Child Abuse

Following a court ruling, Turkey has banned the widely-used instant messaging platform Discord, according to the country’s Information Technologies and Communication Authority or BTK. What Happened: On Wednesday, a court in Ankara, Turkey’s capital, enforced the ban due to...

Roblox Corp. (NYSE:RBLX) reported an increase in child exploitation incidents during 2023, with over 13,000 cases flagged to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), a significant rise from 3,000 the previous year. The platform’s broad reach, serving around 77 million...

Content-sharing platform OnlyFans is facing severe backlash following a Reuters investigation that revealed the presence of explicit material involving minors on the site. What Happened: A recent Reuters investigation found that OnlyFans, which asserts a thorough vetting of all users and content,...

Actor Ashton Kutcher has resigned from Thorn, a charity he had set up to tackle child abuse, amid public outrage over a support letter he and his wife, Mila Kunis, wrote in favor of Danny Masterson, who was convicted of rape. What Happened: Kutcher’s departure from Thorn, which he had co-...

Despite growing concerns from tech firms, the U.K. government has denied any change in its stance on the Online Safety Bill, which seeks to regulate messaging platforms concerning child abuse content. What Happened: A BBC report highlighted an ongoing dispute between the...

A day after saying that Twitter, now called “X,” kicked off users who post child abuse content on the platform and took a dig at Mastodon, Elon Musk’s platform reinstated an account suspended for violating the microblogging site’s zero-tolerance...

Fresh off his international tour, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill that would legalize death penalty for child rapists in the state. What Happened: "We are making clear that in Florida, we stand for the protection of children," the governor said in a video uploaded on his Twitter handle...