David Chellapah, 31, was under investigation after police had intel that he was chatting with a child online and tried to meet and sexually abuse them last year. The offences took place between August and October, the Metropolitan Police said. He was arrested on October 17 after officers intercepted a pre-arranged meeting with a child....Read More

New child safety commitments secured by Ofcom include tighter contact settings, AI detection tools, and direct chat controls. Ofcom said Snap, Meta, and Roblox plan to introduce additional child safety measures in the UK following regulatory pressure to strengthen protections against online grooming. The commitments were outlined in an Ofcom report reviewing how major platforms...Read More

WINTER PARK, Fla. (CBS12) — Alan Chambers, the former president of an infamous Florida-based anti-LGBTQ conversion therapy organization, was arrested in an undercover child predator sting. Detectives said 54-year-old Chambers of Winter Park was taken into custody Tuesday following an undercover operation in which he allegedly communicated online with an undercover detective posing as a...Read More

RALEIGH, N.C. (WBTV) — Meeting Dominique Moody’s great-uncle in the North Carolina General Assembly building earlier this month was a more joyful meeting than when we met a few months ago. Our first meeting came in early January at J. Vernon Peterson’s funeral home in Fayetteville, where his team prepared Dominique Moody’s body for her...Read More

A new study from Drexel University found that the majority of young people are not aware of the legal ramifications of underage sexting Sexting among youth is more prevalent than previously thought, according to a new study from Drexel University that was based on...Read More

LIBERTY LAKE, Wash. — Two of 13 cases stemming from Operation Liberty Lake last year have been resolved. On April 29, Kyle White was sentenced to a year in prison after pleading guilty to one count of attempted child molestation in the second degree.  Jennifer Whittaker, however, was found incompetent by the court to stand...Read More

As more candidates step forward for municipal elections in the fall, let’s not forget that another vital group of seats are up for grabs that are responsible for our most treasured local resource. While many people will go out to vote for their choice for Mayor, or Councillor, I am often discouraged at how many...Read More

Online safety organizations have filed a letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), asking the agency to formally assess Roblox’s alleged risks to children.  The Request for Investigation, submitted by child safety nonprofit Fairplay and the National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE), argues that Roblox’s design features and advertising violate portions of the FTC Act...Read More

By: Yolanda (Linda) Reid Chassiakos, MD, FAAP Sexting is the sending or receiving of sexually explicit images, videos or text messages using a smartphone, computer, tablet, video game or digital camera. It’s not something any parent wants to think about their child doing, and it may be uncomfortable to talk about. But the fact...Read More

Online child safety campaigners including Jonathan Haidt, the bestselling writer on the mental health impacts of social media, have called on the Trump administration to investigate Roblox, the booming gaming and chat platform used by 150 million people daily, including a large number of under-13s. Haidt’s Anxious Generation Movement, Fairplay and the rightwing anti-pornography National...Read More