App Danger Project warns parents of child exploitation apps
App Danger Project lists 182 apps used for child exploitation across Apple App Store and Google Play Store that meet its criteria for dangerousness.
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Epic Games agrees to $520 million FTC settlement for child privacy case
Epic Games has agreed to pay over $520 million as part of a multi-record-breaking settlement with FTC for violating children privacy case.
Brands blast Twitter for ads next to child pornography accounts
Dyson, Mazda, Forbes and PBS Kids suspended their marketing campaigns and ads from Twitter because its appeared next to child pornography accounts.
Horizon Zero Dawn PC Patch Fixes Bug That Kept Aloy Stuck As A Child
Growing up is a normal part of life. Except for certain Horizon Zero Dawn players on PC who remained stuck as young Aloy after their games crashed in the…
Facebook paid for a 0-day to help FBI unmask child predator
Facebook paid a cybersecurity firm six figures to develop a zero-day in a Tor-reliant operating system in order to unmask a man who spent years sextorting…
Facebook, Google and other tech giants renew pledge to combat child sexual…
The Coalition formed Project Protect after consulting 40 experts on the subject. It decided to focus on five key areas in the next 15 years, starting with…
Facebook turned to hacking to help FBI catch a child predator
In order to unmask a California man who repeatedly harassed and exploited girls on Facebook, the social network decided to help the FBI hack him, according…
Vietnam fares poorly in online child safety ranking
The institute’s Child Online Safety Index for 2020 ranks Vietnam 28th among 30 surveyed economies with an overall score of 12.7 out of 100, below the global…
Tech firms saw 50% rise in online child sexual abuse content in 2019
The number of photos and videos of child sexual abuse online surged over 50% in 2019, according to a Friday report from The New York Times. Nearly 70 million…
Facebook urged to halt encryption push over child abuse concerns
More than 120 organizations around the world have signed an open letter urging Facebook to halt plans to implement strongly encrypted messaging on the social…