Two Republican Ohio state lawmakers want to ensure kids under 16 can’t join social media apps without parental consent. They contend kids face an avalanche of content from likes and friend requests to cyberbullying and sextortion. Their proposal will help parents protect their kids, they say.

As deadly wildfires raged in Los Angeles this month, local officials were forced to address a slew of lies and falsehoods spreading quickly online.

Legislation aimed at protecting children online sailed through the U.S. Senate Tuesday, marking what could be the first update since the late 1990s for companies who interact with minors on the internet.

The U.S. Senate advanced online safety legislation Thursday aimed at protecting children from targeted advertising, data harvesting, bullying and sexual exploitation on popular social media platforms.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected arguments by Missouri and Louisiana that the federal government violated the First Amendment in its efforts to combat false, misleading and dangerous information online.

Attempts to get kids off of their phones are ramping up in Congress, despite intense lobbying by social media giants and pushback by those worried about violations of First Amendment speech rights.

Ohio’s social media parental consent law has been on hold since January. Now, a tech company trade group is asking the judge to block the law permanently. At the same time, momentum appears to be building for alternative approaches meant to reduce the amount of time kids spend on social media.

Members of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee castigated executives at leading social media companies Wednesday, calling for more to be done to shield children from sexual exploitation, drug dealing, self-harm encouragement and other damaging content.

A federal court ruling in Arkansas has cast doubt on one of Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine’s policy priorities.

U.S. senators agreed during a hearing Thursday the country’s children are going through a youth mental health crisis, though some of the committee’s members disagreed about what role Congress has to play.