Tag: child predators

AI Apps Most Dangerous for Your Privacy Revealed

Commentary We use our phones for many things—to text, to call friends and family, to play games, to order food, to read articles like this. But did you ever stop and ask yourself if the apps on your phone are actually safe to use? If not, then you probably should. The average American has 40…


Family Groups and LGBT Activists Uniting Against Bill That Could Make Pedophiles a Protected Class

In an unlikely alliance, Christian family values groups and LGBT activists have signed a petition against a proposed Connecticut bill they say could make pedophiles a protected sexual minority. The bill, HB 6638, would revise the language of the state’s anti-discrimination statutes. The current definition of “sexual orientation” in Connecticut law excludes protections for “any behavior…


Family Groups and LGBT Activist Uniting Against Bill That Could Make Pedophiles a Protected Class

In an unlikely alliance, Christian family values groups and LGBT activists have signed a petition against a proposed Connecticut bill they say could make pedophiles a protected sexual minority. The bill, HB 6638, would revise the language of the state’s anti-discrimination statutes. The current definition of “sexual orientation” in Connecticut law excludes protections for “any behavior…


Instagram Algorithms Promote Pedophile Networks: Investigation Finds

Instagram’s algorithms connect a vast network of pedophiles, an investigation by The Wall Street Journal, Stanford University, and the University of Massachusetts Amherst discovered. An investigaton by the Stanford Internet Observatory’s chief technologist, David Thiel, research manager Renée DiResta, and director Alex Stamos discovered that a massive network of English-speaking social media accounts buy, sell,…


‘Every Parent’s Nightmare’: TikTok Offering Child Predators an Easy Path to Contacting Kids

TikTok is turning into a major platform for child sexual exploitation in the United States, according to law enforcement officials, with predatory adults increasingly finding it easier to contact and manipulate minors through the Chinese app. Since the advent of the internet, child predators have had an easy option to get in touch with minors…


Is Twitch Even More Dangerous Than TikTok?

Commentary After two young girls died participating in a viral challenge, TikTok, the most popular app in the world, is being sued for promoting “dangerous algorithms.” Created in China and exported to the world, TikTok is an app that really should be banned. However, it’s important to remember that other dangerous platforms exist. Besides TikTok,…


Prostitution Legalization Possibility Worries Anti-Human Trafficking Advocates

The federal government is revisiting criminal legislation passed in 2014 that bans profiteering from prostitution, and anti-human trafficking advocates are concerned that the sex-trade law could be gutted and prostitution legalized. The federal Justice Committee is calling witnesses to testify on Bill C-36, the Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act. The law, passed by…


NTD Evening News Full Broadcast (Aug. 4)

Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer praises the Senate’s progress on the infrastructure bill, the CDC says new virus infections caused by the delta variant increased by more than 90% over the last couple of months, and 17 suspected child predators were arrested during a six-day sting operation in Florida.