A former music teacher jailed after police uncovered depraved child abuse fantasies shared with his boyfriend and three others is seeking to have his sentence slashed, a court has been told. Lawyers acting for Benjamin Heels, 35, appeared in Victoria’s Court of Appeal on Monday to argue his 11-year sentenceContinue Reading
Two high school teachers in the US state of Wisconsin were forced to resign after district officials found out they’d been trying to seduce one of their students by offering him a foursome – with one of the duo even sending scantily-clad photos to his Snapchat account. Alexsia Saldaris, aContinue Reading
Parents are being warned about the dangers of sharing photos of their children online, as a shocking new report reveals the prevalence of child groomers using social media. The Australian Institute of Criminology, in collaboration with the eSafety Commissioner, found 2.8 per cent of the 4011 Australians it surveyed hadContinue Reading
Australia’s online safety regulator has issued a warning to social media giants over concerns about a rise in the spread of violent and extremist material on their platforms, airing warnings about the use of generative AI to facilitate terrorist activity. The eSafety Commission has issued legal notices to Google, Meta,Continue Reading
An Oklahoma state senator has proposed a law that would make watching pornography a felony and ban sexting among people who are not married. The bill, set to be introduced next month by state Senator Dusty Deevers, would prohibit consuming or producing sexual content that “lacks serious literary, artistic, educational,Continue Reading
There is no specific service in Australia to help kids whose parents are caught with child sex abuse material despite a huge increase in offending. Australia also lacks research into the best way to help the youngsters, with advocates calling for funding to support families during a time of hugeContinue Reading
Australian survivors of child sex attacks are being forced to personally scour the web for images of their abuse — and ask big tech to delete them. Technology companies don’t have an obligation to search for the material — only to remove it — leaving victims in a horrifying quandary.Continue Reading