Articles for Exploited Children

AI-generated child sexual abuse images are spreading. Law enforcement is racing to stop them
2 months ago

AI-generated child sexual abuse images are spreading. Law enforcement is racing to stop them

The Independent  

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Cellebrite donates AI investigative tools to nonprofits to help find missing children faster
11 months, 1 week ago

Cellebrite donates AI investigative tools to nonprofits to help find missing children faster

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — John Walsh, advocate for missing children and longtime host of “America’s Most Wanted,” said he feels outmanned by criminals all the time – especially in the courtroom. The provider of digital tools that help law enforcement and private firms find and follow investigative leads on Friday launched “Operation Find Them All” – an initiative where the firm …

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USA: Sextortion cases rise by 1,000 per cent in 2022, kids at maximum risk
2 years ago

USA: Sextortion cases rise by 1,000 per cent in 2022, kids at maximum risk

Firstpost  

At least 3,000 victims, mostly boys, have been identified as the targets of such operations, believed to have originated from outside of the United States, in which young people are forced to post explicit images online with which they are threatened later Washington : Federal authorities issued a rare national public safety alert on Monday in an effort to stop …

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Instagram Launches AMBER Alerts To Help Find Missing Children: Here's How It Works
2 years, 6 months ago

Instagram Launches AMBER Alerts To Help Find Missing Children: Here's How It Works

News 18  

Meta-owned photo-sharing platform Instagram has announced that it is launching AMBER Alerts on the platform that will allow people to see and share notices of missing children in their area. This feature was developed in partnership with organizations like the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children in the US, the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children, the National …

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Sex Workers in India are Harassed, Exploited; Supreme Court Order Gives Them Power to Fightback
2 years, 6 months ago

Sex Workers in India are Harassed, Exploited; Supreme Court Order Gives Them Power to Fightback

News 18  

The Supreme Court’s recent order recognising sex work as a ‘profession’ is a big and progressive step towards reducing the vulnerability that sex workers face every day in India. Based on my interviews with sex workers’ children as well as with NGOs that strive to work towards a more humane condition for the women, there is relief following this new …

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Apple defends scanning iPhones for child abuse images, saying algorithm only identifies flagged pics
3 years, 4 months ago

Apple defends scanning iPhones for child abuse images, saying algorithm only identifies flagged pics

Daily Mail  

Apple is pushing back against criticism over its plan to scan photos on users iPhones and in iCloud storage in search of child sexual abuse images. In a Frequently Asked Questions document focusing on its 'Expanded Protections for Children,' Apple insisted its system couldn't be exploited to seek out images related to anything other than child sexual abuse material. A …

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WhatsApp says Apple's plan see iPhones scanned for images of child abuse as privacy setback
3 years, 4 months ago

WhatsApp says Apple's plan see iPhones scanned for images of child abuse as privacy setback

Daily Mail  

Cathcart said: The head of WhatsApp tweeted a barrage of criticism on Friday against Apple over plans to automatically scan iPhones and cloud storage for images of child abuse. At the same time Apple's texting app, Messages, will use machine learning to recognize and warn children and their parents when receiving or sending sexually explicit photos, the company said in …

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Fury at Apple's plan to scan iPhones for child abuse images
3 years, 4 months ago

Fury at Apple's plan to scan iPhones for child abuse images

Daily Mail  

How Apple will scan your phone for 'child abuse images' - and send suspicious photos to a company employee who will check it before sending them to police The new image-monitoring feature is part of a series of tools heading to Apple mobile devices, according to the company. The new safety tools will also be used to look at photos …

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