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Kids ate the multiplex: How family movies are taking over moviegoing, one blockbuster at a time

Thursday, April 2 by SRN News

NEW YORK (AP) - As "The Super Mario Galaxy Movie" lands in theaters, coloring stations, collectible popcorn containers and mascot Marios are all in place to entice arguably the most prized moviegoers to Hollywood today: kids. By Sunday, Universal Pictures expects the five-day opening of... Read More.

Advocacy groups urge YouTube to protect kids from ‘AI slop’ videos

Wednesday, April 1 by SRN News

Advocacy groups and experts condemned YouTube for serving up low-quality artificial intelligence-generated videos to its most vulnerable audience: children. In a letter to YouTube CEO Neal Mohan and Sundar Pichai, the CEO of YouTube's parent company Google, children's advocacy group Fairplay expresses "serious concern"... Read More.

Supreme Court rules against Colorado ban on ‘conversion therapy’ for LGBTQ+ kids

Tuesday, March 31 by SRN News

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled against a law banning "conversion therapy" for LGBTQ+ kids in Colorado, one of about two dozen states that ban the discredited practice. An 8-1 high court majority sided with a Christian counselor who argues the... Read More.

In the wake of US social media verdicts, a look at what limits other countries have imposed for kids

Friday, March 27 by SRN News

Dual jury verdicts this week have validated longstanding concerns about the dangers of social media for young people. But the U.S. lacks federal regulation that meaningfully addresses these harms. On Wednesday, a Los Angeles jury found both Meta and YouTube liable for harms to children... Read More.

Morning Bid: For hungry markets, it was a kids’ menu TACO

Friday, March 27 by SRN News

A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Stella Qiu Investors betting on TACO seemed to get what they wanted. After Nasdaq officially slumped into correction territory overnight, President Donald Trump announced he was delaying his planned attacks on Iranian power... Read More.

Photos show reactions after juries fault social media for harming kids

Thursday, March 26 by SRN News

In Los Angeles on Wednesday, a jury found both Meta and YouTube liable for harms to children using their services. In New Mexico, a jury on Tuesday determined that Meta knowingly harmed children's mental health and concealed what it knew about child sexual exploitation... Read More.

Former ’19 Kids and Counting’ star Joseph Duggar is arrested on a child molestation charge

Thursday, March 19 by SRN News

Former reality TV star Joseph Duggar is facing a child molestation charge in Florida, almost five years after his brother Josh, who also starred in the TLC show "19 Kids and Counting," was convicted of downloading child sexual abuse images. Joseph Duggar, 31, was arrested... Read More.

Young kids missed the pandemic’s school disruptions. Their reading scores are still behind

Tuesday, March 10 by SRN News

WASHINGTON (AP) - When COVID-19 wrought havoc on society in early 2020, today's youngest schoolchildren were infants or yet to be born. Now in their early school years, researchers are beginning to see how the pandemic years have shaped their education, even though many... Read More.

Amid wave of kids’ online safety laws, age-checking tech comes of age

Monday, March 9 by SRN News

By Katie Paul, Supantha Mukherjee and Byron Kaye NEW YORK/STOCKHOLM/SYDNEY, March 9 (Reuters) - For years, tech companies successfully resisted pressure from child safety advocates to do more to keep kids off their services, claiming technical limitations would make any attempt to restrict access for... Read More.

A mom wrote a book to help her kids process their dad’s death. Now she’s on trial for his killing

Saturday, February 21 by SRN News

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A year after her husband died, a mother of three in Utah self-published a children's book that she said helped her sons cope with the sudden loss. Kouri Richins promoted her book "Are You With Me?" on a local... Read More.

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Kids ate the multiplex: How family movies are taking over moviegoing, one blockbuster at a time

Advocacy groups urge YouTube to protect kids from ‘AI slop’ videos

Supreme Court rules against Colorado ban on ‘conversion therapy’ for LGBTQ+ kids

Morning Bid: For hungry markets, it was a kids’ menu TACO

Former ’19 Kids and Counting’ star Joseph Duggar is arrested on a child molestation charge

Young kids missed the pandemic’s school disruptions. Their reading scores are still behind

Amid wave of kids’ online safety laws, age-checking tech comes of age

A mom wrote a book to help her kids process their dad’s death. Now she’s on trial for his killing

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