As part of our WCTV Grow Up Safe summer series, we’re having a roundtable discussion about digital safety, what parents should know and how to effectively talk to kids to keep them safe online.

According to Karilyn Orr, an Internet Safety Prevention Specialist, more than 67,000 reports of sexual abuse and other sexually exploitative content related to generative content have been filed.

Summer has arrived in full force, and Minnesotans are embracing the outdoor weather (when it's not raining or extremely hot). If you're bringing children outside or to the lake with you, there are a ...

The Frontiers in Digital Child Safety report reminds us that young people aren’t just passive users of technology.

As kids kick off their summer break, parents are once again facing the challenge of having to spend more time managing screen ...

Predators don't need to be physically close to harm a child. They can reach kids through social media and online games.

A view of the U.S. Capitol during a rally held in support of the Kids Online Safety Act on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Dec.10, 2024. Credit - Jemal Countess—Getty Images Congress could ...

The Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) has been reintroduced into Congress. If passed into law, this bill could impose some of the most significant legislative changes that the internet has seen in the ...

Bryan advocates urge online safety for kids following report of 30-year-old’s ‘aggressive’ pursuit for teen girl.

Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., who declined to set a floor vote on the kids online safety measure in the last Congress, haven’t said whether they ...

First introduced in 2022, the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) is a bipartisan bill purportedly designed to make the internet safer for minors, defined as anyone 16 and younger. Over the past two ...

I worked in trust and safety at TikTok, and now at the company that runs HighRise, an online game mostly for young women.I'm also a girl dad — my daughters are 4 and 7 — so I'm thinking more ...