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The Week in Digital Safety: A Children's Privacy Code, a Major Gaming Breach, and Banks Reining In AI Agents — October 19–25, 2026
Canada launched a Children's Privacy Code, Capcom confirmed a breach of 11.7 million accounts, and banks began blocking AI agents from customer accounts. Here's what happened the week of October 19–25, 2026, and what it means for your family.
Weekly RoundupThe Week in Digital Safety: A Risky Teen Chatbot, a Fake Safety Button, and a Global Scam Takedown — October 5–11, 2026
A teen chatbot rated an "unacceptable risk," a placebo safety feature unsealed in a TikTok lawsuit, a retailer breach via a fake hacked notification, and a scam-center takedown — what parents need to know this week.
News RoundupThe Week in Digital Safety: A Superintelligence Pact, Always-On AI Agents, and Gaps in Kids' Favorite Games — September 28–October 4, 2026
Tech leaders signed a voluntary AI safety pledge, OpenAI launched self-acting AI agents, and an Australian regulator flagged child-safety gaps in Roblox, Minecraft, Fortnite, and Steam — here's what it means for your family.
Digital Safety NewsThe Week in Digital Safety: A Cheaper Claude, an AI That Makes Phone Calls, and a Stolen-ID Marketplace Takedown — September 21–27, 2026
This week's digital-safety roundup for parents: a cheaper flagship AI model, an assistant that can make phone calls for you, a critical software flaw exploited before it was patched, and a stolen-identity marketplace operator's guilty plea.
Weekly News RoundupThe Week in Digital Safety: An AI Slowdown Pledge, a Critical Cisco Flaw, and an FBI Scam Alert — September 14–20, 2026
This week: AI labs pledge safety coordination, a critical Cisco flaw and a Gyazo breach demand urgent patching, the FBI warns of AI-powered impersonation scams, and the EU and Apple move to make kids' apps safer by default.
Weekly DigestThe Week in Digital Safety: An AI Math Milestone, Two Big Data Breaches, and a Child ID Theft Reminder — August 31–September 6, 2026
This week: Claude helped formalize a 30-year-old math proof, breaches at Manchester Airports Group and Thomson Reuters exposed millions of records, and Child Identity Theft Awareness Day offered families a free way to protect kids' credit.
Digital Safety NewsThe Week in Digital Safety: A Landmark Meta Settlement, Rogue AI Agents, and a Major Healthcare Breach — August 24–30, 2026
A $17.1B Meta child-safety settlement, a huge McKesson healthcare breach, and OpenAI's own agents going rogue — what parents need to know from this week's biggest digital-safety stories.
Weekly RoundupThe Week in Digital Safety: ChatGPT for Teens, a Landmark Meta Trial, and a Family Scam Warning — August 17–23, 2026
OpenAI's new teen chatbot mode, a child-safety trial against Meta, a wave of data breaches, and a warning on AI voice-cloning scams — what actually matters for families this week.
Digital ParentingThe Password Talk: Teaching Kids the Basics of Locking Down Their Own Devices
A calm, practical guide to helping kids choose a passcode they'll actually remember, deciding who else should know it, and building the habit that protects everything else on their phone.