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Apple sued for failing to curtail child sexual abuse material on iCloud

December 09, 2024 8:52 am

The notice arrived months after Apple had unveiled a tool that allowed it to scan for illegal images of sexual abuse.

In monitoring sex abuse of children, Apple is caught between safety and privacy

September 04, 2023 2:38 pm

The company is caught between child safety groups, which want it to do more to stop the spread of such materials, and privacy experts, who want it to maintain the promise of secure devices.

Cricket Australia apologises to child sex abuse victims

October 03, 2022 3:35 pm

Jamie Mitchell, a former Australia Under-19 cricketer had alleged early this year that he was "sexually abused" by team officials during the tour of Sri Lanka in 1985.

Explained: Interpol's ICSE initiative on child sex abuse, now joined by the CBI

July 11, 2022 8:15 pm

Interpol's database uses video and image comparison to analyse Child Sex Exploitation Material (CSEM) and make connections between victims, abusers and places.

French actor breaks silence on child sex abuse within church

October 11, 2021 6:59 pm

The play called “Pardon?” is drawn from the French author and actor's own life, describing how he felt devoured from the inside by the abuse.

French Church and state at odds over sex abuse confessions

October 07, 2021 9:20 pm

Monsignor Eric de Moulins-Beaufort shocked some people in France when he told France-Info radio Wednesday that “the secrets of confession are stronger than the laws of the republic.”

‘With better reporting rate, there will be lesser cases of child abuse’

December 30, 2019 5:51 am

It is a challenging job because people don’t like talking about ‘Sex Education’ and don’t understand its importance even though it is extremely important.

'We failed them': Australian PM Scott Morrison offers rare apology to victims of child sex abuse

October 22, 2018 8:51 am

The gesture followed a five-year inquiry into child sexual abuse that delved into more than 8,000 cases of sexual misconduct, most of them at religious and state-run institutions responsible for keeping children safe.

Pope Francis expels Chilean priest accused of child sex abuse

September 16, 2018 7:33 am

The Catholic Church worldwide is reeling from crises involving sexual abuse of minors, deeply damaging confidence in the Church in Chile, but also in the United States, Australia, and Ireland where the scandal has hit hardest, and elsewhere.

US Senate orders Pentagon to review child-on-child sex abuse

May 26, 2018 12:38 pm

Many cases went unprosecuted, even when an attacker had confessed. That lack of justice left victims little support and offenders little consequence.

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