A Montezuma man is behind bars after allegedly soliciting who he thought was a child to commit sexual acts. Newton police said the investigation began July 23 when 57-year-old Curtis Sean Gauley was identified as a suspect in an online child predator case. While communicating with a Newton officer who was posing as a 15-year-old...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
UNICEF has teamed up with social media platforms to start a global campaign against Cyberbullying. UNICEF has, with the help of young people around the world and experts, identified 10 things teens want to know about cyberbullying and how to fight it. Cyberbullying is bullying with the use of digital technologies. It can take place on social...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
Protecting children in the digital age is an ongoing effort. In the first half of 2026, Thorn and our partners made meaningful progress. Together, we expanded child safety technology and published new research. Both provide solutions to complex problems. This mid-year update highlights some of that progress and the work still ahead. How do you...Read More
The United States Senate has overwhelmingly passed legislation designed to protect children from dangerous online content, pushing forward with what would be the first major effort by Congress in decades to hold tech companies more accountable for the harm they cause. The bill, which passed 91-3 on Tuesday, was pushed by parents of children who...Read More
Nearly two-thirds of Americans believe children under the age of 16 should not be allowed on social media, according to new research. The survey of 2,000 Americans revealed that 62% of respondents agreed that kids 15 and under should be barred from creating social media accounts. With discussions ramping up around the topic, the research...Read More
Updated August 19, 2026 at 6:40 AM MDT Sign up for alerts on breaking news and exclusive reporting from NPR OAKLAND, Calif. – A landmark trial got underway on Tuesday pitting Meta Platforms against a consortium of states accusing the company of designing its platforms to hook young users and misleading the public about it....Read More
The Victorian Early Childhood Regulatory Authority (VECRA) has suspended the service approval of Ignite Minds Pty Ltd and four of its family day care educators following the identification of serious breaches of the National Law and National Regulations that created risks to children’s safety. The decision, published by VECRA on 20 August 2026, follows a...Read More
A final-year student of Bayero University, Kano (BUK), Maryam Isah Shehu, has been arraigned before the Federal High Court in Abuja over an alleged social media publication said to have tarnished the reputation of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Shehu was arraigned before Justice Joyce Abdulmalik on an amended charge filed by the...Read More
