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AI-generated images and sextortion among surge in child sex abuse material online

2024 saw record levels of web pages hosting child sexual abuse imagery discovered, according to a leading online safety organisation.

The Independent UK

AI images of child sexual abuse getting ‘significantly more realistic’, says watchdog

Internet Watch Foundation report shows 380% increase in illegal AI-generated imagery in 2024, most of it ‘category A’

The Guardian - UK

‘Record levels of web pages hosting child sex abuse imagery discovered in 2024’

The Internet Watch Foundation has announced it will offer a new safety tool to smaller sites for free to help fight online harms.

Evening Standard

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Child sexual abuse scandal cast long shadow over Francis’s papacy

Issue threatened to derail Francis’s papacy and dominated his trips abroad

The Guardian - UK

New Pornographers drummer arrested over child sexual abuse images

Musician Joe Seiders is in custody after reports of a man behaving suspiciously around underage boys at a restaurant in Palm Desert, California

The Independent UK

Drummer for indie rockers the New Pornographers arrested over child sexual abuse images

Joe Seiders in custody following search of home, vehicle and phone, after allegedly attempting to film child in California restaurant restroom

The Guardian - UK

Book alleges Vatican knew of French priest's sexual abuse as early as 1955

The French church is to question the Vatican over revelations published Thursday that it knew about sexual abuse allegations against French charity icon Abbé Pierre as early as the 1950s.

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Cult leader eyes deal over child grooming claims

A self-proclaimed prophet may soon enter pleas to child sexual abuse charges after prosecutors put an offer on the table.

AAP

Teachers exempt from reporting teenage sex under ‘Romeo and Juliet’ clause

Consensual relationships should not be considered abuse in the absence of coercion, minister says

The Independent UK

Calls grow in Japan to scrap time limit on civil suits over childhood sexual abuse

Survivors and lawyers seek legal reform as thousands sign petition against statute of limitations

The Independent UK

The problem with this ‘incredibly harmful’ White Lotus scene

ANALYSIS: As researchers of sibling sexual abuse, we were particularly perturbed by the show’s take on this issue, Sophie King-Hill and Kieran McCartan write

The Independent UK

Campaigners launch legal action bid against those who failed to tackle grooming gangs

Maggie Oliver, a former police detective turned whistleblower, launched the campaign on Monday

The Independent UK

Campaigners seek legal action against those who failed to tackle grooming gangs

The #TheyKnew campaign is seeking to raise £125,000 to investigate whether they can bring legal proceedings against public bodies or individuals.

Evening Standard

Misogynistic content driving UK boys to hunt vulnerable girls on suicide forums

Exclusive: Police set up taskforce to tackle online violence as young men seek victims on eating disorder forums

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French PM, former ministers face inquiry over handling of school sexual abuse

French Prime Minister François Bayrou will appear before a parliamentary commission on 14 May to answer questions about his role in a 1998 investigation into alleged child sexual abuse at a Catholic school when he was education minister. Other former holders of the post, as well as the incumbent Education…

Latin Times

'Bikers Against Child Abuse' Leader Arrested for Alleged Child Sexual Abuse

The vice president of the Buffalo chapter of Bikers Against Child Abuse was arrested for allegedly possessing and distributing child sexual abuse material.

Euronews

Director James Toback ordered to pay $1.68 billion to 40 women in landmark sexual abuse case

Oscar-nominated writer and director James Toback has been ordered to pay €1.5 billion to victims of sexual abuse and misconduct spanning more than three decades. The case, brought under New York’s Adult Survivors Act, is one of the largest civil verdicts in state history.

Evening Standard

Home Secretary insists local reviews into grooming gangs will go ahead

Yvette Cooper was speaking amid accusations the plans were being watered down.

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The Independent UK

Oscar-nominated writer James Toback ordered to pay $1.7bn to 40 women in sexual assault verdict

Toback, who wrote 1991 film ‘Bugsy’, was accused of abusing his power in film industry to sexually assault women over four decades

The Independent UK

Coach suspected of killing teen boy was in the US illegally and has been tied to older sex abuse cases, authorities say

A youth soccer coach charged with the murder of a 13-year-old Los Angeles boy was living in the U.S. illegally and now faces charges of child sexual abuse on another boy that happened years earlier.

The National (Scotland)

Former snooker champion Graeme Dott suspended over alleged child sexual abuse

Scottish snooker champion Graeme Dott has been suspended just days before the World Championship over alleged child sex abuse.

The Conversation

Child sexual exploitation and abuse is a multibillion-dollar industry – new report shows who benefits

The sexual exploitation and abuse of children has become a multibillion-dollar global trade. The chilling reality of this profit-driven, highly lucrative industry is laid bare by new findings from myself and colleagues at the University of Edinburgh’s Childlight Global Child Safety Institute.

The Independent UK

Social media firms profiting from surge in sextortion cases, experts warn

Exclusive: Companies ‘playing a role in the sexual exploitation and abuse that occurs on their services’, UK-based experts warn

The Independent UK

Child protection authority to be set up after child sex abuse inquiry

There has been pressure to implement 20 recommendations made by the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse in its final report in 2022.

Evening Standard

Labour denies 'watering down' grooming gang inquiries as new child protection authority announced

There has been pressure to implement 20 recommendations made by the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse in its final report in 2022.

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