As Apple unveils its AI-powered iPhone, concerned parents and online safety advocates are demanding that CEO Tim Cook step up efforts to protect kids from dangerous content in the App Store, The Post ...

Tennessee's school cell phone bans are a start. But to improve online safety for kids, lawmakers should push for the App Store Accountability Act.

History’s first “digital natives,” members of Gen Z, are experiencing such acute levels of emotional strain and depression that Jonathan Haidt has described them as “the anxious generation.” The ...

Starting in January, three state app store age verification laws will take effect: Texas’ App Store Accountability Act (effective Jan. 1), Utah’s App Store Accountability Act (effective May 7) and ...

Raising children in today’s digital world means navigating an unknown landscape that often feels overwhelming. As a parent, my greatest responsibility is making sure my kids grow up safe, healthy and ...

For more than a decade, two companies have controlled nearly everything about how Americans use their smartphones. Apple and Google decide which apps are allowed, how developers may earn revenue, what ...

A groundbreaking law in Utah is poised to shake up how minors access apps. Earlier this month, Utah’s state legislature passed S.B. 142 (App Store Accountability Act), which requires major app store ...

In 2024, a 14-year-old boy from Florida was lured into taking his own life through the app Character.AI, where a chatbot sent him sexual messages and responded to his suicidal thoughts with ...

As states across the country race to rein in children’s online exposure, Alabama lawmakers are weighing a bill that would ...