Researchers are calling for global action after finding that 1 in 12 kids are being exposed to sexual exploitation and abuse online, according to a new study. “The study highlights the urgent ...

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A teenager has been arrested in connection with the online abuse sent to the wife of Arsenal forward Kai Havertz, police said Tuesday. A 17-year-old boy from St Albans, north of London ...

"The risk of online child sexual exploitation and abuse is growing rapidly in tandem with increased access to the internet and smartphones," said Xiangming Fang, Research Associate Professor in ...

The prime minister has been urged to close a legal loophole as online images of child sex abuse hit a record high in 2024. The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF), a charity that removes child abuse ...

88 million images of child abuse circulated worldwide in the year 2022. Two images of child rape are shared online every second. Social networks make it especially easy for sex offenders to prey ...

A former St. Peter's Health nurse charged with felony abuse of a vulnerable adult was arraigned Tuesday in Lewis and Clark County District Court and given a July 16 hearing date. Aaron John Gams ...

Skydo Technologies Pvt Ltd, a cross-border payments company, has received in-principle authorisation from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to operate as a Payment Aggregator-Cross Border (PA-CB ...

Bond market traders should not be trusted with the fate of a Labour chancellor. By Larry Elliott Every Labour chancellor has a primal fear of falling foul of the financial markets – and with good ...