A “dangerous predator” has been jailed for 12 years for raping and sexually assaulting a child in a “sickening” attack. Stuart Hand, 38, from Long Ashton, near Bristol, was found guilty of a string of sexual offences following a trial at Bristol Crown Court. Hand, 38, was driving in Pill, north Somerset, in February 2019...Read More
Stay up-to-date with the politics team. Sign up for the Teen Vogue Take First introduced in 2022, the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) is a bipartisan bill purportedly designed to make the internet safer for minors, defined as anyone 16 and younger. Over the past two years, lawmakers, activists, and the media have wondered what...Read More
Aurora Police Department officers arrested two suspects over the last two weeks after a multi-agency online child predator operation, the department said. APD’s Internet Crimes Against Children Unit completed an operation that led to the arrest of 39-year-old Gregory Thomas Daniels and 68-year-old Ralph Edward Bledsoe, an airline pilot who allegedly “victimized minors throughout the...Read More
The school safety and security sector, valued between two and three billion dollars, remains largely unregulated despite increased funding since 2018. (Funding for school security often increases after a major tragedy.) A school is lucky if it has a dedicated safety director with the experience to assess and prioritize needs as they sift through the...Read More
Roblox, Discord, OpenAI and Google are launching a nonprofit organization called ROOST, or Robust Open Online Safety Tools, which hopes “to build scalable, interoperable safety infrastructure suited for the AI era.” The organization plans on providing free, open-source safety tools to public and private organizations to use on their own platforms, with a special focus on...Read More
WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation tracked down and arrested more than 200 people accused of sex crimes involving children during a five-day operation, officials announced Wednesday. What You Need To Know The Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation teamed up to track down and arrest...Read More
The busy halls of North Community High School in Minneapolis in between classes. Caroline Yang for NPR hide caption toggle caption Caroline Yang for NPR The busy halls of North Community High School in Minneapolis in between classes. Caroline Yang for NPR The students at North Community High School in Minneapolis have seen a lot....Read More
Article content The hunt is on for a scooter-riding sexual predator in Steeltown. Article content Hamilton Police say two victims have been sexually assaulted on or near the rail trail between Limeridge Rd. E. and Mohawk Rd. E. in recent weeks. The first assault occurred around 10:50 a.m. on April 27. And the second attack...Read More
ORLANDO, Fla. — A central Florida man was sentenced Tuesday to the statutory maximum of 20 years in federal prison for receipt of child pornography and 25 years of supervised release. This sentence resulted from an investigation conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). According to court documents, Jose Manuel...Read More
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A former Hilliard, Ohio, man who absconded during a federal child pornography probe is the latest fugitive to be profiled on the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) smartphone app, seeking public tips on at-large and unknown child predator suspects. Jeremiah Malfroid, 33, was charged by criminal complaint Oct. 20 for production,...Read More
