Child Abuse

The people who did not help a 15-year-old girl in Ujjain - who had been raped and left half-naked and bleeding, and went door-to-door begging for help - may be charged under POCSO, the strict child sex abuse law, Madhya Pradesh police said.

Of the total number of child abuse cases reported in Kerala in 2022, most of the offences took place at the residence of the survivors itself, according to a report compiled by the state child rights panel.

According to the Washington County Sheriff's Department, social media influencer Ruby Franke is still in police custody.

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a plea by an NGO against lowering the age of consent, saying it jeopardises the interest of a large number of child victims of sexual abuse, especially girls.

Google will provide more information on targeted advertisements and give researchers more access to data on how its products work, to comply with landmark European Union online content rules, the Alphabet unit said on Thursday.

An ex-headmistress who sexually abused two sisters at an Australian Jewish school, before fleeing to Israel then being extradited back, was sentenced on Thursday to 15 years in jail.

Damning allegations of child abuse against senior Delhi government officer Premoday Khakha came to light after the teen survivor had to be hospitalised due to panic attacks, police sources have said.

The prank trend involves inviting one's toddlers and young kids to cook eggs with them, only to break one on their head, leaving them utterly surprised and confused.

A senior official in Delhi government's Women and Child Development department now faces a case of child abuse for allegedly raping his friend's 14-year-old daughter over several months.

West Bengal Commission for Protection of Child Rights (WBCPCR) on Monday said prima facie it is of the view that the unnatural death of a first-year undergraduate student at Jadavpur University Boys main hostel be dealt under the provisions of POCSO.

A former deputy head teacher at a London primary school who had pleaded guilty to paying and instructing teenagers in India to abuse younger children was sentenced to 12 years in prison on Wednesday.

Australian police announced Tuesday the dismantling of a "sophisticated" child abuse ring, saying 19 men had been arrested with the help of the FBI. Federal Police Commander Helen Schneider said 13 children had been rescued.

Erica Lawson, 21, was charged with second-degree manslaughter and first-degree criminal abuse against a child under 12.

A former Australian childcare worker has been charged with 1,623 child abuse offences against 91 children between 2007 and 2022, federal police said on Tuesday.

The account in question,Dom Lucre, with nearly 600,000 followers was banned after he posted two screenshots of a video depicting child sexual abuse on July 22.

The people who did not help a 15-year-old girl in Ujjain - who had been raped and left half-naked and bleeding, and went door-to-door begging for help - may be charged under POCSO, the strict child sex abuse law, Madhya Pradesh police said.

Of the total number of child abuse cases reported in Kerala in 2022, most of the offences took place at the residence of the survivors itself, according to a report compiled by the state child rights panel.

According to the Washington County Sheriff's Department, social media influencer Ruby Franke is still in police custody.

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a plea by an NGO against lowering the age of consent, saying it jeopardises the interest of a large number of child victims of sexual abuse, especially girls.

Google will provide more information on targeted advertisements and give researchers more access to data on how its products work, to comply with landmark European Union online content rules, the Alphabet unit said on Thursday.

An ex-headmistress who sexually abused two sisters at an Australian Jewish school, before fleeing to Israel then being extradited back, was sentenced on Thursday to 15 years in jail.

Damning allegations of child abuse against senior Delhi government officer Premoday Khakha came to light after the teen survivor had to be hospitalised due to panic attacks, police sources have said.

The prank trend involves inviting one's toddlers and young kids to cook eggs with them, only to break one on their head, leaving them utterly surprised and confused.

A senior official in Delhi government's Women and Child Development department now faces a case of child abuse for allegedly raping his friend's 14-year-old daughter over several months.

West Bengal Commission for Protection of Child Rights (WBCPCR) on Monday said prima facie it is of the view that the unnatural death of a first-year undergraduate student at Jadavpur University Boys main hostel be dealt under the provisions of POCSO.

A former deputy head teacher at a London primary school who had pleaded guilty to paying and instructing teenagers in India to abuse younger children was sentenced to 12 years in prison on Wednesday.

Australian police announced Tuesday the dismantling of a "sophisticated" child abuse ring, saying 19 men had been arrested with the help of the FBI. Federal Police Commander Helen Schneider said 13 children had been rescued.

Erica Lawson, 21, was charged with second-degree manslaughter and first-degree criminal abuse against a child under 12.

A former Australian childcare worker has been charged with 1,623 child abuse offences against 91 children between 2007 and 2022, federal police said on Tuesday.

The account in question,Dom Lucre, with nearly 600,000 followers was banned after he posted two screenshots of a video depicting child sexual abuse on July 22.