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Encrypted messaging puts children at risk, commissioner warns
December 11, 2020 · By BBC News for www.bbc.com
Encryption of online messages could make it harder to police child abuse and grooming online, the children’s commissioner for England has warned. End-to-end encryption is a privacy feature that makes it impossible for anyone except the sender and recipient to read messages sent online. Commissioner Anne Longfield said it also prevented police from gathering evidence […]
Read More...Huge rise in reports of online child abuse images
December 11, 2020 · By Branwen Jeffreys for www.bbc.com
Huge rise in reports of online child abuse images Reports of child abuse images online increased by almost 50% during lockdown, according to the Internet Watch Foundation. In the 11 weeks from 23 March, its hotline logged 44,809 reports of images compared with 29,698 last year. The increase follows months in which both adults and […]
Read More...18 November: End Child Sex Abuse Day
December 7, 2020 · By Council of Europe for www.coe.int
2020 Edition – Preventing risky behaviour by children: child self-generated sexual images and/or videos 18 November: End Child Sex Abuse Day Each year, the Council of Europe invites its partners to focus on a specific topic on the occasion of the European Day. The 2020 edition of the European Day focuses on “Preventing risky behaviour […]
Read More...Commission to present mandatory rules for platforms to ‘detect, report, and remove’ online abuse
December 7, 2020 · By Samuel Stolton | EURACTIV.com for www.euractiv.com
Commission to present mandatory rules for platforms to ‘detect, report, and remove’ online abuse The European Commission will propose legislation later this year and in 2021 that will force online platforms to undertake measures to stop the spread of online child abuse, the EU’s home affairs chief Ylva Johansson announced on Friday (24 July). “We […]
Read More...E.U. Privacy Rule Would Rein In the Hunt for Online Child Sexual Abuse
December 7, 2020 · By Gabriel J.X. Dance and Adam Satariano for www.nytimes.com
Regulators argue that while abuse imagery on the internet is abhorrent, unchecked scanning for it by tech companies could violate privacy rights. A showdown looms. E.U. Privacy Rule Would Rein In the Hunt for Online Child Sexual Abuse Privacy concerns in Europe have led to some of the world’s toughest restrictions on companies like Facebook […]
Read More...Mango dress: Teen makes 1,400-mango gown to highlight food waste
December 4, 2020 · By BBC News for www.bbc.com
Jessica Collins, 18, grew up on a mango farm in Queensland, Australia. Frustrated by how many mangoes go to waste each year, she turned about 1,400 of the unwanted fruits into a dress for a school project. Video by Isabelle Rodd
Read More...UN rights chief hits use of landmines in PH as government blames NPA
December 3, 2020 · By Somia Tomacruz for www.rappler.com
UN rights chief hits use of landmines in PH as government blames NPA MANILA, PHILIPPINES The Philippine mission to the UN in Geneva echoes Bachelet’s concern, calling out the New People’s Army for its continued use of such weapons United Nations human rights chief Michelle Bachelet expressed alarm over the use of landmines in several […]
Read More...The Irish missionary who conquered Korea
December 2, 2020 · By Ben Joseph for www.ucanews.com
Father Kevin O’Rourke became a trailblazer of Korean literary translation, a poet and a scholar The Irish missionary who conquered Korea When Father Kevin Laurence O’Rourke first set foot on Korean soil in 1964, he found the East Asian nation full of insim (human heart). Back then, he was 24 years old. By the time of his […]
Read More...Australian ‘war crimes’: Troops to be fired over Afghan killings
December 1, 2020 · By BBC News for www.bbc.com
Australian ‘war crimes’: Troops to be fired over Afghan killings The Australian Defence Force (ADF) has sent notices of likely dismissal to 13 special forces soldiers following last week’s damning report on the murder of 39 Afghan civilians and prisoners. They are suspected of being accessories or witnesses to the killings, or of being dishonest […]
Read More...Controversial sex education framework for California approved despite protest
December 1, 2020 · By COLLEEN SHALBYSTAFF WRITER for www.latimes.com
California education officials have agreed on a sweeping new framework for sex education in the classroom, sparking intense debate about whether some of the proposal’s teacher material is too graphic and explicit. The guidance is meant for students in kindergarten through 12th grade, and though not a mandate, is intended to provide teachers with information […]
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