The Barrow County School System is continuing its emphasis on school safety through ongoing training with the Barrow County Sheriff’s Office and other local first responders. Each summer, school resource officers from the sheriff’s office, along with personnel from the Barrow County Fire Department and other emergency agencies, participate in scenario-based training exercises inside Barrow...Read More
Four individuals have been arrested following a targeted online predator investigation carried out by the Noblesville Police Department. Jamal Courtney of Fishers; Jun Jie Piao of Chicago; Jordan Stites of Kokomo; and Matthew Burton of Greenfield are in the Hamilton County Jail. Current has requested court documents. Jamal Courtney Jun Jie Piao Jordan Stites Matthew...Read More
A specialist policing team dedicated to catching online predators are urging parents and carers to consider online safety for their children during summer. The Online Child Abuse Investigation Team (OCAIT) work every day to stop online child abuse in North Wales. Between 2024 and 2025, North Wales Police saw a 145% increase in referrals received...Read More
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A social media video shows the goats following passengers aboard a bus before being shooed off. PORTLAND, Ore. — Two goats wandering Portland were recently spotted boarding a city bus before quickly being shooed back off. A video posted to the TriMet transit agency’s social media shows the goats following passengers onto a bus. “Kids...Read More
Listen to article • 0:00 min Montgomery County on Tuesday sued some of the nation’s largest social media companies in a Northern California federal court, joining nearly 3,000 actions from parents, school districts, cities, counties, and states that say the platforms are harming the mental health of children and teens. The social media giants have faced...Read More
What This Story Is About Ohio County Sheriff Adam Wright is warning parents about the rise of online child exploitation, explaining how predators use social media and private messaging apps to contact, groom, and extort children. Why It Matters The department has worked 36 cases this year and may add an investigator to handle the...Read More
Decoys working with private citizen groups prompted investigations that led to two arrests on child-solicitation allegations in Jacksonville and Winchester, according to authorities and statements from the groups. Social media posts by the group Online Predator Intervention said the first happened Saturday. A decoy with the group People v. Preds pretending to be a minor said...Read More
PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — Montgomery County is joining more than 3,000 lawsuits accusing social media firms of failing to protect children and teens on social media. A federal appeals court in San Francisco denied an appeal on Monday from social media giants including Meta, Google, and Tiktok, clearing the way for thousands of lawsuits to...Read More
Queensland’s child safety minister said she “had no hesitation” in axing a key survey, that she previously lauded as integral. The My Life in Care Survey has been conducted every year since 2022, but minister Amanda Camm today confirmed it had been quashed. This despite her once labelling the survey as a “cornerstone” of the...Read More
