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Exploitation

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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

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov indicted over criminal activity on app

  • Aug 28, 2024

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

  • May 29, 2024

Magnolia man accused of sexually exploiting minors, FBI says

  • Jul 23, 2023

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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

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

70 missing children rescued in west Texas as part of 'Operation Lost Souls'

The missing children, who range in age from 10 to 17 years old, were rescued as part of a three-week operation. Now, authorities are working to provide counseling for them and their families.

  • May 31, 2022

Employee accused of exploiting girls at shelter was fired from past job for misconduct with children

Shelter officials say that they were aware of the employee's previous work but they did not inquire about her personnel records that are public.

  • Apr 22, 2022

Child welfare monitors say there's 'ample evidence' kids were abused at Bastrop foster care facility

Watchdogs appointed by a federal court found there is evidence of abuse and exploitation after reviewing thousands of documents and recordings.

  • Mar 29, 2022