A researcher for Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, warned executives at the tech giant that there may be upward of 500,000 cases of sexual exploitation of minors per day on the ...

Meta has knowingly allowed its social media platforms Instagram and Facebook to become the "largest online marketplace for predators seeking to exploit children,” according to New Mexico’s Department ...

New Mexico AG alleges Meta enabled child exploitation on platforms Meta claims First Amendment, Section 230 shield it from liability Meta faces scrutiny over child safety, mental health impacts Jan 30 ...

A significant increase in child sexual exploitation cases topped a list of the 10 most impactful sexual and reproductive health news stories from last year, announced today by sex education advocacy ...

New Mexico attorney general accuses Meta of failing to safeguard children against trafficking and sexual abuse Meta’s second major trial of 2026 over alleged harms to children begins on Monday. The ...

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A 40-year-old man from Toronto has pleaded guilty in the United States for sexually exploiting more than 100 children on social media. The U.S. Justice Department says the Canadian man pleaded guilty ...

Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo – In cities in the mineral-rich eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), home to some of the world’s largest cobalt and copper reserves, eyes are on the ...

The mother of a 15-year-old boy stabbed to death on a south London street has accused social services of failing to help get her son away from drug dealers who had groomed him. Speaking to BBC ...

Survivors of the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein released a powerful public service announcement (PSA) on Super Bowl Sunday calling for full transparency in what they describe as the ...