Arkansas State Police are discussing more about how evidence from social media groups, when they confront suspected child predators, often does not hold up in court. LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Earlier this year, we told you about the potential dangers that law enforcement said social media groups face when they confront suspected child predators and why those...Read More
OpenAI has appointed John Buckley to lead child safety policy and support its work on youth and wellbeing, as the artificial intelligence company adds two specialists to its Product Policy team. Buckley joins OpenAI alongside Brian Fishman, who will focus on preventing the misuse of AI to enable violence and manipulate political systems. OpenAI Global...Read More
The Board of Parole Hearings rescinded the grant of parole for Gregory Vogelsang Friday. Vogelsang, 57, was sentenced to prison for almost 30 counts of kidnapping and sex crimes against multiple children between the ages of 5 and 11 in the 1990s, according to the Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office. He was sentenced to 355...Read More
Jewish Federations of North America welcome the bipartisan agreement on the KIDS Act and urge the House to pass this important legislation when it is considered on the floor this week. The package incorporates four bipartisan bills that Federations have tirelessly supported and would help address serious online harms, including antisemitism, by strengthening protections for...Read More
This is the face of a ‘sexual predator’ from Redditch who exploited his position as a photographer in order to carry out a string of sex and voyeurism offences. Steven Liles began working as a freelance photographer and videographer for private events and dance schools across the Midlands after he was made redundant from a...Read More
Social media companies claim their platforms are safe for kids, promoting safety features that include restricting searches for harmful content, limiting messaging and warning of out-of-network contacts. TikTok, for instance, is supposed to block minors from searching for material about disordered eating and self-harm. But research from Northeastern University found that instead of blocking such...Read More
A man will serve three-and-a-half-years in prison after being caught in a sting operation by online ‘paedophile hunters’. The man, who is in his thirties, sent explicit messages to what he believed were teenage girls aged 14-15 years old. In one message, he wrote: “I’ll ride ya like”. He pleaded guilty to committing an offence...Read More
TL;DR: Senator Paolo Benigno “Bam” Aquino IV has rejected calls for a blanket ban on video games following the deadly shooting at a high school in Tacloban City, saying there is no proven link between video games and school violence. Senator Paolo Benigno “Bam” Aquino IV has rejected calls for a blanket ban on video...Read More
Australia plans to double potential fines for social media platforms, including Facebook and Instagram, who fail to prevent Australian children from holding accounts as critics argue the world-first ban on under-16s was failing. Communications Minister Anika Wells on Monday blamed the platforms’ resistance to the age restrictions for the need to toughen the laws that came into...Read More
