Elementary-School Teacher Is Accused of Sharing Child Sexual Abuse Images

Investigators said the teacher had disseminated the material, some of which included children under 12, for at least a year.

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Elementary-School Teacher Is Accused of Sharing Child Sexual Abuse Images

Investigators said the teacher had disseminated the material, some of which included children under 12, for at least a year.

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Middle School Boy Accused of Catfishing Classmates in Sextortion Scheme

The child, at a school north of New York City, is accused of extorting some peers for gift cards after posing as a girl online to trick them into sending sexual pictures.

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Roblox Sued for Wrongful Death After Teenager’s Suicide

At age 7, Ethan Dallas began playing the online game, where he met Nate. Deadly abuse followed, said Ethan’s mother, who blames Roblox.

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U.S. Accuses Pastor of Creating an International Sex-Abuse Operation

Naasón Joaquín García and his associates used La Luz del Mundo Church to traffic women and children and produce and distribute child pornography, New York prosecutors said.

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American Airlines Flight Attendant Who Filmed Minors in Lavatory Is Sentenced to 18.5 Years

The former flight attendant, Estes Carter Thompson III, of Charlotte, N.C., secretly filmed girls using the restroom on American Airlines flights in 2023, prosecutors said.

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A.I.-Generated Images of Child Sexual Abuse Are Flooding the Internet

Organizations that track the material are reporting a surge in A.I. images and videos, which are threatening to overwhelm law enforcement.

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Authorities Rescue Girl Whose Mother Livestreamed Her Sexual Abuse

The 9-year-old from Vietnam was abused by her mother for customers watching on smartphone apps in the U.S. and elsewhere. The mother said she needed the money.

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Online Harm Gangs Pose ‘Unprecedented Risk’ to Teens, Says U.K. Crime Agency

Sadistic online groups are recruiting teenagers in Britain, according to the National Crime Agency, which warned that young men were being targeted with misogynistic material.

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Darrin Bell, Pulitzer-Winning Cartoonist, Faces Child Pornography Charges

More than 100 videos of child sex abuse material, some of which was computer generated, have been connected to Mr. Bell, 49, according to the authorities.

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