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11 News Investigates: Who’s watching your kids?
Little Rock police arrested 45-year-old Ronald Thrower on December 16. He’s accused of forcing a 4-year-old and 5-year-old child to each perform sex acts on him while at Luv N Care Day Care, an in-family home childcare business in west Little Rock. THV11 made multiple attempts to reach the childcare’s…
Birth certificates being revised for same-sex couples’ kids
More than a year after West Virginia officials began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples, state birth certificates for adopted children still list “mother” and “father” next to the blanks for the parents’ names. Unlike other states that are resisting changing the certificates, the West Virginia Department of Health and…
Plan to put kids on predator list
Women and child development minister Maneka Gandhi has proposed that all convicted sexual offenders above the age of 12 be included in a database the home ministry is working on as part of a network to keep track of criminals. So far, plans were being made to include only adults…
Sheriff warns of suspected child predator approaching kids
Parents beware: There’s increased concern in Hannibal after the sheriff says parents have been reporting a suspected child predator approaching their kids. A Hannibal couple says a man in a red truck approached their 17 year-old grandson at the bus stop across from their house Tuesday morning and asked him if he needed a ride. “I’m…
UK May Approve Bill Allowing Spying on Individuals via Their Kids Toys
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans British government’s new investigatory bill (pdf) has a proposal on making it legal to hack smart toys in order to allow investigators to get to pry on suspects. A few weeks back an expert (Matt Jakubowski) showed how Wifi enabled Hello Barbie can be…
Bizarre priest showed kids body in coffin
The inquiry into child sexual abuse has heard that a Melbourne pedophile priest showed children a body in a coffin, carried a gun to school and held a knife against a child’s chest. Father Peter Searson was described by a fellow priest as a bizarre human being who the commission…
Boca Raton-Based Child Rescue Coalition Works “To Find Those That Victimize Kids”
It is some of the most sophisticated and fascinating technology that you will ever see and it’s being used right here in South Florida – and across the country – to catch people sharing, viewing and even creating child pornography. The tech is responsible for the headline-grabbing arrest over the…
YouTube Kids app launches in UK and Ireland for child-friendly videos
YouTube is launching its YouTube Kids app in the UK and Ireland, nine months after its child-friendly service went live in the US. More than 10 million American parents have downloaded the app, which serves up a filtered selection of videos and channels that are appropriate for children. The app…
Parents grow wary with kids’ internet habits
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans HYDERABAD: A recent survey by Intel Security pinpoints an alarming trend among children in Indian cities having met and wanting to meet complete strangers, with whom they have first interacted on social networking sites. The survey also finds that children admit…