A21, a global organization working to end human trafficking, will premiere Seen, a new short film addressing the growing threat of online child sexual exploitation, during the 2026 Global Freedom ...

On September 10, the Australian Federal Police announced the Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation received 100,194 reports of online child sexual exploitation in 2025–26. That is about 275 ...

OpenAI sent 80 times as many child exploitation incident reports to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children during the first half of 2025 as it did during a similar time period in 2024, ...

A UNICEF study of 21,000 children across 21 countries estimates that 20 million experienced online sexual exploitation or abuse in a single year, with almost 60% of incidents on social media and fewer ...

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, during a hearing examining whistleblower allegations that Meta buried child safety research in September 2025. Amazon’s AI services division filed 1 ...

In response to escalating concerns about child safety online, OpenAI has unveiled a blueprint to enhance U.S. child protection efforts amid the AI boom. The Child Safety Blueprint, which was released ...

The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence has made it easier than ever for bad actors to create child sexual abuse material, leaving prosecutors and lawmakers struggling to keep up. Despite ...

A Western Kentucky man faces nearly nine years behind bars and lifetime sex offender registration after a multi-agency investigation.

Clémence (name changed), 21, a mother of two, holds her 6-month-old baby outside their home in a village near the city of Kananga in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Kasai-Oriental province on ...

Two Hendersonville men are in custody after investigators searched their homes for child exploitation evidence.

Child abuse, neglect and sexual exploitation are reaching critical levels in Romania, the Save the Children organization ...