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Snapchat flagged in nearly half of child abuse imagery crimes in past seven years | Science & Tech News
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Snapchat was flagged in nearly half of the crimes involving child abuse imagery over the past seven years, new figures reveal. Freedom of information requests submitted by the NSPCC children’s charity to 35 police forces showed Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp were named in around a quarter of cases of child abuse imagery crimes when police…
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Nathan Bake: Mechanic from Cheshire jailed for 16 years for role in child sex abuse website | UK News
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A mechanic who helped run one of the dark web’s biggest child sex abuse websites has been jailed for 16 years after he was convicted under organised crime laws in the first case of its kind. Nathan Bake, a 28-year-old tyre fitter from Runcorn, Cheshire, was the head moderator and second in command of The…
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‘Blood on your hands’: Mark Zuckerberg among social media bosses grilled over child exploitation concerns | US News
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Mark Zuckerberg was one of several social media bosses accused of having “blood on [their] hands” at a hearing where companies were criticised for not doing enough to protect children from being exploited on their platforms. Mr Zuckerberg, the chief executive of Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, faced a sea of people who held…
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What are the symptoms of measles – and what should you do if you think your child is infected? | UK News
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Measles cases are surging, prompting a warning to parents to make sure children are fully vaccinated against the potentially deadly disease. Measles is highly infectious and can result in “life-changing complications”, according to the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA). Despite the seriousness of the illness, vaccination rates have been falling. If that trend isn’t reversed,…
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Facebook Messenger gets default end-to-end encryption despite child abuse fears | Science & Tech News
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Meta has rolled out default end-to-end encryption for Facebook Messenger users despite concerns the move will make it harder to tackle child abuse. The tech giant had been criticised by children’s charities and the National Crime Agency over the plans, which bring the chat app in line with services like Signal and its own WhatsApp.…
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Adverts for online shopping platform Temu banned for sexualising a child and objectifying women | UK News
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Five ads for Chinese shopping app Temu have been banned for being sexually graphic, sexualising a child and objectifying women. The items being advertised included cycling underwear, a jockstrap and a child’s bikini. A facial roller, balloon ties and a foot massager were described as “phallic shaped” and the advertising watchdog said a lack of…
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‘Sickening rise’ in AI-generated child sex abuse images ‘inciting paedophiles to commit more crimes’ | Science & Tech News
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Home Secretary Suella Braverman has pledged to work with the US to tackle the “sickening” rise of child sexual abuse images generated by artificial intelligence (AI). Investigations by an online safety group have found “astoundingly realistic” AI-made images of children, including babies and toddlers, being abused. The Internet Watch Foundation has also discovered an online…
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Online child grooming crimes hit record high – as figures reveal social apps where it’s happening | Science & Tech News
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The number of online grooming crimes against children hit a record high in the last year, police figures show. A total of 6,350 crimes related to sexual communication with a child were recorded in the year to March 2023, a rise of 82% since the offence was first defined in 2017. In all, around 34,000…
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Discord boss ‘horrified’ by reports of child abuse and abduction on platform | Science & Tech News
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Child exploitation taking place on popular chat platform Discord is “horrifying”, the company’s chief executive has said. Jason Citron said any cases of child sexual abuse material, grooming, or abduction linked to the service, which he founded back in 2015, would be taken “very seriously”. “As a parent, it’s horrifying,” he told Bloomberg’s Tech Summit…
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Cost of living crisis raises fears of surge in online child exploitation this summer | UK News
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Young people could be left at greater risk from online exploitation as families struggle to afford activities such as days out and holiday clubs this summer, children’s charities have warned. The NSPCC said the cost of living crisis must not be allowed to “fuel another surge in abuse” as happened during the COVID pandemic, while…