Mark Scott is a contributing editor at Tech Policy Press. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaks during the Defence Industry Forum at the 36th NATO (OTAN) Heads of State and Government Summit in Ankara, Turkiye on July 7, 2026. (Photo by Alexis Jumeau/Sipa via AP Images) When the European Commission’s special panel on...Read More
The defendant covers his face as he arrives for a trial against a network of mostly Chinese men, organized in chat groups to advise one another on how to drug and rape mostly Chinese women, in Munich, Germany, Feb. 2, 2026. (Malin Wunderlich/dpa via AP) The defendant covers his face as he arrives for a...Read More
BERLIN (AP) — They called themselves the “German driving school for experts,” but prosecutors say the true purpose of their Telegram chats was to brag about the women they raped and share tips about how to drug them. In posts that sometimes included photos and videos of their attacks on unconscious victims, they referred to...Read More
Mehdi Arfaoui, Sociologist, Commission nationale de l’informatique et des libertés (CNIL) & École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS) Leanda Barrington-Leach, Executive Director, 5Rights Foundation Tobiáš Bruno Galia, President’s Youth Advisory Board, Czech Council of Children and Youth Urs Buscke, Senior Legal Officer, European Consumer Organisation (BEUC) Alex Cooney, CEO & Co-founder, CyberSafeKids María...Read More
ELK BEND, Idaho (CBS2) — A Lemhi County man has been sentenced to between 20 and 40 years in prison after, prosecutors said, sexually abusing four children over two decades. In August 2024, a Lemhi County Sheriff’s Office deputy began investigating allegations that William Wegner, Sr., 40, committed lewd and lascivious conduct involving a minor...Read More
Italy’s data protection authority has imposed a financial penalty on the company behind Character.AI after concluding that the chatbot platform failed to implement sufficient safeguards to prevent minors from accessing its services, marking another example of increasing European scrutiny of artificial intelligence companies. According to Reuters, Italy’s privacy regulator announced Thursday that it had fined Character...Read More
TEXAS (KAUZ) – The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) has named Texas 10 Most Wanted Sex Offender Alejandro Villegas as July 2026’s Featured Fugitive. DPS said that the reward for information leading to his arrest is increased to $6,000 during July if the tip is received this month. 32-year-old Alejandro Villegas from Fort Worth...Read More
Regulations for AI child safety getty Child safety is becoming a key AI issue likely to force global rules, after U.N. Secretary General António Guterres used a Geneva governance meeting this week to call for an AI Child Safety Pledge. His message is that governments may argue for years over copyright, compute and competition, but...Read More
A Harrison man was arrested following a multi-day online predator investigation.
HARRISON, Mich. (WJRT) – A Harrison man was arrested Saturday following a multi-day online predator investigation. According to the Clare County Sheriff’s Office, a sergeant arrested Paul Ignacio Johnson at his residence on North Clare Avenue on July 4 at 2:46...Read More
More than a dozen men are facing charges after a online child predator sting in the Midlands. The Irmo Police Department and other agencies launched an online operation in April that has resulted in 14 suspects being arrested. All of those men are charged with criminal solicitation of a minor with some facing other charges...Read More
