Led by renowned child safety organization Thorn and non-profit All Tech Is Human. This collaborative endeavor emphasizes the crucial role of technology in fostering a secure online landscape for young users.
A Youngstown man was indicted Thursday by a Mahoning County grand jury on charges that could carry a life sentence for the rape of a young child.
As artificial intelligence-powered deepfakes grow more prevalent, some are more at risk than others. The public figure who has the biggest target on their back? Former president Donald Trump, who has, for what it's worth, has shared AI-generated images of himself on social media. [Read More]
President Marcos wants the elimination of online sexual abuse and exploitation of children to be his legacy as he regards the crime, whose youngest victim in the country is a three-month-old infant, as “unFilipino,” the Department of Justice said yesterday.
A tipline set up 26 years ago to combat online child exploitation has not lived up to its potential and needs technological and other improvements to help law enforcement go after abusers and rescue victims, a new report from the Stanford Internet Observatory has found. The fixes to what the researchers describe as an “enormously valuable” service must also come urgently as new artificial intelligence technology threatens to worsen its problems. “Almost certainly in the years to come, the...
Curtis Webb, 33, of Jena was arrested Thursday and charged with 13 counts of possession of child pornography and 100 counts of sexual abuse of animals, according to Attorney General Liz Murrill’s Cyber Crime Unit.
A 46-year-old cab driver from Northern Westchester will spend more than a decade in prison for grooming and sexually abusing a young girl for nearly a year, officials announced. Peekskill resident Luis Urgiles was sentenced to 16 years in state prison for engaging in sexual conduct with a young girl, the Westchester County District Attorney's Office announced on Tuesday, April 23. According to the DA's Office, Urgiles, a cab driver in Peekskill, met the victim's family when they were...
The Internet Watch Foundation has published its latest analysis on child sexual abuse online.
Child pornography generated by artificial intelligence (AI) could overwhelm an already inundated reporting system for online child sexual abuse material, a new report from the Stanford Internet Observatory found.
Child pornography generated by artificial intelligence (AI) could overwhelm an already inundated reporting system for online child sexual abuse material, a new report from the Stanford Internet Observatory found.
Internet Watch Foundation has found a manual on dark web encouraging criminals to use software tools that remove clothingPaedophiles are being urged to use artificial intelligence to create nude images of children to extort more extreme material from them, according to a child abuse charity.The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) said a manual found on the dark web contained a section encouraging criminals to use “nudifying” tools to remove clothing from underwear shots sent by a child. The...
SORRENTO — A Sorrento man was arrested for allegedly possessing child pornography and sexually abusing an animal. Jayden McConnell, 20, was booked into the Ascension Parish Jail Tuesday on 30 counts of pornography involving a juvenile and one count of sexual abuse of an animal. McConnell was arrested by the Attorney General's Cyber Crime Unit.The AG's joint investigation with the Ascension Parish Sheriff’s Office, the East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office and Homeland...