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Google Messages starts rolling out sensitive content warnings for nude images

Engadget

The new feature will perform two key actions if the AI-based system detects message containing a nude image: it will blur any of those photo and trigger a warning if your child tries to open, send or forward them. Sensitive content warnings are enabled by default for supervised users and signed-in unsupervised teens, the company notes.

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New Jersey AG sues Discord over alleged child safety failures

Engadget

The lawsuit claims that Discord has "misled parents about the efficacy of its safety controls and obscured the risks children faced when using the application." The details of the lawsuit are currently sealed, but Platkin's announcement suggests a few ways he plans to argue Discord's approach may have endangered children.

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New Jersey is suing Discord for allegedly violating child safety laws

Fast Company Tech

New Jersey filed a lawsuit against Discord on Thursday, alleging that the social platform recklessly exposed children to “harassment, abuse, and sexual exploitation by predators who lurk on the platform.” We intend to put a stop to this unlawful conduct and hold Discord accountable for the harm it has caused our children.

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Stack banks $2.7M to teach teens, parents about crypto

TechCrunch

For the price of a cup of coffee, your teen can learn how to invest in cryptocurrency. Today, Stack released what CEO Will Rush says is “the first crypto education and trading app for teens and their parents.”. And, when teen users reach 18 years old, the assets transfer into their name. Stack banks $2.7M

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Black teen barred from skating rink by inaccurate facial recognition

The Verge

A facial recognition algorithm used by a local roller skating rink in Detroit wouldn’t let teen Lamya Robinson onto the premises, and accused her of previously getting into a fight at the establishment. The facial recognition system had incorrectly matched her to another patron, she told Fox 2 Detroit.

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NCMEC unveils tool to help minors fight online spread of explicit images

TechSpot

The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) announced this week that it's collaborating with a few online platforms on a tool to help teens and others stop their intimate pictures from being shared. The measure intends to take a more preventative approach versus typical reporting systems. Read Entire Article

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Empowering young women in philanthropy to create lasting change

Candid

We must engage our children during their formative yearsideally starting in elementary school, while their worldview and brains are being developedand before resources get passed down. This bigger lens can help children explore questions such as: Why are we here? Integrate your children. What is our purpose?