Week of October 26, 2026 Newest
New York signed a law that spells out, feature by feature, what an AI companion may not do with a minor, though it is not in force yet. West Virginia sued TikTok and says its own test account for a 13-year-old girl kept getting sexually suggestive videos. And Richmond, Virginia's 22,000-student school district spent the week with no internet after a ransom note appeared on teachers' laptops. Plus this week's listener poll.
New York Draws a LineWest Virginia v. TikTokSchools Held Hostage
Report Transcript Episode Monday Week of October 19, 2026
A testing contractor's breach exposed records on millions of California students, including disability and 504 status, and no parent picked the vendor. Arizona asked a judge to force Roblox to answer its child-safety questions. And Australia is getting ready to take five platforms to court over its under-16 ban. Plus this week's listener poll.
The School Data BreachRoblox Stonewalling?Australia Gets Ready
Week of October 12, 2026
Eight states sued OpenAI on the same day, alleging ChatGPT harmed children and misled parents. A federal appeals court let Florida keep its law barring social media accounts for kids under 14. And a report says the FTC is investigating Roblox, as a Florida family alleges predators found their 10-year-old there. Plus this week's listener poll.
Eight States vs. ChatGPTFlorida's Law StandsRoblox Under a Microscope
Week of October 5, 2026
On the same Wednesday, Florida asked a judge to make Meta cap teens at two hours a day now, Common Sense Media found a teen could talk about self-harm with ChatGPT for an hour without a parent getting a single alert, and New York alleged TikTok held a safety feature back from some users as an experiment. Each is about a protection that exists on paper - and whether it exists on the phone in your house. Plus this week's listener poll.
Florida Wants It NowZero Parent AlertsThe Control Group
Report Transcript Episode Monday Week of September 28, 2026
Alabama's Attorney General walked out of a Montgomery courtroom with a signed list of eight things TikTok has to change - a two-hour cap, pauses every 15 minutes, a midnight lockout, and a blanket ban on cosmetic filters for teens. Plus a Santa Fe jury that found Facebook misled people on purpose 43,899,720 times, a district that got its grade book back in ten days without saying whose data was taken, and the most-searched slang word of the year, which means nothing.
Alabama Moved First43,899,720 TimesTen Days, No Answer
Week of September 21, 2026
A middle schooler in Henderson, Kentucky used AI to make nude images of two classmates and was detained on four counts - no hacker, no stranger, just a free tool and one afternoon. Discord began sorting every account by age, turning teen protections on by default. Spokane became the second district in three weeks to take its grade book offline. And a government sued OpenAI over a school shooting.
Four Counts, One KidDiscord Picked an AgeSpokane Went Dark
