About 20 million internet-using children across 21 countries were subjected to sexual exploitation or abuse on digital platforms in a single year, with most cases occurring ‌on social media platforms, a new report by the U.N. children's charity said on Thursday. California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a sweeping package of laws Thursday aimed at protecting children from the risks of technology, including social media and AI chatbots. On Wednesday, New York Attorney General Letitia James unsealed allegations that TikTok ran placebo experiments on thousands of users, including teens and children, providing non-functional versions of the Algo Refresh safety tool. These unsealed claims are part of New York's lawsuit against TikTok, one of more than two dozen brought by states accusing the platform of designing its. New York is enacting farther-reaching restrictions on companion chatbot behavior, as states increasingly move to protect children who use artificial intelligence, regulate how employers deploy AI systems and push developers to prevent an AI-caused catastrophe. Sixteen children from the same family who were rescued from a dilapidated home in rural Ohio were living in wretched conditions with human waste all around, confined to just one room over much of the past four years, authorities said Wednesday. Thousands of children and their sponsors arrested by ICE after tips from U.S. child migrant agency Since January 2025, the Office of Refugee Resettlement has shared more than 460,000 leads with ICE about unaccompanied children, their sponsors and additional household members. UNICEF reported that the unusual wet and dry conditions are expected to lead to extreme weather, including heavy flooding and severe droughts. As a result, the lives and health of over 347 million children in nearly 100 countries are under threat, the organization said. Police say a California couple has been arrested on child abuse charges following an investigation into a surrogacy scheme involving at least 21 children. In a stifling sixth grade classroom in war-torn Sudan, a very motivated teacher was giving a lesson to 120 very committed children. Among them: an 18-year-old girl uprooted three years ago by fighting, forced into marriage and motherhood too soon, but determined to finish her education. President Trump announced the completion of automatic enrollment for all children under the age of 18 into a Trump Account, his signature savings accounts for youth.