Crime & Safety
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Meta pays record settlement as Wisconsin bans phones in schools, advocates want more
As Wisconsin students head back to school under new classroom phone restrictions, concerns about screen time and social media are mounting. A landmark $17.1 billion Meta settlement promises new protections for young users, but advocates say Big Tech still needs to do more.
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Wisconsin seniors lose money to AI scams as Meta profits
Wisconsin seniors are losing money to AI-generated deepfake scams while Meta profits from the ads pushing them, and state agencies are racing to catch up.
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Wisconsin set to receive $313M from Meta in landmark child safety reform settlement
The Badger State joins dozens of others who will receive millions of dollars as the social media giant implements stricter rules for its youngest users.
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A Wisconsinite-led research team works with teens to outline what they want on social media
Dr. Megan Moreno explains how she and other researchers collaborated with teens from across the US to create a guide that reflects a vision of social media that better supports how they think, feel, and connect.
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Meet the members of this south side violence prevention group
Every day, you can find the members of Team Unified out in the neighborhood lending support in some way.
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Unsolved murders and mysterious vanishings in Wisconsin’s haunting history
Some of Wisconsin’s most shocking crimes have never been solved. Read on to learn about some of the state’s longest-standing unsolved murders.
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Sara Rodriguez says ‘we need better guardrails around tech’ for kids’ online safety
The plan from Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez replaces a “wild west” environment with regulations that give parents the ability to sue tech companies that mine children’s data and encourage addictive behaviors.
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Wisconsinites are losing a lot more money to online scams than we thought
A new report reveals that Wisconsin residents are losing $1.2 billion annually to online fraud—and Meta is banking on it.
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Question of the Week: Are the Epstein files a ‘distraction’ designed to hurt President Trump?
Congressman Tom Tiffany, a candidate for governor, says the quest for justice by victims of the late sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein amounts to a distraction.
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Lt. Gov. Rodriguez wants to protect Wisconsin families… from ICE
President Trump’s masked police force claims a mandate to keep Americans safe from criminal immigrants, but an ongoing record of violence against community members prompted the gubernatorial candidate’s proposal.
