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Exploitation

Member of online extremist network 764 sentenced to 77 years in prison

  • Aug 20

Tyler Boebert arrested on child sexual exploitation charges

  • Aug 11

Texas sues Discord, arguing platform endangered children, misled users

  • May 24
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Lawsuit claims Apple allowed child sexual abuse materials on iCloud

  • Feb 19

Galveston girl sexually assaulted by man she met on Roblox: Lawsuit

  • May 1, 2025

TX weighs social media bans for minors as schools face challenges

  • Dec 10, 2024

Nonprofit has this message as it sees rise in production of deepfakes

  • Nov 15, 2024

Nonprofit keeps helping teens scrub deepfakes, nonconsensual photos

  • Nov 13, 2024

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Galveston girl sexually assaulted by man she met on Roblox: Lawsuit

  • May 1, 2025
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National nonprofit has message for anyone creating child sexual abuse material using AI

  • Nov 14, 2024
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National nonprofit continues helping teens scrub deepfakes or nonconsensual explicit images

  • Nov 13, 2024
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'Take It Down' initiative aims to help teens with non-consensual photos online

  • May 29, 2024
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Monitors find 'ample evidence' kids were abused at Texas foster care

  • Mar 29, 2022
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Coronavirus News: Price gouging accusations amid sanitizer shortage

  • Mar 19, 2020
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Teen allegedly rescued from Fantasy Plaza Cabaret

  • Feb 9, 2018

Latest Stories

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov indicted for allegedly allowing criminal activity on social media app

The Russian tech CEO is among the wealthiest people in the world, with an estimated net worth of $15.5 billion, according to Forbes.

  • Aug 28, 2024

'Take It Down' initiative aims to help teens with non-consensual photos online

The platform by the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children works to ensure non-consensual pictures aren't being circulated online.

  • May 29, 2024

Magnolia man charged with sexual exploitation of children, prosecutors say

FBI investigators believe the 22-year-old hacked at least 200 young girls' social media accounts in his blackmail scheme.

  • Jul 23, 2023

Man sentenced to 25 years for exploiting 15-year-old girl who later died by suicide, officials say

The victim's mother said her 15-year-old daughter died by suicide in 2020 while charges were pending against the man accused of sexually exploiting her through Snapchat, according to the DA's office.

  • Jan 27, 2023

FBI issues alert on 'explosion' in child 'sextortion' schemes with holidays on horizon

Teens are being tricked into sending explicit photos and are then blackmailed, resulting in over 7,000 cases, officials say.

  • Dec 20, 2022