SUPERIOR, Wis. – Charges allege an unnamed citizen group from Illinois reported the man to Superior Police, after catching him in an online predator sting. On Tuesday, 62-year-old Joey Edward Scott was charged in a Douglas County courtroom with four counts of possession of child pornography. Superior Police originally responded to Scott’s apartment on Apr....Read More
New Jersey has sued the social gaming platform Discord for allegedly failing to adequately protect underage users from predators, the first state to do so. The heavily redacted civil suit, filed Thursday, accuses Discord of violating the New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act by making it easy for children to create an account and by not...Read More
The communications watchdog has been accused of backing big tech over the safety of under-18s after the children’s commissioner for England criticised new measures for tackling online harms. Rachel de Souza said she warned Ofcom last year that its proposals for protecting children under the Online Safety Act were too weak. New codes of practice...Read More
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCSC) – South Carolina’s attorney general is calling on state lawmakers to pass a bill he says will help keep more kids safe from online predators. Alan Wilson, the state’s top prosecutor, said S.74 is commonsense legislation that would cut administrative red tape to ultimately protect children. “It makes it easier, it makes...Read More
Sign up for Chalkbeat New York’s free daily newsletter to get essential news about NYC’s public schools delivered to your inbox. As Principal Mark House greeted students at the John F. Kennedy campus in the Bronx last month, a student staggered toward him, face covered in blood. Initially, House thought the 16-year-old had been in...Read More
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) – A man was arrested on multiple child pornography charges in Madison County on Monday following a tip from the online predator hunting group, Predator Poachers. According to the Madison County Sheriff’s Office, deputies were initially contacted by someone in the predator hunting group after an alleged case involving the online enticement...Read More
BORGER, Texas (KVII) — The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children has issued a warning to local law enforcement about a serial child predator targeting minors on social media platforms. The predator, posing as a minor, has been soliciting inappropriate images and videos from children. One of the victims identified in this case is...Read More
Detectives held a news conference Thursday announcing the arrests of several people for internet crimes against children. MOORESVILLE, N.C. — Mooresville Police announced the arrests of eight people as part of an online predator crackdown. The Mooresville Police Department held a news conference at 11 a.m. Thursday to share information related to the results of...Read More
AMARILLO, Texas (KFDA) – A recent post by the Borger Police Department warned parents of a serial child predator targeting minors on apps like Roblox, Discord and Messenger. Experts with The Bridge Children’s Advocacy Center want you to know this is happening here in our community. “Yeah, it’s happening in our community. The pinwheels in...Read More
Six suspected child predators are off the streets following an online undercover operation. They face numerous felony charges and are accused of using online chatrooms and dating apps to prey on children. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] Detectives from the Alpharetta Police Department told Channel 2’s Michael Seiden that they...Read More
