#child-sexual-abuse

#child-sexual-abuse

Eighteen people were arrested in an undercover operation after they allegedly attempted to contact minors online for sex and other related crimes in Sacramento County, law enforcement officials announced Friday.During the investigation called Operation Secret Admirer, the suspects were in contact with undercover officers who posed as children as young as 13, according to authorities.

A top European Union official warned Elon Musk on Wednesday that Twitter needs to beef up measures to protect users from hate speech, misinformation and other harmful content to avoid violating new rules that threaten tech giants with big fines or even a ban in the 27-nation bloc.Thierry Breton, the EU's commissioner for digital policy, told the billionaire Tesla CEO that the social media platform will have to significantly increase efforts to comply with the new rules, known as the Digital Services Act, set to take effect next year.

Two Los Angeles Unified School District administrators who were convicted of criminal charges for failing to report sex crimes by a science teacher are being sued along with the district by a former student victimized in the assaults for their role in covering up the sexual abuse.Administrators Jesus Angelo and Maria Sotomayor, who formerly served as principal and assistant principal, respectively, of South East High School, were previously convicted of violating the state's mandatory reporting law.

The College of Policing has said they do not want to do anything that would undermine open justice, following an outcry from media chiefs over plans to keep the names of suspects accused of many serious offences secret.Media bosses raised concerns after proposed changes to the College of Policing's media relations guidance stated that forces across England and Wales no longer should name those charged with crimes including indecent exposure, domestic violence or child sexual abuse, instead advising that individuals can be named.

The stars of the 1968 film Romeo and Juliet have accused Paramount Pictures of child sexual abuse just days before California's three-year grace period for reviving past lawsuits expired.A MARTINEZ, HOST: The stars of the 1968 blockbuster "Romeo And Juliet" are suing Paramount Pictures for child sexual abuse over a nude scene filmed when they were teens.

Teleperformance, the company used by TikTok and others to police their feeds for illegal and harmful content, has backtracked on a 4-month-old pledge to workers that it would give up reviewing extreme posts.It made the decision to maintain the practice after conducting internal audits and third-party reviews, with a special focus on its people management and workplace practices, Teleperformance said in a statement late Wednesday.

Tom Kettle has seen enough evil in his life.The 66-year-old Irishman has retired from his career as a police detective and moved to a small lean-to adjoining a castle in the town of Dalkey.He's relieved to be done with his days in the Garda Siochana, Ireland's national police service: "All his working life he had dealt with villains.

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails About 190 victims of child sexual abuse by priests or other church representatives have been promised financial compensation so far from France's Catholic Church under a sweeping reparations program, the independent body in charge of the process said Thursday.

Cardinal George Pell, center, the most senior Catholic cleric to face sex charges, leaves court in Melbourne, Australia, May 2, 2018.Pell, who was the most senior Catholic cleric to be convicted of child sex abuse before his convictions were later overturned, died on Tuesday in Rome at age 81.Asanka Brendon Ratnayake/AP ROME Cardinal George Pell, who was the most senior Catholic cleric to be convicted of child sex abuse and spent 404 days in solitary confinement in his native Australia only to have his convictions overturned, died Tuesday.

A 45-year-old German man who had offered babysitting services online went on trial Tuesday in the western city of Cologne accused of almost 100 counts of child sexual abuse.Prosecutors told the Cologne regional court that the man documented the abuse of babies, children and teenagers, and shared videos and images of unimaginable brutality with dozens of people, German news agency dpa reported.

Hundreds of recently filed sexual abuse lawsuits could lead to the bankruptcy of the Catholic Diocese of Sacramento, the diocese's bishop said this week in a letter to the congregation.The diocese's financial predicament stems from a law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom in 2019 that temporarily lifted the statute of limitations regarding child sexual abuse lawsuits.

A prolific and evil child rapist has been jailed for life after being unmasked using new technology developed in the UK that unpixelated an image of his face found in photos he had taken of himself abusing his victims.Martyn Armstrong, from Pembrokeshire, documented himself committing depraved acts against three children, including a victim as young as one, over a number of years and posted the pictures to the dark web.

An electrician who shared videos online of himself raping a young girl he had drugged has been jailed.Thomas Gwilliam-Carter was identified by British investigators after abuse images he posted were found on devices belonging to a suspect in the US later arrested by the FBI, the National Crime Agency (NCA) said.

Apple has said it will now offer full end-to-encryption for nearly all the data its users store in its global cloud-based storage system, which will make it more difficult for hackers, spies and law enforcement agencies to access sensitive user information.he world's most valuable company has long placed customer security and privacy at a premium.