When it comes to children’s mental health and privacy, their loss translates into massive gains for social media companies: $11 billion, to be exact. That’s according to a new Harvard study that shows social media platforms last year generated $11 billion in revenue from advertising directed at children and teenagers, including nearly […] Read More
Facebook and Instagram are steering children to explicit content even when no interest is expressed, and are enabling child predators to find and contact minors, New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez claimed Wednesday in announcing a lawsuit against parent company Meta Platforms and CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Children are pressed by predators […] Read More
Meta accused of engineering social media platforms to hook kids Meta accused of engineering social media platforms to hook kids 00:33 The company that owns Facebook and Instagram has for years relied on both social media platforms to keep children and teenagers engaged for as long as possible in order […] Read More
“Toddler milks,” powdered drink mixes or formulas marketed for children up to age 3, are unregulated and unnecessary, according to a new report from the American Academy of Pediatrics. In the report published Friday, the pediatrician group warned these older infant-young child formulas — known as OIYCFs — are not […] Read More
Q. I was traveling east on the 91 Freeway in the No. 1 lane with moderate traffic when a hearse went by in the HOV lane with only a driver in the car. So if a corpse was in a coffin in the back, does that qualify as two people […] Read More
Orange County authorities are seeking the public’s help in identifying potential victims of a Huntington Beach man accused of sexually abusing children for decades and “grooming” women to seek out babysitting jobs and bringing children in their care to motel rooms where he could molest them. Officials suspect the assaults […] Read More
A Costa Mesa male nanny was convicted Tuesday of sexually abusing sixteen children after prosecutors alleged he gained the trust of their parents before molesting the boys under the guise of playing with them. An Orange County Superior Court jury deliberated for several hours before finding Matthew Antonio Zakrzewski, 34, […] Read More
Artists painted faces and created balloon animals. A food truck sold tacos. Kids ambled past bookshelves until something piqued their interest, then stopped to read. Families lined up for live performances. Everyone who attended the Huntington Beach Central Library’s Summer Reading Carnival kickoff event last Saturday morning seemed as happy […] Read More
