US law enforcement officers say Meta and Snapchat routinely delay or reject warrants. The companies disagree Max Osterman was 18 … More
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The Observer: Guns and bomb threats target US politicians
A house speaker killed, a state senator shot, bomb threats and online harassment – a growing hostility is redefining US … More
The Observer: No food, no pay, no liberty: marooned sailors plead with shipowners to be rescued
Crew left to drift off Mozambique by firm registered in the UK are latest in rising number abandoned at sea … More
Thomson Reuters Foundation: The cost of sanctions: Dark shipping fleet fuels human trafficking
A clandestine network smuggling sanctioned oil around the globe has lured thousands of seafarers into dangerous jobs. NEW YORK – … More
Thomson Reuters Foundation: “I’ve seen hell”: Inside the global crisis of seafarer exploitation
Seafarers are the backbone of the global maritime industry, but they’re often illegally recruited, scammed into dangerous work and then … More
The Guardian: They hoped their children’s deaths would bring change. Then a Colorado bill to protect kids online failed
Parents who lost children to online harms helped draft the bill – then watched it collapse under political pressure Bereaved … More
The Guardian: BM Boys: the Nigerian sextortion network hiding in plain sight on TikTok
US kids are falling prey to a sophisticated network of scammers who extort thousands – and push some victims to … More
The Guardian: A man stalked a professor for six years. Then he used AI chatbots to lure strangers to her home
A man from Massachusetts has agreed to plead guilty to a seven-year cyberstalking campaign that included using artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots to impersonate a … More
The Guardian: AI is overpowering efforts to catch child predators, experts warn
The volume of sexually explicit images of children being generated by predators using artificial intelligence is overwhelming law enforcement’s capabilities … More
The Guardian: ‘People will die’: alarm as Trump’s DEI rollback hits anti-trafficking efforts
Agencies and organizations are complying with the directive to not lose funding, but are concerned vulnerable groups will suffer Katie … More