POTTSTOWN, Pa. – Authorities are accusing a Pottstown man of recording children via hidden cameras and using the images and video to produce child pornography. Adam Benjamin Arena, 46, was charged this week with more than 100 felonies — including production and possession of child abuse material — and dozens of misdemeanor counts of invasion...Read More

Although social media has many positive effects, such as creating connections among peers, it often helps foster negative outlooks toward the LGBTQ+ community, putting LGBTQ+ youths at risk for cyberbullying. As a parent, you want to do what you can to protect your children from the harm cyberbullying poses. The Social Media Victims Law Center...Read More

Nairobi — Wiper Leader Kalonzo Musyoka has called on the government to ensure that expressions of grief over the tragic fire at Utumishi Girls Academy are matched with urgent reforms to improve safety standards in schools across the country. Kalonzo stressed that mourning alone is not enough, urging that it must be followed by concrete...Read More

GENESEE COUNTY, Mich. — A sheriff known for targeting human traffickers is advising people to leave child predator stings to the professionals. Across Michigan, “predator hunters” are growing online, confronting their targets with cameras rolling and generating a lot of online views. But Genesee County Sheriff Chris Swanson says that approach can hurt cases involving...Read More

ASCENSION PARISH, La. (WAFB) – A man will need to undergo surgical castration after pleading guilty to crimes against children, prosecutors said. The man, Douglas Decuir, 44, entered a guilty plea on two counts of second-degree rape, two counts of indecent behavior with a juvenile, and two counts of pornography involving juveniles with a victim...Read More

Robert Pattinson is making a pivot to television … well, sort of. The actor stars in the new A24 drama Primetime, which dramatizes the story of Chris Hansen and his hit docuseries To Catch a Predator. The studio has released the first trailer for the Lance Oppenheim film, and it features an eerie look at...Read More

What’s the problem? “…a boy demands that a girl keep sending him nude photos, or else he’ll forward all the intimate pictures he already has to her relatives, friends, and acquaintances.” Or: “…a stranger offered a girl a way to earn money. She was supposed to take intimate photos of herself and post them in...Read More

Meta is being sued over alleged child safety violations. (Noah Berger / AP Photo) SANTA FE, N.M. — New Mexico state prosecutors are seeking fundamental changes to Meta’s social media apps and algorithms to safeguard children in the second phase of a landmark trial on allegations that platforms such as Instagram have created a public...Read More

AUSTIN, TX – A broad coalition of child safety advocates, policy organizations, and Texas nonprofits filed multiple amicus briefs urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to reinstate Texas’ App Store Accountability Act and reverse an injunction blocking the law from taking effect. The briefs were filed in Students Engaged in Advancing Texas v....Read More

A Montgomery County man is facing charges for hiding cameras in a Fayette County home to produce sexual abuse material, according to Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday. Online court records show Adam Benjamin Arena, 46, is facing more than 150 charges, 110 of which are felonies. The felony charges include production and possession of child...Read More