Category: Child Abuse and Neglect

Instagram and Facebook Subscriptions Are a New Focus of Child Safety Suit

New Mexico’s attorney general has accused Meta of not protecting children from sexual predators on its platforms. He now wants to know how it polices subscribers to accounts featuring children.
A Marketplace of Girl Influencers Managed by Moms and Stalked by Men

Seeking social media stardom for their underage daughters, mothers post images of them on Instagram. The accounts draw men sexually attracted to children, and they sometimes pay to see more.
Five Takeaways From The Times’s Investigation Into Child Influencers

Mothers are running Instagram accounts for underage girls aspiring to stardom. Many encounter a dark underworld dominated by men, including pedophiles.
Cecilia Gentili, Trans Activist, Performer and Author, Dies at 52

Once an undocumented sex worker and addict, she was a powerful advocate for marginalized people, and an irresistible story teller.
Will Lawmakers Really Act to Protect Children Online? Some Say Yes.

After senators grilled the leaders of Meta, TikTok, X and others, there may be momentum to pass rules to safeguard the internet’s youngest users, some said.
Senators Denounce Tech Companies Over Child Sex Abuse Online

Senators criticized the chief executives of Meta, TikTok, Snap, X and Discord for not doing enough to prevent child sexual abuse online, amid rising fears over how the platforms affect youths.
Gypsy Rose Blanchard and the Big Shift in True Crime

Not long ago, true crime storytellers had little in the way of first-person footage captured in real time to rely on. Now, as much of our daily lives are documented, the genre is transforming.
Jeffrey Epstein Court Documents With Names of His Associates Are Unsealed

The court documents include unredacted names of the disgraced financier and sex-offender’s associates, most of which had been widely publicized already.
Epstein Documents Naming Prominent Figures Expected to Be Released Soon

The documents, related to a lawsuit involving Ghislaine Maxwell, an associate of the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, are anticipated to include names previously redacted.
How Your Child’s Online Mistake Can Ruin Your Digital Life

Google has a zero-tolerance policy for child abuse content. The scanning process can sometimes go awry and tar innocent individuals as abusers.
Omegle Shuts Down as Founder Acknowledges Crime on Video Chat Site

Omegle’s popularity surged during the pandemic. But critics said that it let online sexual predators go unchecked.
Second Woman Accuses Steven Tyler of Sexually Assaulting Her in the 1970s

In a lawsuit, a woman says that the Aerosmith frontman groped and fondled her in a New York phone booth when she was about 17.