Julie Frumin broke the news to her 11-year-old son in the minivan on the way home from school. His laptop was being taken away. His face lit up. “Really?” he asked, beaming with excitement. It wasn’t a punishment. It was a victory Frumin had fought hard for. Her third-grade daughter had already opted out of […]
02-16 PARENTS BEWARE if Your Kids Want theses “Glasses” – Meta Wants to Add Facial Recognition to Its Smart Glasses
Facebook’s parent company, Meta, is developing plans to incorporate facial recognition technology into the smart glasses it produces with Ray Ban and Oakley. The new feature, dubbed Name Tag, would enable users to identify people in their range of vision and access information about them through Meta’s artificial intelligence assistant. The prospective upgrade, however, is […]
02-15 BEWARE: Are Your Kids on OnlyFans? It is Largely a Trafficking Site
It’s become a lucrative business and appears to be growing by the year as Americans spend billions annually on a very controversial website — OnlyFans. OnlyFans is a website where content creators can share various forms of content, primarily videos and photos, with users for money. And while the site offers a wide variety of […]
02-14 LOVE – Please Read Our Warriors Statement On Valentine’s Day
02-13 GOOD NEWS: LYNN’S WARRIORS STATEMENT ON THE NATIONAL PTA ENDING ITS PARTNERSHIP WITH META PLATFORMS.
LYNN’S WARRIORS STATEMENT ON THE NATIONAL PTA ENDING ITS PARTNERSHIP WITH META PLATFORMS. #CommunityCreatesChange The decision this week follows mounting pressure from advocacy groups who argued that financial ties between parent organizations and major technology companies create unavoidable conflicts of interest. Groups including Parents for Online Spaces had called on the National PTA to sever […]
02-12 Bipartisan Coalition of Attorneys General Urges Congress to Advance Senate Kids Online Safety Act
Washington, D.C. – The National Association of Attorneys General sent a letter on behalf of a bipartisan coalition of 40 state and territorial attorneys general to congressional leadership urging support for the Senate version of the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), S. 1748, and opposing passage of the House companion bill, H.R. 6484. In the […]
02-11 Virginia Giuffre’s Family, Epstein Survivors Back ‘Virginia’s Law’: ‘Justice Should Not Expire’
Survivors of Jeffrey Epstein came to Capitol Hill on Tuesday to support lawmakers as they introduced ‘Virginia’s Law’ — a measure to help victims sue alleged sex abusers by making it more difficult for them to evade lawsuits. The bill, named after Virginia Giuffre, Jeffrey Epstein’s most high-profile accuser, would remove the statute of limitations […]
02-10 DAY 2: LA Superior Court: Big Tech’s Killer Apps: Grieving Parents Call Out Social Media Deaths
Grieving parents and advocates gathered outside the federal courthouse in downtown Los Angeles on Thursday morning for a vigil honoring their children, whom they say died as a result of harms caused by social media. Platforms including Snapchat, TikTok, Meta and Alphabet are facing hundreds of lawsuits nationwide from parents and others, with plaintiffs alleging […]
02-09 Did You Know That Big Tech Goes Straight to Kids with Messages and Parents Should Be Alarmed
When Big Tech Goes Straight to Kids, Parents Should Be Alarmed A mother recently discovered that Google emailed her 12-year-old son with direct instructions — including a link — explaining how to turn off parental controls once he turns 13. Melissa McKay criticised the tech giant after it told her son how to switch off […]
02-08 Single Tip Triggers Massive California Human Trafficking Bust with More than 600 Arrests
A single tip about a quiet suburban home in California exploded into a massive human trafficking takedown that rescued nearly 20 children, uncovered residential brothels and netted more than 600 arrests statewide, authorities said Tuesday. The week-long operation, dubbed Operation Reclaim and Rebuild, involved dozens of agencies and led to the rescue of 12 adults […]