Meghan Markle delivered a powerful speech while in Geneva, Switzerland over the weekend on the impact of online bullying on children. The Duchess of Sussex attended the inauguration ceremony for The Lost Screen Memorial on Geneva’s Place des Nations, ahead of the opening of the 79th World Health Assembly. She was joined by World Health...Read More

That’s according to new research published Monday in the journal JAMA Pediatrics, for which analysts conducted a meta-analysis of 39 existing studies involving 110,380 participants ages 12 to 18. The study found that nearly 15 percent of teens had sent a sext and approximately 27 percent received one. There were no significant sex differences in the...Read More

Operation Firewall Press Conference. Photo Credit: YouTube Five-county digital sting by the regional Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force targets online exploitation, human trafficking, and illicit material networks. Federal, state, and local law enforcement officers arrested 341 suspects and rescued 40 children during a massive, two-week digital sting targeting online predators across five Southern California...Read More

Independent councillor Andrew Anthony plans to raise parents’ concerns at Monday’s council meeting Published May 24, 2026 Link copied! Copy failed! After reading of the serious safety concerns raised...Read More

Photo by Zulfugar Karimov Around the US, a number of state legislatures have passed, or ar working to pass, various laws which would require people to “verify” their ages such that those under different ages would find themselves excluded from some or all computer and Internet access. It all started, of course, with Internet pornography....Read More

HARRISBURG — Attorney General Dave Sunday announced that a Philadelphia-based repeat sex offender has been sentenced to 25 to 50 years in prison for sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl — while he was out on bail for child sexual abuse material charges. Craig Coleman, 33, pleaded guilty Monday to trafficking in individuals, unlawful contact with...Read More

Ariel Fox Johnson is an attorney and senior advisor on privacy policy for Common Sense Media, a national non-profit based in San Francisco. She filed an amicus brief on behalf of Common Sense Media in support of California’s Age Appropriate Design Code in Netchoice v. Bonta. Over the past year, the Ninth Circuit has largely...Read More

Convicted child molester disappears in El Dorado County after judge lets him leave court and ankle monitor disconnects INVESTIGATION RAISED CONCERNS? FIRST UP NOW A NEW INFORMATION ON AN ONGOING KCRA THREE INVESTIGATION. WE’VE LEARNED THAT THE CONVICTED CHILD MOLESTER WHO VANISHED BEFORE HE WAS SENTENCED IN EL DORADO COUNTY HAD BEEN WEARING AN ANKLE...Read More

HOUSTON – As Houston prepares to welcome thousands of visitors for major events like the FIFA World Cup, child safety advocates are encouraging parents to start important conversations now about protecting children both online and in public spaces. Texas continues to rank among the top states in the country for human trafficking reports. According to...Read More

Police are desperately hunting for a missing teenage girl who is believed to be travelling with a convicted sex offender more than 20 years her senior, according to reports. Autumn Van Zandt, 17, hasn’t been seen since Tuesday when she was spotted in Fredericksburg with 39-year-old Ronnie Keene Reel, and police suspect they may try...Read More