"They are not Japanese, predominantly Pakistani Muslim rape gangs": Rupert Lowe reignites UK Grooming Gang inquiry debateBritish MP Rupert Lowe has reignited debate over grooming gangs, challenging the term "Asian grooming gangs" and calling them "Pakistani Mu...
19 Jun, 2026, 09.59 AM IST
Canadian man, who posed as New Jersey teen to sexually exploit over 145 US children, sentenced for 33 yearsA Canadian man received a 33-year prison sentence in the United States for a widespread sextortion scheme. Ramanan Pathmanathan targeted ov...
30 May, 2026, 07.22 AM IST
Quote of the Day by Kailash Satyarthi: ‘For centuries, we were taught that anger is bad...’ - What the Nobel laureate understood about turning frustration into social changeQuote of the Day by Kailash Satyarthi challenges the notion that anger is always destructive. He advocates for transforming anger stemming ...
23 May, 2026, 08.03 AM IST
Brazil moves to tighten platform oversight, strengthen online safetyBrazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has signed new laws to increase control over digital platforms. These measures require platfor...
21 May, 2026, 09.01 AM IST
Vote Yatra: How domestic help exodus exposes urban India's dependenceAs Bengal gears up for elections, domestic helpers have made their way back, highlighting how essential they are to the fabric of middle-cl...
25 Apr, 2026, 01.03 AM IST
Edmonton teen charged under terrorism law for alleged ties to violent online networkA 15-year-old in Edmonton faces a terrorism-related charge linked to the COM/764 network, a violent online group exploiting platforms like ...
30 May, 2025, 06.30 AM IST
One in twelve children faces online sexual abuse, finds alarming studyOne in every 12 children globally experienced online sexual abuse in the past year, according to a study published in The Lancet Child and ...
22 Jan, 2025, 04.37 PM IST
NCPCR asks social media platforms to explore ways to protect children onlineThe National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) met with major social media platforms to discuss child safety online. They e...
22 Sep, 2024, 07.29 PM IST
Snap sued by New Mexico over failure to protect children from sexual exploitationThe lawsuit brought by New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez said a months-long investigation found that Snapchat was a primary platform ...
06 Sep, 2024, 06.07 PM IST
EU wants to know how Meta tackles child sex abuseThe request for information focuses on Meta's risk assessment and mitigation measures "linked to the protection of minors, including regard...
01 Dec, 2023, 11.14 PM IST
CEOs of TikTok, Meta, X to testify at US Senate hearing in JanuarySenator Dick Durbin, the panel's Democratic chairman and the ranking Republican Lindsey Graham said Discord and X had initially balked at p...
30 Nov, 2023, 08.43 AM IST
Tech giants pool efforts to fight online child sex abuseChild victims of abuse online are a hot-button issue for regulators and tech companies are eager to show they are taking adequate measures ...
08 Nov, 2023, 12.27 PM IST
33 pc parents say their children approached by strangers via online platforms, finds studyFor the parents who had shared that their children have indicated experiences of online child sexual exploitation and abuse (OCSEA), respon...
19 Jan, 2023, 09.24 AM IST
House panel to submit report on online safety of kids in a month14-member committee mulls over legislative provisions to address online exploitation. The government has revealed in the ongoing Parliament...
13 Dec, 2019, 07.07 AM IST
CBI sets up investigation unit for online child sexual abuseThe newly specialized unit will collect, collate and disseminate information regarding publication, transmission, creation, collection, see...
15 Nov, 2019, 02.42 PM IST
US to help India check online child pornographyThe MoU will provide access to more than one lakh Tipline reports available with the NCMEC and enable law enforcement agencies in India.
29 May, 2019, 04.39 PM IST
- Facebook will partner with Microsoft to help fight child pornography by tracing trawl photos for child abuse
Facebook has announced to introduce a new technology which will automatically trawl photos posted by users for child abuse.
22 May, 2011, 06.42 PM IST