Last October, a 13-year-old boy in Wisconsin used a picture of his classmate celebrating her bat mitzvah to create a deepfake nude he then shared on Snapchat. This is not an isolated incident. Over ...

A decisive Supreme Court decision in the case of a Texas age verification law has changed the legal landscape for online speech. At least 24 states have passed some form of age verification laws, ...

Key point: Children’s privacy remained a hot topic during the 2025 state legislative session, with multiple states passing laws, adding to the growing patchwork of children’s privacy laws. Over the ...

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Regulators are intensifying efforts to address the complex challenges of protecting children’s privacy and safety in an increasingly digital world. As experts warn of the psychological and ...

This spring, Gov. Sarah Sanders signed Act 590 and Act 629, bills passed by the state Legislature and now in effect, that ban anyone from marketing e-cigarettes to kids and from selling any ...

Julie Watts is a national-award-winning investigative correspondent for CBS News, covering California. Her investigations, Capitol accountability reports, and solutions-oriented journalism air weekly ...