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Online child sexual abuse surges by 26% in year as police say tech firms must act

Figures for England and Wales show there were 51,672 offences for child sexual exploitation and abuse online in 2024

The Guardian - UK

Porn review boss urges further crackdown on extreme content

The government has moved to ban online pornography showing women being choked

The Independent UK

'Santa' Arrested For Child Porn: Former Elementary School Teacher Caught In Possession, Selling Explicit Materials

Ex-teacher who performed as Santa charged with child abuse material distribution, raising questions over safeguarding in public roles.

International Business Times UK

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Officers at Texas immigration detention facility accused of beatings and sexual abuse

Civil rights coalition calls for immediate closure of camp, where more than 2,700 detainees are being held

The Guardian - US

New York Archdiocese to establish $300 million fund for sexual abuse victims

The fund would be financed through budget cuts and the sale of assets

The Independent UK

List of the largest Catholic Church sexual abuse settlements in the US as two new funds are established

The two new funds will total at least $530 million

The Independent UK

Court settlement approved for New Orleans Archdiocese to pay hundreds of clergy abuse victims

A federal judge has approved a federal settlement that will clear the way for the New Orleans Archdiocese to pay at least $230 million to hundreds of victims of clergy sexual abuse

The Independent UK

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New Orleans Catholic clergy abuse survivors in line to collectively be paid $305m

Attorneys for the victims struck deal with the church’s largest insurer to increase $230m settlement approved earlier

The Guardian - US

The Government Wants To Punish Orgasmic Meditation Defendants for Crimes They Weren't Charged With

The prosecutors argue that sentencing based on unconvicted—or even uncharged—conduct doesn't violate due process.

Reason

New Orleans Catholic archdiocese gains approval to pay $230m to sexual abuse survivors

Settlement also includes major changes to how church identifies and discloses past claims of abuse by clergy

The Guardian - US

Streamer Awards Host FanFan Called Out for Comparing Kai Cenat to Diddy

Twitch streamer FanFan's joke about Cenat looking like Sean 'Diddy' Combs was poorly received by fans, citing the controversial media mogul's ongoing sexual abuse allegations.

International Business Times UK

Trump DoJ ‘immediately’ stops enforcing prison rape protections for trans and intersex people, according to leaked memo

The Department of Justice instructed prison auditors across the country to simply stop assessing whether facilities are violating laws designed to shield LGBT+ prisoners from sexual abuse

The Independent UK

DoJ moves to eliminate sexual abuse protections for LGBTQ+ people in prisons

Memo says the policy shift, which advocates call ‘reckless’, was designed to align with one of Trump’s anti-trans orders

The Guardian - US

Chat Control: EU Commissioner backs Parliament line on targeted monitoring

As the trialogue negotiations are set to begin on Tuesday, December 9, the debate on the controversial Child Sexual Abuse Regulation (CSAR) flares up.

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The Guardian - UK

British troops accused of human rights violations and sexual abuse in Kenya

Inquiry into British Army Training Unit in Kenya by country’s parliament says UK military ‘dismissed most complaints as false, without publishing its findings’

Evening Standard

Paedophile nursery worker admits filming himself abusing children

Vincent Chan, 45, of Stanhope Avenue, Finchley, north London, admitted 26 offences at Wood Green Crown Court including sexual abuse of children.

AAP

Defence vows to respect rights of class action troops

The Australian Defence Force has given women in its ranks the green light to sign up to a landmark class action against the Commonwealth, alleging sexual abuse.

The Mary Sue

Why are we still defending Woody Allen in 2025?

No, seriously, why are we? And how? It seems like a fairly cut and dry situation with everything that has been brought up against the director, but perhaps it just isn’t that simple. Scarlett Johansson, who worked with writer/director Woody Allen on the films Match Point, Scoop and Vicky Christina…

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The Independent UK

Sports body set up to protect gymnasts failed to stop sexual abuse by coach – lawsuit

Complaints about Sean Gardner’s conduct were ignored, two gymnasts claim in lawsuits

The Independent UK

Four men arrested over alleged link to ‘international satanic child sex abuse ring’

Detective Superintendent Jayne Doherty said the case was ‘devastating’

Euronews

EU countries reach long-awaited deal on online child abuse detection

Member states have agreed on a deal to fight child abuse online by pushing platforms to remove illegal content, though mandatory scanning of private messages was dropped.

TechRadar

Chat Control: EU lawmakers finally agree on the voluntary scanning of your private chats

While welcoming voluntary CSAM scanning, scientists warn that some aspects of the revised bill "still bring high risks to society without clear benefits for children."

The Independent UK

Football coach who went missing before undefeated team's playoff game is wanted on criminal charges

Virginia State Police say a high school football coach who disappeared days ago before his undefeated team’s playoff game is being sought on charges of possessing child sexual abuse material and using a computer to solicit a minor

International Business Times UK

PETA's Horrific Video of Turkeys Sexually Abused Resurfaces As Americans Prepare for Thanksgiving

PETA's Facebook video exposing sexual abuse of turkeys at Butterball and Plainville Farms has resurfaced, sparking outrage and calls for boycotts ahead of Thanksgiving 2025.

AAP

Teacher 'unaware' about risks of student sexual abuse

An ex-teacher has avoided compensating pupils she allegedly molested in the '70s after a court found she was unaware abusing the boys caused harm.

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