More than 180,000 people signed three declarations penned by a coalition of advocacy and grassroots organizations, including Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood, SumOfUs and the Juggernaut Project. In March, Buzzfeed obtained internal documents showing that Facebook, Instagram’s parent company, wants to allow kids to “safely use” its popular photo- and …
Read More »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 stages of undress,” most from a concealed camera placed in a student bathroom at North East High School in Clarksville, Tennessee, where he worked as a nurse between 2017 and …
Read More »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 that there had been “devastating effects on the mental and physical health of kids.” The charity claimed that a combination of school closures, lack of sports and other physical entertainment, …
Read More »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, Lancashire. Lancashire Fire dispatched 10 fire engines to the scene and began searching the area for survivors. Two houses collapsed from the suspected gas explosion, while a third was badly …
Read More »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 involved in a dispute pulled out a gun and fired shots around 5 p.m. on Saturday, NBC4 New York reported, citing police. A woman and small child were taken by …
Read More »‘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 on Monday. Law enforcement officials said they had caught three suspects believed to be the administrators of the now-defunct platform, which reportedly had over 400,000 users at the time the …
Read More »‘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 Arkansas via Zoom due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Duggar’s attorneys released a statement promising to “defend this case aggressively.” “In this country, no one can stop prosecutors from charging a …
Read More »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 vengeful ex-boyfriend in 2019. Doe immediately alerted Reddit that the sexual videos and photos featuring her image had been posted without her knowledge or consent, but the social network reportedly …
Read More »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 European countries from 2018 to 2020. Not only is that figure likely too low, as currently 17 EU Member States and the UK do not provide full data on these …
Read More »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’ and ‘her’, in defiance of a court order. He was sent to prison for six months for contempt of court. British Columbia Supreme Court Justice Michael Tammen denounced his behaviour …
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