By Maja Kunert & Euronews Published on 09/01/2026 – 17:27 GMT+1 German juvenile court began trial Friday of a man accused of driving a 13-year-old to suicide and coercing dozens of children as part of an international online predator network known as “764”. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The 21-year-old German-Iranian defendant, identified only as Shahriar J under German privacy rules,...Read More
MERCED, Calif. (KFSN) — 12 men are now sitting in a cell, instead of behind a screen. They’re suspected of trying to arrange contact with potential victims online who they thought were children. “During this operation, we had detectives pose as minors. Usually, they were under the age of 14,” says Brandon Vazquez, Merced Police...Read More
House Republicans revived federal child online safety legislation, but in doing so they stripped out the provision that gave the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) its sharpest legal edge, setting up a new fight over whether the House is still advancing KOSA in any meaningful way. A bipartisan Senate version of the bill was previously...Read More
School Safety and Security A safe and secure learning environment is essential for learning. This page will acquaint you with some of the resources about school security that the New Jersey School Boards Association has developed in recent years. The resources include special reports on school security, articles in School Leader and School Board Notes, webinars,...Read More
Sacramento Sheriff Jim Cooper holds victim statements during a news conference on Monday about the early release of David Allen Funston, who was convicted of 16 counts of kidnapping and child molestation in 1999. Hector Amezcua/TNS The release of a serial child molester from state prison after he was granted parole has snowballed into a political...Read More
WEATHERFORD, Texas – A routine compliance check for a registered sex offender ended in a first-degree felony arrest after the man accidentally dropped a thumb drive containing child pornography in the sheriff’s office parking lot, authorities said. William Raymond Catron faces new charges What we know: William Raymond Catron was taken into custody by Parker...Read More
Lauro Fava of Pinsent Masons was commenting after the US government published a new national policy framework for AI (4-page / 234KB PDF). The framework is broad in scope but high-level in detail. It sets out the Trump administration’s policy on everything from data centre development to copyright protection around AI training, as well...Read More
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38% fear for child’s physical safety at school
Down slightly from 44% reading last year after Uvalde shooting
14% of parents say child has expressed safety concerns to them
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Parents of school-aged children in the U.S. remain more apprehensive than usual about their child’s physical safety...Read More
FBI agents say it’s one of the most horrifying trends online. Predators are convincing teens to harm themselves, and in some cases, take their own lives. CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The FBI is asking parents to be on alert for a dangerous online scheme targeting kids and teens. Charlotte-based agents say sextortion is now taking on...Read More
A 26-year-old man from Coral Springs is charged with sex offenses after an FBI agent posed as a 15-year-old and arranged to meet up with him. Miami Herald file photo A Coral Springs man was arrested at a CVS on Saturday as he was trying to meet with a 15-year-old to engage in sex acts,...Read More
