A sexual predator who targeted mostly Muslim males online for blackmail has been jailed for 16 years, with detectives fearing he may have up to 70 more victims. Waleed Saeed’s campaign of entrapment, threat and extortion started in 2018 and left one victim feeling suicidal because of the humiliation they felt. Police said the 31-year-old...Read More
North Carolina General Assembly RALEIGH, NC (WWAY) — The North Carolina House has unanimously approved the Dominque Moody Safety Act (SB 280), a sweeping child welfare reform measure designed to strengthen oversight, improve accountability, and increase transparency within the state’s child protective services system. The legislation is named in honor of Dominique Moody, a 6-year-old...Read More
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – A new Florida law is set to take effect next month, adding further restrictions on where sexual offenders may live in the state, according to our sister station WKMG in Orlando. The law — SB 212 — was filed all the way back in October, and it requires sex offenders to stay...Read More
ON Tuesday, a 14-year-old Grade 8 student at a private school in General Trias City, Cavite, walked into a Grade 5 classroom and began to attack everyone in sight with a kitchen knife. Seven schoolchildren were wounded before the attacker surrendered her weapon to a teacher and was taken into custody. The incident rings alarm...Read More
A Monterey County sheriff’s deputy assists with dismantling unsafe or recalled car seats to promote child passenger safety during the event. (Courtesy of MCSO) KING CITY — Families received hands-on safety checks May 31 during a Car Seat Check Event hosted by the Monterey County Health Department and Mee Memorial Healthcare System in King City....Read More
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico on Thursday slammed Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, his Republican opponent, for a plea deal his office offered a Waco man who was charged with repeatedly sexually abusing a young boy. Speaking from the steps of the McLennan County Courthouse in Waco, Talarico demanded that Paxton release communications from...Read More
They collectively face an online solicitation of a minor charge SAN ANTONIO – The Bexar County Sheriff’s Office and the United States Secret Service held a joint press conference Wednesday morning to announce the results of an operation on combating human exploitation. Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar and representatives from the U.S. Secret Service spoke...Read More
Meta Platforms has proposed legal protections that would limit certain child-safety related lawsuits against online platforms as discussions continue around the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) in the United States, according to an exclusive Reuters report citing a source familiar with the matter and proposed legislative language. The proposal comes as Meta faces thousands of...Read More
Liz Gutierrez has some strict rules when it comes to her 14-year old daughter having access to her phone and social media: not until after homework, never during dinner or family time. But the lure of social media is strong, especially when teen girls gather together. When Gutierrez invited her daughter’s friends over for a...Read More
Parents today spend a huge chunk of time worrying about their kids’ online safety. How much social media access is enough to connect with friends, but not so much it becomes addicting? Is their phone making it easier to get help when they are feeling stressed, or driving them away from human connection? So when...Read More
