Serial child sexual abuse cases in Australian day care centers have spurred a rush to close security gaps that let predators through the door. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/26/world/crime-legal/predators-australian-child-care/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #australia #children #sexcrimes #childabuse
A Japanese court handed down an eight-year jail sentence Tuesday to the father of a woman who publicly accused him of rape, a rare case in the country where many victims stay anonymous. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/21/japan/crime-legal/toyama-father-rape-jail/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #sexcrimes #rape #childabuse
A man in Fukuoka arrested for allegedly using a forged teaching license changed his surname repeatedly, apparently to avoid being identified on a national registry for teachers punished for child sexual abuse. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/17/japan/crime-legal/fukuoka-man-teacher-database/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #students #teachers #childabuse #sexcrimes #prostitution #fukuoka
From the age of 10, Amina has been scrubbing, sweeping and cooking in a middle-class home in Pakistan's megacity of Karachi. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/14/asia-pacific/society/child-workers-pakistan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #society #forcedlabor #childlabor #childabuse #pakistan
Does protecting children justify snooping on private messages? That is the sensitive question facing EU countries Wednesday as they wrangle over a push to combat child sexual abuse material online. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/08/world/politics/eu-child-protection-privacy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #privacy #socialnetworks #apps #signal #whatsapp #privacy #childabuse #eu #europe
A total of 65 children died from abuse in Japan in fiscal 2023, down by seven from the preceding year, according to the Children and Families Agency. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/11/japan/society/child-abuse-deaths/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #children #childabuse
Australia’s internet watchdog says social media firms are still "turning a blind eye” to online child sex abuse material on their platforms, singling out YouTube as having been unresponsive to its inquiries. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/06/tech/australia-regulator-youtube-child-abuse/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #youtube #australia #socialmedia #children #childabuse #apple #google #alphabet #meta #snap #whatsapp
Temporary shelters for children to protect them from unsafe environments are operating beyond capacity in major urban centers across Japan amid severe staff shortages. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/21/japan/temporary-shelter-children/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #children #childabuse
Beardy Star Stuff
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Los Angeles Daily News : "In a scene described as "barbaric"— some two dozen children with their hands chained were videotaped shuffling single file in ICE custody.
Jorge-Mario Cabrera of the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights Los Angeles said that its attorneys had confirmed details posted with the video.
The attorneys contacted the children and planned to represent them—adding the children were not accompanied by their parents."
--Jeffrey St Clair
#ice #gestapo #fascism #immigration #trump #children #childabuse
Los Angeles Daily News : "In a scene described as "barbaric"— some two dozen children with their hands chained were videotaped shuffling single file in ICE custody.
Jorge-Mario Cabrera of the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights Los Angeles said that its attorneys had confirmed details posted with the video.
The attorneys contacted the children and planned to represent them—adding the children were not accompanied by their parents."
--Jeffrey St Clair
#ice #gestapo #fascism #immigration #trump #children #childabuse
Børge
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A French archbishop's decision to promote a priest who was sentenced to jail for raping a teenage boy has drawn new condemnation of the Roman Catholic Church for its record on sex abuse. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/13/world/crime-legal/sex-abuse-priest-promotion-catholic/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #france #catholicchurch #childabuse #sexabuse
A French archbishop's decision to promote a priest who was sentenced to jail for raping a teenage boy has drawn new condemnation of the Roman Catholic Church for its record on sex abuse. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/13/world/crime-legal/sex-abuse-priest-promotion-catholic/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #france #catholicchurch #childabuse #sexabuse
Reports of child sexual abuse imagery created using artificial intelligence tools have surged 400% in the first half of 2025, according to data from a U.K.-based nonprofit organization. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/11/tech/ai-child-abuse-webpage-surge-alarm/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #ai #children #childabuse #internet
Australia plans new measures to strip funding from child care centers that fall short of safety norms after a Melbourne man was charged with more than 70 offenses over child sex abuse. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/02/asia-pacific/crime-legal/australia-childcare-laws-worker-sex-offenses/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #australia #sexcrimes #childabuse
Amid heightened concerns over child safety in Japan, the government is expanding the scope of its planned background check system designed to protect children from sexual offenders. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/01/japan/crime-legal/japan-version-dbs/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #sexcrimes #teachers #schools #children #childabuse