The National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE) has released its “Dirty Dozen” list for 2023, calling attention to groups facilitating sexual exploitation. The center’s annual list, released on May 2, has identified social media platforms Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat, Roblox, and Reddit as among the top offenders for contributing to exploitation. Additionally, the group asserts that Spotify,…

Commentary There’s an intriguing photograph of the four people who head up Australia’s Digital Platforms Regulators Forum. A row of smiling women. The control of our county’s high tech online world is firmly in female hands, with not a skerrick of gender diversity to be seen. This would be fine if we could be assured…

Greater Manchester Police and Oldham Council have said they are “deeply sorry” after a report said both failed to protect girls from grooming gangs between 2011 and 2014 and “missed opportunities” to protect a girl who tried to raise the alarm. The girl, identified only by the pseudonym Sophie, was 12 when she first went…

Seven alleged sexual predators have gone on trial accused of exploiting and abusing a teenage girl. The men face a total of 17 charges in connection with the sexual exploitation of one girl in Keighley, West Yorkshire, between 2008 and 2009 when she was 14, Bradford Crown Court heard. The jury was told that multiple…