Online Child Safety

20+ hour, 40+ min ago   (533+ words) Notebookcheck The plaintiffs had used every tool Meta offers. They filed reference images in the Brand Rights Protection Tool, reported roughly 256 violations in a single month and assigned a full-time employee to monitoring. Takedowns still took 14 days, 20 days and in…...

12+ hour, 10+ min ago   (123+ words) WYTHE COUNTY, Va. (WSET) — A man has been arrested following a child sex crimes investigation in Wythe County, according to law enforcement. According to the Wythe County Sheriff's Office, investigators uncovered that a man identified as Matthew Aaron Autrey was…...

4+ hour, 56+ min ago   (137+ words) Meta has filed a new legal challenge against Ofcom, the UK’s media regulator, seeking to prevent additional burdens from being placed on WhatsApp and Instragram, The Guardian reports. The firm is appealing the placing of those properties in a category…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago   (640+ words) Earlier this year, student journalist Lance Bustos approached me at an event and told me about NSFWPH. That was how this investigation began. It sounds simple, but a lot of investigative work starts exactly that way: someone knows something, sees…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (249+ words) A Saratoga Springs man was sentenced to 210 months in prison after admitting to distributing and possessing child sexual abuse material, according to federal prosecutors. A press release said Jeffrey Hart, 51, of Saratoga Springs was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Anne…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (209+ words) ALBANY, NY (WRGB) — A Saratoga Springs man was sentenced to over 17 years in prison for distributing and possessing child pornography. Saratoga Springs man Jeffrey Hart,51, was sentenced on September 14th. He pleaded guilty to the charges in December 2025. As part of…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago   (188+ words) RIPON – A 30-year-old Ripon man has been charged with possession of child pornography and child sexual exploitation after police said they received a cyber tip from the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. Pirate L. Blades-Purcell was booked into the…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (290+ words) In 2022, Kalkounos met a 16-year-old girl online. In 2022 and 2023, Kalkounos met the girl at hotels in Racine County, in the Eastern District, and paid her to engage in sexual activity. In 2023, Kalkounos again went online and met another 16-year-old girl....

2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (438+ words) Needless to say, this article requires a content warning. Let’s quickly recap what actually happened. Unlike almost all other generative AIs, Grok was built with almost no guardrails, and Musk openly touted that it would be edgy and “uncensored”. This…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (88+ words) Indiana man arrested after sharing sexual abuse material with Pennsylvania child starcitytv.com The Indiana Crimes Against Children Task Force have arrested a Pittsboro man for possession of child sexual abuse material.Officials say the investigation began in Pennsylvania when…...