Wellness & Safety — News & Popular Guides
Young People Starting to Push Back Against Big Tech
Support is growing for reforms such as adjusting algorithms that may encourage divisiveness.
Roblox to Estimate Age of All Users
Roblox adopts age estimation and ID checks to strengthen safety, limit risks, and provide age-appropriate experiences.
What You Need to Know about Instagram Map
Instagram’s new map lets you share locations with friends—useful, but raises privacy concerns parents and users must manage.
Data Brokers Are Selling Your Info, But You Can Fight Back
You may not be able to achieve total digital invisibility, but you don’t have to leave the front door wide open.
Parent’s Guide to Uber Teen Accounts
What families need to know about account safety features and parental controls — and how to talk with teens about them.
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Parent’s Guide to Cyberbullying
Work with your child to find solutions, ensuring they regain dignity and build resilience.
Family Guide to Parental Controls
How do I know when to use them, and should I tell my kids?
Tips for Better Teen Sleep
Teens need between 8 to 11 hours of sleep per night, and less than 2 in 10 teens report regularly getting that much.
Internet Governance Forum Focuses on Protecting Kids
While it doesn’t pass resolutions or make binding decisions, the IGF serves as a space for dialogue and collaboration.
Supreme Court Allows States to Require Age Verification for Porn Sites
By a 6-3 vote along ideological lines, the United States Supreme Court voted to uphold a Texas law requiring users to verify their age.
New Report: Designing Digital Safety with Youth in Mind
A thoughtful and much-needed framework for reimagining what it means to protect kids online.
‘Take it Down’ Law is a Positive Step
The new law will help protect children as well as adults from non-consensual sharing of intimate images.
Behind the Avatars
Roblox sparks creativity and connection—but behind the avatars, there can be more than meets the eye.
Parent’s Guide to Roblox
Roblox is a social gaming platform with a robust set of parental controls.
Roblox to Estimate Age of All Users
Roblox adopts age estimation and ID checks to strengthen safety, limit risks, and provide age-appropriate experiences.
What You Need to Know about Instagram Map
Instagram’s new map lets you share locations with friends—useful, but raises privacy concerns parents and users must manage.
Back to School Tech, Study & Safety Tips
From AI to phone rules, practical back-to-school tips for safe, responsible, and focused technology use.
Parent’s Guide to Cyberbullying
Work with your child to find solutions, ensuring they regain dignity and build resilience.
Family Guide to Parental Controls
How do I know when to use them, and should I tell my kids?
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‘Take it Down’ Law is a Positive Step
The new law will help protect children as well as adults from non-consensual sharing of intimate images.
Behind the Avatars
Roblox sparks creativity and connection—but behind the avatars, there can be more than meets the eye.
Parent’s Guide to Roblox
Roblox is a social gaming platform with a robust set of parental controls.
Ask Trish: Reclaiming Our Humanity on Social Media
Hey Trish, sometimes social media can feel so removed from our genuine, lived experiences humans. How can we be more human online?
Up Too Late on Screens? Here’s How to Start the Conversation.
Advice to parents hoping to help their teens develop healthy screen habits.
Apple, Google Offering Compromises on Controversial Age Assurance Policies
Regulators and even some technology companies are calling for “age assurance” technologies.
Ask Trish: TAKE IT DOWN Act
Been seeing a lot of stuff about the Take It Down Act, can you explain what it is?
We All Deserve a Scam-free Life
It’s exhausting to always be on guard for scams.
Podcast: Safety and Other Reasons for an Internet “Land Line”
“Land lines” are still important for emergencies.