Child

‘Like Big Tobacco selling ‘child-friendly’ cigarettes’: Facebook’s ‘Instagram for kids’ idea faces backlash from advocacy groups

More than 180,000 people signed three declarations penned by a coalition of advocacy and grassroots organizations, including Campaign for a…

3 years ago

Former high school nurse arrested over child pornography after 700 images of at least 40 victims found in his possession

A criminal complaint unsealed on Thursday alleges that Leon Hensley, 40, captured up to 700 photos of girls “in various…

3 years ago

Child suicide attempts increased by up to 200% during pandemic in Canada, warn charities & hospitals

Children First Canada – a charity that advocates for the wellbeing of youth – warned via its Code Pink campaign…

3 years ago

Child killed & several people injured after suspected gas explosion destroys homes in Lancashire

A major incident was declared in the early hours of Sunday after an explosion ripped through several properties in Heysham,…

3 years ago

Small child & two bystanders shot as New York City’s wave of gun crime arrives in Times Square

The three victims – a four-year-old girl, a 23-year-old and a 43-year-old – were struck when one of four men…

3 years ago

‘Most severe sexual abuse’: German police bust darknet child-porn platform boasting 400,000 users worldwide

The shutdown of the platform was announced in a statement by Frankfurt prosecutors together with the Federal Criminal Police Office…

3 years ago

‘19 Kids and Counting’ reality star Josh Duggar charged with possessing child pornography

After pleading not guilty to the charges at a hearing at the US District Court for the Western District of…

3 years ago

Woman sues Reddit for selective blindness to child porn on its platform

The photos and video in question, taken when the anonymous woman, dubbed ‘Jane Doe’, was 16, were posted by a…

3 years ago

With child refugees disappearing by the thousands, the EU is again allowing a migration-related taboo explode into a crisis

International journalism collective  Lost in Europe revealed on Sunday that over 18,000 unaccompanied minors have gone missing since arriving in…

3 years ago

Father jailed for calling his transgender child, who was born female, his ‘daughter’ and denouncing ‘her’ medical treatment

The man complained about doctors giving puberty blockers to the 14-year-old, and referred to the child with the pronouns ‘she’…

3 years ago