Child abuse
- Technology
Mastodon has child abuse material problem: Study
San Francisco: Decentralised social media platform Mastodon, viewed as a viable alternative to Twitter (Now X), is rife with child sexual abuse material (CSAM), a new study has shown. According to the…
- India
Closely monitoring Guwahati child abuse case: Himanta Biswa Sarma
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday said he is closely monitoring a case in which a doctor couple was arrested for allegedly sexually abusing children who they claimed were…
- Middle East
Child detainees in Iran suffer sexual violence, electric shocks: Amnesty
Tehran: Citing a report by rights group Amnesty International, CNN reported that child detainees in Iran face severe torture and sexual violence, flogging and electric shocks by authorities in the country. The…
- India
Nearly 51,000 child abuse complaints reach NCPCR in last five years
New Delhi: The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), a statutory body to protect, promote and defend child rights in the country, has received 50,857 complaints during the last five…
- Mumbai
Maha: Man booked over assaulting 5-year-old son with cigarette butts
Thane: A man allegedly burned his five-year-old son with cigarette butts to prevent him from meeting his mother in Bhiwandi town of Maharashtra’s Thane district, police said on Tuesday. Based on a complaint…
- World
EU directs chat apps to scan private messages for child abuse
Brussels: The European Commission on Wednesday proposed a new legislation to prevent and combat child sexual abuse on social media platforms. The proposed rules will oblige providers to detect, report and remove…
