A new safety and wellbeing service has been launched for women in Scotland selling or exchanging sex or sexual activity online. The service, called Click, aims to respond to the
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A serial dating site rapist has had his prison term extended by two and a half years after sex attacks on a further five women. Father-of-three Jason Lawrance (pictured) contacted
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Twitter has launched a new filter tool which can hide spam and abusive messages that are sent to users via the platform’s direct messages feature. The tool adds a new
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Schoolchildren seeking solace online are being affected by the latest toxic social media trend – “sadfishing”, a new report warns. Youngsters are being accused of attention-seeking after sharing details about
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“Welcome, you’re normal, we’ve been waiting for you” is the message would-be offenders are receiving from child abuse forums on the dark web. Rob Jones, director of threat leadership at
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A police sergeant who admitted two child grooming charges after sending an indecent image to an undercover officer has been sacked by his force for gross misconduct. West Midlands Police
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A child abuser already serving a 10-year jail sentence has been handed more than three extra years after a “vindictive campaign of social media trolling” against one of his victims.
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How often do we hear public figures talking about the need to “call out” racism? It seems a simple remedy – those airing abhorrent views being shamed and forced to
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The number of grooming crimes recorded by police has risen by a third, figures suggest. Children’s charity the NSPCC said police recorded 4,373 offences of sexual communication with a child
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A woman who called herself Devil Bitch 666 has been jailed for the “abhorrent” sexual abuse of children for money. Jodie Little, 30, sexually abused a boy under the age
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