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| 09.09.2026 | ProtectTexasChildren.org Introduces Eight-Module Digital Grooming Course | New self-paced educational resource helps parents and caregivers recognize grooming patterns, warning signs, sextortion and AI-enabled exploitation—and build practical safeguards for children's online lives.
HARLINGEN, Texas, Sept. 9, 2026 ... |
| 18.08.2026 | Colorado corrections officer tried to sell pictures of children being sexually abused, affidavit says | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
A Colorado corrections officer who ran for county sheriff is accused of possessing and trying to sell photos and videos of children being sexually abused, according to an arrest affidavit from the ... |
| 11.08.2026 | CACKy & FBI Victim Services virtual training on Violent Online Networks | Shared by Christina Weeter, KDE via KYSAFE ListServ
I’d like to pass along the following training opportunity hosted by the FBI on risks for sexual exploitation of students/children. This is not a KDE-sponsored training so please direct any... |
| 17.07.2026 | AI chatbot tip leads to arrest of Florida man on child abuse, pornography charges | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
FLORIDA — An AI tip led investigators to a 25-year-old Florida man now facing 11 felony counts related to child sexual abuse images, court records show.
Ray Lequerique, of Parkland, has been releas... |
| 02.07.2026 | 2026-39 – 14 ENDANGERED MISSING CHILDREN SAFELY RECOVERED ON OʻAHU DURING MULTIAGENCY OPERATION SHINE THE LIGHT VII | STATE OF HAWAIʻI
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| 01.07.2026 | 2026-39 – 14 ENDANGERED MISSING CHILDREN SAFELY RECOVERED ON OʻAHU DURING MULTIAGENCY OPERATION SHINE THE LIGHT VII | STATE OF HAWAIʻI
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GOVERNOR
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DEPARTMENT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
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ATTORNEY GENERAL
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DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES
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| 19.05.2026 | Hubstream Launches AI Assistant and DataSpace to Empower Investigators and Analysts | Hubstream’s latest release introduces a proactive AI investigation assistant and DataSpace—a breakthrough environment built to amplify human expertise
Criminals use advanced AI, but Hubstream is evening the odds. Our new AI Assistant and Da... |
| 30.04.2026 | Trump Administration Marks Second Anniversary of DHS Know2Protect® Campaign in Ongoing Efforts to Keep Kids Safe Online | Trump Administration Launches Powerful New PSA Warning Kids and Teens About Online Predators During Child Abuse Prevention Month
WASHINGTON – This April, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) marked the second anniversary of the Know2Pr... |
| 01.04.2026 | The EU Killed Voluntary CSAM Scanning. West Virginia Is Trying To Compel It. Both Cause Problems. | Last week, the European Parliament voted to let a temporary exemption lapse that had allowed tech companies to scan their services for child sexual abuse material (CSAM) without running afoul of strict EU privacy regulations. Meanwhile, her... |
| 29.03.2026 | Savannah Guthrie Returns to "Today" Amidst Mother's Unsolved Disappearance | Savannah Guthrie prepares for her "Today" show return April 6. Her 84-year-old mother, Nancy Guthrie, vanished February 1 from her Arizona residence. Officials classify it as a suspected abduction. Surveillance footage shows a mas... |
| 27.03.2026 | Savannah Guthrie to return to ‘Today’ on April 6 after mother’s disappearance | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By The Associated Press
Savannah Guthrie will return soon as co-host of NBC’s “Today” show after a nearly two-month absence sparked by the disappearance of her 84-year-old mother, saying in an inte... |
| 25.03.2026 | Meta Liable for $375M In New Mexico Child Exploitation Lawsuit | Meta has been ordered to pay $375 million by a New Mexico court after it found the company liable for misleading consumers on its social platforms’ safety, as well as enabling harm to its users.
The trial also alleged that Meta enabled chil... |
| 20.03.2026 | Lafayette small business owner joins others who say Instagram wrongfully suspended accounts | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
Amanda Ocon was up late, unable to sleep, scrolling through Instagram in her Lafayette home one night a couple of weeks ago when a message popped up on her phone.
“Your Instagram account has been s... |
| 24.02.2026 | Savannah Guthrie says her family is offering a $1 million reward for her mother’s return | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By JOHN SEEWER
“Today” show host Savannah Guthrie said her family is now offering a $1 million reward for information leading to the recovery of her mother, Nancy Guthrie, who went missing from her... |
| 19.02.2026 | Apple sued by West Virginia for alleged failure to stop child sexual abuse material on iCloud, iOS devices | Apple is facing a new lawsuit from the state of West Virginia alleging that it has failed to curb child sexual abuse materials on iOS devices and iCloud services.
The consumer protection action was filed by Republican West Virginia Attorney... |
| 02.02.2026 | Six Months Of ‘AI CSAM Crisis’ Headlines Were Based On Misleading Data | Remember last summer when everyone was freaking out about the explosion of AI-generated child sexual abuse material? The New York Times ran a piece in July with the headline “A.I.-Generated Images of Child Sexual Abuse Are Flooding the Inte... |
| 31.01.2026 | Child Trafficking Survivor Inspires Santa Clara University into Action today for Community Outreach to Find Missing Kids | 10,000 books will canvas the South Bay at Convenience Stores by volunteers in the local community.
Volunteers transform awareness into action
Child Trafficking Survivor Mobilizes Convenience Stores and Santa Clara University to Fiind Missin... |
| 27.01.2026 | TikTok settles as social media giants face landmark trial over youth addiction claims | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By KAITLYN HUAMANI and BARBARA ORTUTAY, AP Technology Writers
LOS ANGELES (AP) — TikTok agreed to settle a landmark social media addiction lawsuit just before the trial kicked off, the plaintiff’s ... |
| 22.01.2026 | BIG GAME FUELS CHILD TRAFFICKING PREVENTION | Visit www.InOurBackyard.org for event information
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| 10.11.2025 | Lafayette man gets prison time for soliciting sex abuse materials from children | A Lafayette man was sentenced to three years in prison for soliciting sexual abuse materials from multiple minors.
Christopher Jacob Rockelein, 24, pleaded guilty in an August plea agreement to one count of sexual exploitation of a child – ... |
| 21.10.2025 | Recidivist Sex Offender Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison for Possession of Child Pornography | PORTLAND, Ore.—A Portland, Oregon, man, who is a registered sex offender, was sentenced to federal prison today for possession of over 200 images of child sexual abuse material (CSAM).
David Lee Cannon, 36, was sentenced to 120 months in fe... |
| 17.10.2025 | Madras Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison for Attempted Coercion and Enticement of a Minor | EUGENE, Ore.— A Madras, Oregon, man, who is a registered sex offender, was sentenced to federal prison today for attempting to persuade a purported child to meet him for sex and to send him sexually explicit material.
Ernesto Torres, 45, wa... |
| 16.09.2025 | Attorney General Bonta Announces Five Arrests in Online Child Sexual Exploitation Sting Operation | KINGS COUNTY – California Attorney General Rob Bonta today announced the results of Operation Freedom, a joint undercover operation seeking to combat human trafficking by targeting those seeking to sexually exploit minors. Special Agents fr... |
| 08.09.2025 | Decades-old mystery solved: girl identified as New Hampshire serial killer’s daughter | By HOLLY RAMER
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The recent identification of a little girl found dead in a New Hampshire state park nearly 25 years ago both closed a key chapter in an investigation spanning four decades and opened a new search for anot... |
| 14.08.2025 | Louisiana sues Roblox alleging the popular gaming site fails to protect children | Ultimately, Murrill said she believes Roblox should be shut down.
An email seeking comment was sent to the company Thursday.
The free online gaming platform has more than 111 million monthly users. Its website describes Roblox as “the ultim... |
| 12.08.2025 | Another Look At The STOP CSAM Act | Amidst the current batch of child safety bills in Congress, a familiar name appears: the STOP CSAM Act. It was previously introduced in 2023, when I wrote about the threat the bill posed to the availability of strong encryption and conseque... |
| 29.07.2025 | Former Colorado sheriff’s deputy wanted on suspicion of child sexual exploitation | Originally Published: July 29, 2025 at 11:52 AM MDT |
| 01.07.2025 | NCMEC and GSTV Go National to Help Solve Baby Kidnapping Case | ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 1, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC), in partnership with GSTV, is launching a powerful nationwide campaign to help find Kevin Verville Jr., who was abducted a... |
| 25.04.2025 | Bridging the Digital Divide: Protecting Kenya's Children in a Connected World | In the digital age, the internet is a double-edged sword. It offers vast opportunities but also harbors lurking dangers. In Kenya, the stakes are high. The recent launch of the 'Also Online' campaign by Terre des Hommes Netherlands highligh... |
| 25.04.2025 | Navigating the Digital Frontier: Protecting Children and Empowering Creators in Kenya | In the vast digital landscape, two significant movements are emerging from Kenya. One aims to protect children from online dangers, while the other seeks to empower content creators. Both initiatives highlight the urgent need for awareness,... |
| 25.04.2025 | Kenya: Terre Des Hommes Netherlands Launches 'Also Online' Campaign to Tackle Online Child Exploitation | Nairobi — Terre des Hommes Netherlands has launched the 'Also Online' campaign in Kenya to raise awareness among parents and caregivers about the risks children face online and how to better protect them from sexual exploitation.
The campai... |
| 07.04.2025 | National Autism Association Announces Free Safety Box Giveaway to Combat Drowning Deaths | National Autism Association focuses on wandering/drowning prevention
In 2024, over 80 children with autism died after wandering away, with most deaths caused by accidental drowning, according to NAA.
We encourage families to use a multi-lay... |
| 06.04.2025 | Here’s how to prevent, fight back against sextortion | • The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children offers information about services and support for victims and family members: missingkids.org
• The center, sometimes known as NCMEC, also offers a tip line to report possible child e... |
| 24.03.2025 | UK Teen Boys At Risk of Sextortion, NCA Warns | Sextortion is a growing problem for unsuspecting teen boys as the UK’s National Crime Agency reveals that 74% of boys do not fully understand the online threat.
‘Sextortion’ involves people being financially blackmailed after an offender th... |
| 10.02.2025 | As NCMEC Removes Any Mention of Trans Youth, the Anti-Porn Movement Shows Its True Colors With Trump’s Executive Order Against ‘Gender Ideology’ | I’ve long maintained the certitude that anti-pornography campaigners aligned with the far-right and conservative Christian movements are directly or indirectly transphobic and anti-LGBTQ.
A body of evidence in my own reporting and experienc... |
| 07.02.2025 | MAGA’s Sickening Hypocrisy: From ‘Save The Children’ To ‘Defund The Org That Actually Saves Children’ | After years of screaming “save the children” while baselessly accusing others of exploiting kids, the Trump administration is now trying to destroy the actual infrastructure that saves children. This one crosses from standard MAGA hypocrisy... |
| 29.01.2025 | US judge temporarily blocks Trump from freezing federal grants | WASHINGTON: A US judge on Tuesday (Jan 28) temporarily blocked part of President Donald Trump's sweeping directive to pause federal loans, grants and other financial aid, giving a win to advocacy groups that said it would disrupt programs t... |
| 17.01.2025 | Crime and Public Safety | Boulder man sentenced to probation, community service for child sexual exploitation | A Boulder man was sentenced to sex offender probation and community service Friday for possessing video of a child being sexually exploited.
Adrian Acevedo, 32, received six years of sex offender intensive supervision probation and 100 hour... |
| 11.01.2025 | Shadows of Justice: A Tale of Crime and Consequences | In the heart of Longmont, Colorado, a storm brews beneath the surface. Two recent incidents highlight the fragile balance between law enforcement, public safety, and the haunting specter of crime. One case revolves around a man pleading gui... |
| 09.01.2025 | Crime and Public Safety | Longmont man pleads guilty to having child sex abuse material | “I can tell when someone is really remorseful and when they’re not,” said Lindsey. “What the court’s biggest concern and what seems to have been the issue is your alcohol use … I agree, SOISP is the right call … It’s unavoidable in this sen... |
| 09.12.2024 | Global Online Safety Regulators Network Publishes First Annual Report | The Global Online Safety Regulators Network (GOSRN) has published its first Annual Report, highlighting what it says are ‘significant strides in 2024 toward fostering regulatory coherence in online safety across the globe’.
Established in 2... |
| 09.11.2024 | Instagram finally ends the most vexing side of its content feed | One of the most infuriating things about opening a social media app is landing on a piece of content and then the app suddenly decides to refresh the feed before you are done fully watching it. Instagram is one of those platforms, and so is... |
| 01.11.2024 | Yubo Launches SafeBlur to Automatically Block Harmful Content in User DMs | Developed in response to user polling, SafeBlur further enhances trust and safety on the Gen Z social discovery app.
PARIS, Nov. 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Yubo, a leading social discovery app for Gen Z with over 80 million users worldwide, is... |
| 07.08.2024 | Techdirt Podcast Episode 399: The NCMEC Board Is Captured & Failing, Says Former Member | We’ve had several episodes and posts lately all about NCMEC, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, looking at both the great work it does and some of the problems that plague it. One thing we’ve often been especially conce... |
| 03.07.2024 | CSAM Pedophiles Identified via Dark Web Malware | By Quincy Jon
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Information-stealing malware logs on the dark web have identified numerous individuals wh... |
| 06.06.2024 | A woman says she's Cherrie Mahan, who went missing in Pennsylvania 39 years ago. Police can't verify her claims. | Police can't verify claims of woman who says she's Cherrie Mahan
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WINFIELD TOWNSHIP, Pa. (KDKA) -- Police said an initial review of fingerprints suggests that a woman cla... |
| 01.06.2024 | 1 family hopes new law to protect children online prevents tragedies like theirs | A new law aims to strengthen reporting requirements for technology companies to combat online predators seeking to exploit children. One dad told CBS News that he hopes the law will save children like his son, who died by suicide after beco... |
| 07.05.2024 | Techdirt Podcast Episode 390: The Challenges Facing NCMEC’s CyberTipline | The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children‘s CyberTipline is a central component of the fight against child sexual abuse material (CSAM) online, but there have been a lot of questions about how well it truly works. A recent re... |
| 07.05.2024 | Biden signs bill to protect children from online sexual abuse and exploitation | On April 29, Senators Jon Ossoff (D-GA) and Marsha Blackburn (R-SC) proposed a bipartisan bill to protect children from online sexual exploitation.
President Biden officially signed the REPORT Act into law on Tuesday. This marks the first t... |
| 06.05.2024 | Abducted 10-month-old found alive after 2 women killed, girl critically injured in New Mexico park | An infant girl who was abducted from a park near Clovis, Mexico, has been found safe, and a suspect is in in custody, the FBI in Albuquerque said Monday. Clovis police said 10-month-old Eleia Maria Torres has been taken to a Clovis-area hos... |
| 30.04.2024 | Bill to strengthen national tipline for missing and exploited children heads to Biden’s desk | A bipartisan bill designed to protect children from online sexual exploitation is headed to President Biden’s desk.
Proposed by Senators Jon Ossoff (D-GA) and Marsha Blackburn (R-SC), the bill aims to strengthen the National Center for Miss... |
| 25.04.2024 | Our Online Child Abuse Reporting System Is Overwhelmed, Because The Incentives Are Screwed Up & No One Seems To Be Able To Fix Them | The system meant to stop online child exploitation is failing — and misaligned incentives are to blame. Unfortunately, today’s political solutions, like KOSA and STOP CSAM, don’t even begin to grapple with any of this. Instead, they prefer ... |
| 16.04.2024 | Crime and Public Safety | Police arrest Boulder man for sexual exploitation of a child | Police arrested Philip Murillo, 27, of Boulder, on Monday for reportedly possessing and distributing child sex abuse material, according to a press release. Philip Murillo (Courtesy of Boulder County Sheriff’s Office)
Murillo turned himself... |
| 16.04.2024 | New Report Says AI-Made Photos, Videos Prompt Rise in Child Abuse Online | Joseph Henry, Tech Times 16 April 2024, 12:04 pm
Recent findings from the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) highlight a disturbing surge in child sexual exploitation online.
The NCMEC's annual CyberTipline report,... |
| 12.03.2024 | Once Again, Google Caves To Political Pressure And Supports Questionable STOP CSAM Law | It’s not surprising, but still disappointing, to see companies like Google and Meta, which used to take strong stands against bad laws, now showing a repeated willingness to cave on such principles in the interests of appeasing policymakers... |
| 11.03.2024 | Tips of suspected internet crimes against kids skyrocket | Tips of suspected internet crimes against children in Washington went up 250% between 2019 and 2023, according to new data from the state's Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force.
Why it matters: One in three minors have an unwelcome s... |
| 23.02.2024 | Boulder County detectives work to combat child exploitation online | As the U.S. Senate holds hearings on online child exploitation, Boulder County law enforcement officials are doing their part to address the problem on a local scale.
In the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office’s Digital Forensics Lab, detective... |
| 17.01.2024 | Family of teen who died by suicide warns of dangers of financial sextortion | Washington — James Woods, a 17-year-old college-bound track star, had just gotten his driver's license and posed for his senior yearbook photo when an online predator targeted him on Instagram.
James received 200 messages in less than 20 ho... |
| 26.12.2023 | Aylo’s Deferred Prosecution Agreement Will Make Pornhub A Much Safer Platform. Here’s Why. | Aylo Holdings, the parent company of Pornhub and some of the largest free and premium porn sites in the world, agreed to a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) to help resolve a Federal Bureau of Investigation probe into the platform’s cond... |
| 14.12.2023 | Entertainment | ‘America’s Most Wanted’ to return, hosted by John Walsh and son Callahan | Karu F. Daniels | New York Daily News (TNS)
When “America’s Most Wanted” returns to the airwaves, it will be a family affair.
John Walsh, who was the face of the groundbreaking to-catch-a-fugitive series for decades, will resume hosting dut... |
| 17.05.2023 | Missing girl FOUND after being recognised on ‘Unsolved Mysteries’ | Kayla Unbehaun was found after she disappeared as a 9-year old. Image via Twitter @ygorpalopoli.
A girl who went missing in 2017 was safely reunited with her father after a store owner in North Carolina in the US recognised her from her Net... |
| 01.05.2023 | Crime and Public Safety
Crime and Public Safety | Superior man accused of possessing child sexual abuse material | A 60-year-old Superior man was arrested Monday and accused of possessing child sexual abuse material.
Brian Kish was taken into custody and booked at the Boulder County Jail on an arrest warrant on suspicion of seven counts of sexual exploi... |
| 30.03.2023 | Celebrating And Discovering How Digital Experience Platforms Can Change The World | Founder & Principal of Tantra Analyst, a tech industry consulting firm, with 20+ years of experience working for Qualcomm, Ericsson & AT&T. |
| 11.03.2023 | An ex-Pornhub moderator said some videos that should've been taken down were missed and 'stayed up for months' | Advertisement
A former Pornhub video moderator said content that should've been removed "stayed up for months."
The ex-MindGeek worker made the claims in the new Netflix documentary Money Shot: The Pornhub Story.
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| 11.03.2023 | An ex-Pornhub moderator said some videos that should've been taken down were missed and 'stayed up for months' | Netflix is releasing its Money Shot: The Pornhub Story documentary on Wednesday. Netflix
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| 10.03.2023 | Attorney General Bonta, Law Enforcement Partners Secure 18 Arrests in Sexual Predator Sting Operation | Law enforcement bust suspects for attempting to engage in sexual misconduct with undercover personnel posing as minors as young as 13 years old
SACRAMENTO – California Attorney General Rob Bonta, Sacramento County Sheriff Jim Cooper, and th... |
| 09.03.2023 | Girl who went missing from a mall in 2018 found in Mexico | A girl from Washington who went missing in 2018 has been found in Mexico, the FBI announced on Wednesday. Aranza Maria Ochoa Lopez was last seen with her biological mother at a mall in Vancouver, Washington, when she was 4 years old.
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| 04.03.2023 | A reality TV star who posted an explicit video of him and his ex-girlfriend on OnlyFans without her permission was jailed for almost 2 years | Stephen Bear was jailed for 21 months on Friday. Getty Images
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| 04.03.2023 | A reality TV star who posted an explicit video of him and his ex-girlfriend on OnlyFans without her permission was jailed for almost 2 years | OnlyFans and reality TV star Stephen Bear was sentenced to 21 months in prison for "revenge porn."
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| 01.03.2023 | Meta is cracking down on revenge porn targeting children on Instagram and Facebook by funding a new tool to remove explicit images | Meta is cracking down on revenge porn targeting children under the age of 18 on its platforms.
It funded a new tool removing explicit images online, released by a child protection organization.
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| 01.03.2023 | Child Sexual Abuse Survivors Pen Their Own Justice | Saanvi Arora (left) and Ani Anastasia (Ani) Chaglasian (right) visit the U.S. Capitol to meet with ... [+] lawmakers.Saanvi Arora |
| 28.02.2023 | Meta is cracking down on revenge porn targeting children on Instagram and Facebook by funding a new tool to remove explicit images | Meta provided funding for a new tool created by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children which takes down sexually explicit images of minors online. SOPA Images/Getty Images
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| 27.02.2023 | Meta backs a new system that allows minors to stop their intimate images from being posted online | Meta announced today it’s helping finance a new organization called Take It Down that will, with the support of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), help young people under 18 years old prevent intimate images of ... |
| 22.02.2023 | Instagram accidentally reinstated Pornhub’s banned account | After years of on-and-off temporary suspensions, Instagram permanently banned Pornhub’s account in September. Then, for a short period of time this weekend, the account was reinstated. By Tuesday, it was permanently banned again.
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| 09.02.2023 | 14-year-old girl reported missing over a year ago is found hiding in the closet of a Michigan home | A 14-year-old girl who was reported missing over a year ago by her foster family has been found hiding in the closet of a Michigan home, authorities said.
A U.S. Marshals fugitive team found the girl Tuesday in Port Huron, about 62 miles no... |
| 24.01.2023 | Finally Some Clear Thinking on Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation Investigation and Intervention | President Biden recently told Big Tech he’s coming after them. Whether the administration will succeed is questionable—the Frightful Five have a strong lobbying presence in Washington—but one thing is clear: The climate in D.C. around the t... |
| 19.12.2022 | Feds warn of "staggering" sextortion scam that has targeted more than 3,000 minors | Washington — More than 3,000 teenagers and young boys have been blackmailed online in what federal law enforcement officials called a "staggering" sextortion scam that has been tied to more than a dozen suicides by minors who were... |
| 08.12.2022 | Cinder’s content moderation software is custom-built for trust and safety teams | A startup from former Meta employees aims to streamline the content moderation process for companies grappling with some of the internet’s most complex, dangerous challenges.
Cinder, which likes to describe itself as an “operating system fo... |
| 01.12.2022 | Reduced use of child sexual abuse material after online CBT | Reduced use of child sexual abuse material after online CBT
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| 21.08.2022 | Google AI Mistakenly Flags Parent for Child Sexual Abuse Material After Taking Photos of Toddler for Medical Use | Inno Flores, Tech Times 21 August 2022, 11:08 pm
Based on a report from The Verge, a father was mistakenly flagged by Google for Child Sexual Abuse Material or CSAM after using his smartphone to take his toddler's infected private part whic... |
| 05.08.2022 | TikTok moderators say they were shown sexually explicit images and videos of kids as part of training, report says | Content moderators hired to review videos for TikTok said they were shown sexually explicit material of children, they told Forbes.
The report cited moderators who worked for Teleperformance, a third-party company.
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| 26.06.2022 | Transgender teen's murder launches nationwide movement, inspires new law | [This story previously aired on December 18, 2021.]
Prosecutors say Nikki Kuhnhausen, 17, vanished from Vancouver, Washington, in June 2019, just hours after meeting David Bogdanov, then 25, and exchanging messages on Snapchat.
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| 25.05.2022 | AG Derek Schmidt: Wednesday is National Missing Children’s Day | KANSAS, May 25 - TOPEKA – (May 25, 2022) – As National Missing Children’s Day is observed today, Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt is reminding Kansas parents to talk to their children about ways to stay safe.
“Communication is key to e... |
| 21.04.2022 | Apple to scan children's iPhones for nudity with controversial new safety feature | TechApple to scan children's iPhones for nudity with controversial new safety feature
Apple has begun rolling out a new safety feature which uses artificial intelligence to scan children's iPhone photos for nudity and warn them in a bid to ... |
| 19.04.2022 | Crime and Public Safety
Crime and Public Safety | Man arrested in Longmont on suspicion of possessing child pornography | A man was arrested Thursday on suspicion of possessing child pornography.
Alexander Van Minnen, 38, was arrested in the 700 block of Shavano Street in Longmont. He will face a child sexual abuse material charge, a Class 4 felony, according ... |
| 17.02.2022 | Whatever Problem EARN IT Is Trying To Solve, It Doesn't | I've already talked about the potential 1st Amendment problems with the EARN IT Act and the potential 4th Amendment problems with it as well. But a recent post by Riana Pfefferkorn at Stanford raises an even bigger issue in all of this: wha... |
| 17.02.2022 | Whatever Problem EARN IT Is Trying To Solve, It Doesn't | I’ve already talked about the potential 1st Amendment problems with the EARN IT Act and the potential 4th Amendment problems with it as well. But a recent post by Riana Pfefferkorn at Stanford raises an even bigger issue in all of this: wha... |
| 10.02.2022 | U.S. Lawmakers advanced the 'Earn it Act' today that is designed to hold Tech Companies Responsible for the spread of posts exploiting children
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| 10.02.2022 | U.S. Lawmakers advanced the 'Earn it Act' today that is designed to hold Tech Companies Responsible for the spread of posts exploiting children
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| 18.01.2022 | Markstein Sales Company Enters 2022 by Expanding and Strengthening its Fight Against Human Trafficking | We are again calling on our fellow distributors, and all companies, to join us in bringing awareness and support on the local and national level. Our efforts are making a statistical difference, and more importantly, a difference in childre... |
| 02.12.2021 | Facebook : Strengthening Our Efforts Against the Spread of Non-Consensual Intimate Images | Together with more than 50 non-governmental organization partners around the world, Meta is supporting UK Revenge Porn Helpline's launch of StopNCII.org to help stop the non-consensual sharing of intimate images (NCII) on the internet.
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| 31.10.2021 | Online platforms have a responsibility to protect children from harm | Kathryn Kosmides Contributor
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| 15.09.2021 | Cybersecurity Leaders Are Consumers, Too: Bringing Industry Best Practices Home | Chief security officer at Adobe, overseeing all security-related decisions and investments across the company. |
| 15.09.2021 | Apple’s Plan To Scan Your Phone Raises The Stakes On A Key Question: Can You Trust Big Tech? | Apple has developed the means to scan images on your phone. Can you trust the company to protect your privacy? Sheldon Cooper/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images
Apple’s plan to scan customers’ phones and other devices for images depic... |
| 15.09.2021 | Apple’s Plan To Scan Your Phone Raises The Stakes On A Key Question: Can You Trust Big Tech? | Apple has developed the means to scan images on your phone. Can you trust the company to protect your privacy? Sheldon Cooper/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images |
| 24.08.2021 | The Apple Client-Side Scanning System | Washington, D.C.’s cyber policy summer was disrupted earlier in August by an announcement from Apple. In an effort to stem the tide of child sexual abuse materials (CSAMs) that are flooding across the cyber network (and it really is a flood... |
| 18.08.2021 | Apple’s CSAM detection tech is under fire — again | Apple has encountered monumental backlash to a new child sexual abuse material (CSAM) detection technology it announced earlier this month. The system, which Apple calls NeuralHash, has yet to be activated for its billion-plus users, but th... |
| 10.08.2021 | Apple’s new stance on iPhone privacy is troubling – and where is Tim Cook, by the way? | So much has been said and written already about the new Apple child safety features that the iPhone maker unveiled in recent days — features that represent an attempt to crack down on child exploitation. And on the usage of Apple devices to... |
| 10.08.2021 | Interview: Apple’s head of Privacy details child abuse detection and Messages safety features | Last week, Apple announced a series of new features targeted at child safety on its devices. Though not live yet, the features will arrive later this year for users. Though the goals of these features are universally accepted to be good one... |
