Tech firms are agreeing to new anti-grooming measures to better protect UK children online, though Ofcom notes that some tech firms are still lacking in their protections. Snap, Meta and Roblox have confirmed to the regulator that they will bring in new safety measures designed to better protect children from online strangers who wish them...Read More
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif — A convicted child sex offender who vanished after being allowed to remain free on bail was last tracked to San Francisco before disappearing, according to an El Dorado County Probation Department report. Carl Cacconie, convicted of six counts of lewd and lascivious acts on a child in El Dorado County,...Read More
A standalone Senate funding request to bolster efforts to crack down on child predation online hasn’t yet attracted support across the rotunda, despite lawmakers’ ample emphasis on the disturbing issue in recent years. Through a form filed in February, Miami Republican Sen. Ileana Garcia is seeking $2.1 million in grants for an automated analysis and...Read More
[The launch of St Stephen’s ‘school street’] A raft of new walking, wheeling and cycling improvements across our region are helping children enjoy safer, healthier journeys to school. The council’s first-ever School Street launched this week outside St Stephen’s Primary School, giving pupils a calmer, more pleasant start and end to the school day. Timed vehicle restrictions...Read More
New investigation examined how Meta used influencers to reinforce Instagram child safety messaging publicly. The Tech Transparency Project has accused Meta of using influencers, parenting creators and healthcare professionals to promote Instagram child safety tools while the company faces scrutiny over the platform’s impact on minors. According to the investigation, Meta hosted branded Screen Smart...Read More
COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) – A man was sentenced to five consecutive life sentences plus 40 years in confinement after a jury convicted him on 10 felony counts related to assaults against two victims. Eevon Battee was convicted on two counts of aggravated child molestation, two counts of rape, one count of aggravated sexual battery, four...Read More
Our thinly woven social fabric has been torn apart yet again. A murder has shaken our belief in the social system. It snatched much more than a life. It stole our comfort of trust in one another. Photos of the Pallabi rape-murder victim have been circulating for three days — photos stored in the parents’...Read More
WHAT HE’S NOW UNCOVERED IN HIS ONGOING KCRA THREE INVESTIGATION. YEAH. CARL CARQUINEZ USED A BAIL BONDS TO PUT UP HIS $1 MILLION BAIL, AND THEY’RE NOW ON THE HOOK TO DELIVER HIM TO THE COURT OR PAY THAT MILLION DOLLARS TO THE COURT. AS KCRA THREE INVESTIGATES UNCOVERED THE VERY DAY A JURY CONVICTED...Read More
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FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26) — A convicted child sex offender with ties to the Central Valley is now wanted by authorities after failing to appear for his sentencing hearing. Prosecutors in El Dorado County say 53-year-old Carl Cacconie was found guilty on six counts of child sexual assault but was allowed to remain out of custody...Read More
