Child abuse
- Telangana
Sai Dharam Tej meets Telangana CM, discusses ways to combat child abuse
Mumbai: Actor Sai Dharam Tej met with Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy on Sunday to discuss strategies aimed at combating child abuse and the misuse of social media for such purposes. The…
- Telangana
Telangana CM promises action after actor Sai Dharam Tej reports child abuse
Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy and Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka on Sunday, July 7 promised action as actor Sai Dharam Tej reported child abuse online after a YouTuber’s…
- India
UP: 7-year-old girl beaten by teacher over notebook, FIR lodged
A 7-year-old Muslim girl was severely beaten by the school teacher in Uttar Pradesh’s Sidharthnagar district. Reportedly, the girl has bruises on both her legs, hindering her from walking properly. The incident…
- Technology
Mastodon has child abuse material problem: Study
San Francisco: Decentralised social media platform Mastodon, viewed as a viable alternative to Twitter (Now X), is rife with child sexual abuse material (CSAM), a new study has shown. According to the…
- India
Closely monitoring Guwahati child abuse case: Himanta Biswa Sarma
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday said he is closely monitoring a case in which a doctor couple was arrested for allegedly sexually abusing children who they claimed were…
- Middle East
Child detainees in Iran suffer sexual violence, electric shocks: Amnesty
Tehran: Citing a report by rights group Amnesty International, CNN reported that child detainees in Iran face severe torture and sexual violence, flogging and electric shocks by authorities in the country. The…
- India
Nearly 51,000 child abuse complaints reach NCPCR in last five years
New Delhi: The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), a statutory body to protect, promote and defend child rights in the country, has received 50,857 complaints during the last five…
- Mumbai
Maha: Man booked over assaulting 5-year-old son with cigarette butts
Thane: A man allegedly burned his five-year-old son with cigarette butts to prevent him from meeting his mother in Bhiwandi town of Maharashtra’s Thane district, police said on Tuesday. Based on a complaint…
- World
EU directs chat apps to scan private messages for child abuse
Brussels: The European Commission on Wednesday proposed a new legislation to prevent and combat child sexual abuse on social media platforms. The proposed rules will oblige providers to detect, report and remove…
