Child Abuse

UK PM Rishi Sunak creates new taskforce to go after 'vile' child abusers

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Monday vowed to do whatever it takes as he condemned the political correctness which has prevented action against vile criminals behind the sexual abuse of children and young women and launched a new taskforce to go after such gangs. Sunak's announcement comes a day after his Home Secretary, Suella Braverman, said that the perpetrators of such crimes are groups of men, almost all British Pakistani, but that authorities have turned a blind eye to these signs of abuse out of political correctness, out of fear, of being called racists, out of fear, of being called bigoted. Asked about the ethnicity of the criminals during a visit to Rochdale one of the cities with a history of British Pakistani grooming gangs, Sunak told reporters: All forms of child sexual exploitation carried out by whoever are horrific and wrong". "But with the specific issue of grooming gangs, we have had several independent inquiries look at the incidents here in Rochdale, bu

TikTok's moderators still review child abuse despite vow to exit business

The revelations highlight the challenges that social media companies and their content review teams face in protecting their users from extremely disturbing material

Twitter under Musk not doing enough to curb child abuse content: Reports

The New York Times found images containing 10 child abuse victims in 150 instances across multiple accounts on Twitter

UNGA designates Nov 18 as World Day for prevention of child sexual abuse

The resolution invites all member states, relevant organisations of the UN and other international organisations to commemorate this World Day each year in a manner that each considers appropriate

Tamil Nadu Police to assign support person for child abuse victims

Suitable person will be assigned to the children through the Child welfare committees in the concerned districts to support and assist the abused children during investigation and trial

Google AI flags parents' accounts for potential abuse over kid's photos

Tech giant Google's artificial intelligence (AI) has reportedly flagged parents' accounts for potential abuse over nude photos of their sick kids

Pope Francis set for 'historic apology' for school abuses across Canada

Thousands of Indigenous persons are expected to converge on Monday on the small Alberta prairie community of Maskwacis to hear a long-awaited apology from Pope Francis for generations of abuse

R Kelly sentenced to 30 years in sex trafficking, racketeering charges

R Kelly, 55, was convicted of racketeering and sex trafficking last year at a trial that gave voice to accusers who had once wondered if their stories were being ignored because they were Black women

Covid-19: 2021 worst year on record for online child sexual abuse, says IWF

The year 2021 was the worst on record for child sexual abuse online, according to the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF).

Kathua case: Parents of victim anguished as two convicts walk out on bail

The parents of an eight-year-old nomad girl are anguished that while their appeal for enhancement of sentence against six people remains unheard, two convicts were released on bail in the case

Trial in 99% of POCSO cases was still pending by Dec 2020: Study

The data showed the highest number of rape victims were in the age group of 12 to 18 years

Interpol member countries adopt resolution to fight online child abuse

The policing body is scheduled on Thursday to hold a closely-watched election for a new leadership

India reported over 24L online child abuse cases in 2017-20: Interpol

The figures had prompted the CBI to start a massive operation against the alleged peddlers of online child sexual abuse material (CSAM) in India

Instagram asking users' birth date to enforce child safety measures

In a bid to make the platform safer for its younger audience, the Facebook-owned Instagram is asking users to supply their date of birth

Policy groups ask Apple to drop plans to scan iMessages for child abuse

Signatories in nations as varied as India, Mexico, Germany fear tech to prevent spread of child sexual abuse material could be used for censorship.

Apple says photos in iCloud will be checked by child abuse detection system

Apple Inc on Monday said that iPhone users' entire photo libraries will be checked for known child abuse images if they are stored in the online iCloud service

Apple to scan iPhones for images of child abuse, researchers raise concern

Some security researchers believe the system could be misused by governments looking to surveil their citizens

Apple may be working on iOS feature to detect child abuse photos: Report

Apple is reportedly planning to announce photo identification tools that would identify child abuse images in iOS photo libraries, the media reported

Olympics: Opening ceremony composer quits over abuse of disabled children

A famous Japanese musician who was involved in composing music for the opening ceremony of the upcoming Olympics has quit after admitting to "inhuman" sexual abuse of disabled children as a schoolboy

'A sea of broken children', Covid gives rise to abuse, labour and marriage

While they may be less susceptible to the virus itself, children in South Asia are profoundly affected by the fallout, including the economic and social consequences of measures such as lockdowns