By Steve Large California lawmakers could pass a first-in-the-nation ban on social media accounts for children under 16 and add $1 million fines on the tech industry. The device time dilemma for parents and teens is now turning into a battle between lawmakers and tech companies, including heartbreaking testimony. “Before Coco died, we watched social...Read More
An awareness programme on child rights and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act was organised by Innovative Research Centre to create awareness among parents about child rights, child safety and the prevention of sexual abuse of children. More than 40 parents participated in the programme held at the Innovative Research Centre, Kalyan...Read More
BOSTON — A registered sex offender from Dracut has pleaded guilty to child pornography and firearm charges after federal agents searching his home last year found a stolen handgun, child sexual abuse material and Nazi‑themed relics. Documents filed in federal court state prosecutors agreed to a plea deal for 30-year-old Tyler Bullock that includes 10...Read More
WYOMISSING, Pa. — School buses will soon be back out on the roads, and police say after a summer without them, Monday morning will be an adjustment for everyone. “We want to remember that school’s been out all summer, so kids especially, even us, we’re in our routine that doesn’t involve the kids there,” Wyomissing...Read More
A “dangerous online sexual predator” who secretly filmed children and was found with more than 87,000 indecent images of youngsters has been jailed. Richard Pooley, aged 60, of no fixed abode, was sentenced to three years and 10 months imprisonment at Bradford Crown Court on Thursday. PC William Metcalf said Pooley was one of the...Read More
Today is Sunday, Aug. 23, the 235th day of 2026. There are 130 days left in the year. Today in history: On Aug. 23, 2003, former priest John Geoghan (GAY’-gun), the convicted child molester whose prosecution sparked the sex abuse scandal that shook the Roman Catholic Church nationwide, died after another inmate attacked him in...Read More
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A federal judge sentenced Miguel Solis-Morales, 43, to two years and six months in federal prison for illegally reentering the United States after he was deported by immigration authorities in 2015. Solis, who was convicted of sexual battery in 2009, will be deported again to Mexico after serving this federal prison sentence,...Read More
image: What mattered most was the overall amount of cyberbullying: the more often a student was targeted, the more trauma symptoms they showed. view more Credit: Florida Atlantic University As concern grows over adolescent mental health, a new national study adds to the growing body of research showing that cyberbullying should be considered an adverse...Read More
FAYETTEVILLE (WTVD) — International media outlets and national network news organizations have kept phones ringing at the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office this week, inquiring about the fate of three Fayetteville teens charged in sexting and porn-related cases. If a CCSO request is granted, the cases may prompt another round of cyber crime forums in Cumberland...Read More
The bill would add requirements for social media companies and schools. GEORGIA, USA — Editor’s note: This story discuses death by suicide. If you or someone you know is struggling with thoughts of suicide, help is available. Call the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988. A new bill is in the works that aims to protect children...Read More
