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🇳🇴 Aftenposten
Crime & Justice

Found 6000 pictures and videos – sports leader admits guilt for sexual abuse of multiple children

A former sports leader in Norway has admitted to sexual abuse against four children and the possession of illegal images involving at least 39 minors.

Mar 2 • 15:32 UTC
🇬🇧 Mirror
Crime & Justice

Woman sexually assaulted at London Underground station as police release CCTV

A woman was sexually assaulted at Eastcote London Underground station, with police releasing CCTV images of the suspect to aid their investigation.

Feb 27 • 11:10 UTC
🇬🇧 Mirror
Crime & Justice

Paedophile husband and wife jailed as years of twisted abuse and sick images exposed

Kieron Lewis and Rebecca Bowey have been sentenced to prison for years of sexual abuse against children and for possessing indecent images.

Feb 26 • 17:26 UTC
🇪🇪 Postimees
National & Local

VIDEO: Jeffrey Epstein's Hideaway in Paris: Disturbing Photos Show Ominous Sex Den

Disturbing photographs from Jeffrey Epstein's Paris apartment reveal a massage table, sex toys, and walls adorned with images of naked women.

Feb 26 • 08:35 UTC
🇩🇪 FAZ
Crime & Justice

Belgian Abuse Offender: New Charges Against Marc Dutroux

Marc Dutroux, a notorious Belgian criminal, faces new charges after authorities discovered child sexual abuse images in his prison cell during a search.

Feb 25 • 17:07 UTC
🇩🇰 DR Nyheder
Crime & Justice

Former priest convicted of possession of child sexual material

A former priest from Denmark has been sentenced to five months in prison for possessing over 80,000 images and videos of child sexual material.

Feb 25 • 12:18 UTC
🇪🇸 El Mundo
Crime & Justice

Three minors aged 14 and 15 detained for raping another minor in Valencia

Three minors, aged 14 and 15, have been detained in Valencia for the alleged rape of a 16-year-old girl, with additional charges related to the dissemination of intimate images.

Feb 25 • 08:08 UTC
🇨🇿 Aktuálně.cz
Crime & Justice

Dozens of Photos of Naked Children Found in Belgian Sexual Predator Dutroux's Cell

Marc Dutroux, serving a life sentence for imprisoning and abusing six girls, was found with dozens of pornographic images of naked children in his prison cell, prompting an investigation by Belgian authorities.

Feb 24 • 11:36 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
Crime & Justice

Man arrested in Porto Alegre suspected of extorting minors by threatening to leak images of abuse and sexual exploitation

A man was arrested in Porto Alegre for allegedly extorting minors by threatening to release child abuse images.

Feb 20 • 12:48 UTC
🇬🇧 Mirror
Crime & Justice

'Deplorable' Northumberland pervert who discussed sexually abusing baby jailed

Ryan Michelini was sentenced for discussing and sharing images related to child sexual abuse in an online chat group and for performing a sexual act in front of a child.

Feb 19 • 22:02 UTC
🇫🇮 Ilta-Sanomat
National & Local

A Horrifying Discovery Found in Hugh Hefner's Scrapbooks - Now His Widow Speaks

Hugh Hefner's widow, Crystal Hefner, claims that his personal photo albums may contain sexual images of underage girls, prompting her to call for investigations into his foundation's activities.

Feb 19 • 19:00 UTC
🇫🇮 Ilta-Sanomat
National & Local

New Crime for Parliamentary Vote: Possession of Such Images May Lead to Conviction in the Future

Finland's Parliamentary Legal Committee unanimously supports proposed amendments to the criminal code targeting the possession of violent and child sexual abuse images.

Feb 19 • 07:26 UTC
🇦🇷 La Nacion (ES)
Crime & Justice

Pablo Laurta has been charged with possession of material related to sexual abuse of children

Pablo Laurta faces new charges in Córdoba for possessing explicit sexual images of minors while already being charged with multiple homicides.

Feb 18 • 22:31 UTC
🇨🇦 Global News
Crime & Justice

Hugh Hefner’s widow alleges his foundation kept thousands of sexual photos

Crystal Hefner is filing complaints against the Hugh M. Hefner Foundation for allegedly mishandling private and intimate images from her late husband’s scrapbooks.

Feb 18 • 19:35 UTC
🇲🇽 Milenio (ES)
National & Local

Lawmakers approve sanctions for generating AI images of sexual acts

The Mexican Chamber of Deputies unanimously approved sanctions for the generation of AI-created images, videos, or audios depicting sexual acts without consent.

Feb 18 • 03:06 UTC
🇫🇷 France24
Crime & Justice

French court sentences former Senate adviser for upskirt photos

A former Senate adviser in France received a one-year suspended sentence for taking over 1,800 illicit sexual images, including upskirt photos in public places and the Senate building.

Feb 17 • 18:47 UTC
🇨🇿 Aktuálně.cz
Crime & Justice

The artificial intelligence of tech giants is abusing children. EU countries will investigate

Spain will investigate American social networks X, Meta, and Chinese TikTok over AI-generated images of child sexual abuse, while Ireland launches an investigation into the AI chatbot Grok for producing sexualized content.

Feb 17 • 13:45 UTC
🇬🇷 To Vima
National & Local

Sánchez against X, Meta, TikTok: 'No more immunity' for child abuse with AI - Calls for investigation

The Spanish government has requested an investigation into social media platforms X, Meta, and TikTok for allegedly disseminating AI-generated images of child sexual abuse, as announced by Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez.

Feb 17 • 10:19 UTC
🇮🇹 La Repubblica
National & Local

The Irish Authority Opens an Investigation into X for Deepfake Photos

The Irish Data Protection Authority has launched an investigation into X over the generation of sexual deepfake images, marking a significant international response to the issue.

Feb 17 • 01:44 UTC
🇩🇰 DR Nyheder
Crime & Justice

Former pastor admits to possession of sexual material involving children

A former pastor in Denmark has admitted to possessing over 80,000 images and videos of sexual material involving children and is awaiting sentencing.

Feb 16 • 10:20 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
Crime & Justice

University Student Arrested with Child Sexual Abuse Material in Vila Velha

A 21-year-old university student was arrested in Vila Velha, Brazil, for allegedly storing child sexual abuse material including approximately one thousand videos and six thousand images of nude children and adolescents.

Feb 13 • 14:02 UTC
🇬🇧 Mirror
Crime & Justice

Pensioner caught in sickening chat about abusing 5-month-old baby avoids prison

Ronald Lovatt, a 68-year-old man, avoided prison after discussing the sexual abuse of a five-month-old baby online, despite being found with multiple indecent images of children.

Feb 13 • 12:54 UTC
🇧🇷 Folha (PT)
National & Local

Brazilian government demands X prevent the creation of sexual images via Grok

Brazil's Public Ministry and other government bodies have ordered social media platform X to take immediate action to prevent the generation of sexual images by its AI assistant, Grok.

Feb 12 • 12:30 UTC
🇫🇷 Le Figaro
National & Local

Brazil: Justice Orders X to Block Sexual Images Generated by AI Grok

Brazilian authorities have ordered the social media platform X to immediately implement measures to prevent the generation of sexual content by its AI tool Grok, citing a lack of transparency and ongoing issues of non-consensual imagery.

Feb 12 • 05:31 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

Young man arrested by the Federal Police in operation against child sexual exploitation in São José dos Campos

A 22-year-old man was arrested by the Federal Police in São José dos Campos for allegedly storing images of child sexual exploitation during an operation targeting online sexual crimes against minors.

Feb 11 • 13:45 UTC
🇸🇪 Dagens Nyheter
World

Millions of children are subjected to AI abuse

A new report by Unicef reveals that at least 1.2 million children across eleven countries have had their images manipulated for fake sexual content using artificial intelligence.

Feb 8 • 10:30 UTC
🇸🇪 Aftonbladet
National & Local

Millions of children are subjected to AI abuse

A UNICEF report reveals that over 1.2 million children in eleven countries have reported their images being manipulated for sexual purposes using generative AI, highlighting a severe and growing problem.

Feb 8 • 08:19 UTC
🇰🇷 Hankyoreh (KR)
Crime & Justice

Musk's 'Grok Deepfake' Controversy

The AI chatbot 'Grok', developed by billionaire Elon Musk, is embroiled in controversy for transforming real images of women and children into sexual content without consent, amid criticisms of its safety measures compared to other AI platforms.

Feb 5 • 20:08 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
Crime & Justice

Federal Police executes warrant against suspect of storing child sexual abuse content in Borborema

The Federal Police launched an operation in Borborema, Paraíba, to investigate a suspect accused of storing child sexual abuse images, executing a search warrant at the suspect's residence.

Feb 5 • 14:40 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
Crime & Justice

Man arrested on suspicion of storing over 100 child sexual abuse files in Nova Mutum (MT)

A man was arrested in Nova Mutum, Brazil, for allegedly storing hundreds of images of child sexual abuse on his cell phone.

Feb 5 • 12:02 UTC
🇳🇴 NRK
Crime & Justice

Unicef urges countries to criminalize AI-generated abusive material

Unicef calls on countries to criminalize the production of AI-generated material depicting sexual abuse against children, expressing strong concern over increasing instances of AI-generated images that sexualize minors.

Feb 5 • 00:57 UTC
🇭🇷 Index.hr
Crime & Justice

UNICEF's appeal to countries: Criminalize AI content that removes clothing from children

UNICEF has urged nations to criminalize the creation of child sexual abuse material generated by artificial intelligence, highlighting the increasing number of such images that sexualize children.

Feb 4 • 21:04 UTC
🇮🇳 Aaj Tak (Hindi)
Crime & Justice

Suicide or Murder? Postmortem Report of Notorious US Sex Offender Epstein Revealed

The US government has released previously unseen photographs and documents related to Jeffrey Epstein's death, showing his body on a stretcher as medical staff attempt to save him, although many images are too sensitive for public display.

Feb 4 • 15:30 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
Crime & Justice

Federal Police investigates suspect of storing images of child sexual abuse in Patos

The Federal Police launched an operation to investigate a man suspected of storing child sexual abuse content in Patos, Paraíba, following a request from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.

Feb 4 • 13:19 UTC
🇧🇷 Folha (PT)
Crime & Justice

'Do you consider yourself the devil incarnate?': the unpublished interview with Jeffrey Epstein, part of the millions of files released in the US

Recently released images show convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein smiling during an interview where he referred to himself, in response to a question, as having a 'good mirror.'

Feb 4 • 02:25 UTC
🇪🇸 elDiario.es
Crime & Justice

Justice confirms 433 years in prison for a serial pedophile who 'hunted' minors in Fortnite

A serial pedophile has been sentenced to 433 years in prison for contacting minors through the video game Fortnite to obtain sexual images, though he will only serve a maximum of 20 years due to legal constraints.

Feb 3 • 20:53 UTC
🇯🇵 NHK News (JP)
Crime & Justice

French prosecutors search 'X' related sites on suspicion of involvement in the spread of sexual fake images

French prosecutors announced a search of sites related to the social media platform 'X' led by Elon Musk, suspecting involvement in the illegal processing of data and the spreading of AI-generated sexual deepfake images.

Feb 3 • 20:10 UTC
🇧🇷 Folha (PT)
Crime & Justice

United Kingdom opens another investigation against X for fake sexual images from Grok

The UK data protection regulator has launched an investigation against social media platform X for the dissemination of sexually explicit images generated by its AI assistant, Grok, which has sparked international outrage.

Feb 3 • 20:00 UTC
🇺🇸 NPR
Crime & Justice

Paris prosecutors raid X offices as part of investigation into child abuse images

French prosecutors conducted a raid on social media platform X's offices as part of an investigation into allegations of disseminating child sexual abuse images and deepfakes, summoning billionaire owner Elon Musk for questioning.

Feb 3 • 15:00 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
Crime & Justice

After operation in France, United Kingdom opens investigation against X for sexual content images of Grok

The UK data protection authority has launched a formal investigation into Elon Musk's Grok chatbot due to concerns about the processing of personal data and its potential to produce harmful sexualized images and videos.

Feb 3 • 13:35 UTC
🇬🇧 Guardian
Crime & Justice

UK privacy watchdog opens inquiry into X over Grok AI sexual deepfakes

The UK's Information Commissioner’s Office has launched an inquiry into X and xAI regarding potential violations of data protection laws related to the use of Grok AI for creating non-consensual sexual deepfake images.

Feb 3 • 12:49 UTC
🇬🇧 Mirror
Crime & Justice

Elon Musk's X offices raided in Paris - all you need to know

French prosecutors raided the Paris offices of Elon Musk's platform X as part of an investigation into allegations of spreading child sexual abuse images and deepfakes.

Feb 3 • 12:38 UTC
🇮🇸 Visir
Crime & Justice

Raids at X in France due to child pornography

French authorities conducted a raid on the offices of social media platform X in Paris as part of an investigation into the distribution of child pornography and fake sexual images, and they have requested to question Elon Musk regarding the matter.

Feb 3 • 12:04 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
Crime & Justice

Trump Administration Releases Dozens of Nude Images Amid Epstein Case Files

The U.S. Justice Department released dozens of nude images of young women, some possibly underage, linked to the Jeffrey Epstein case, drawing attention to its controversial connections with former President Donald Trump.

Feb 2 • 17:15 UTC
🇬🇷 Proto Thema
Life & Tech

Grok has "escaped": How with the... blessings of Musk and the help of Artificial Intelligence, X has filled with sexual images on the verge of pornography

The article discusses how Grok, with Elon Musk's support and aided by artificial intelligence, has inundated platform X with sexually explicit images bordering on pornography.

Feb 2 • 17:14 UTC
🇩🇪 taz
Life & Tech

AI Chatbot Grok: End of 'Nude Image' Feature for AI Chatbot Grok

The online service X has terminated the ability of its AI chatbot Grok to create fake nude images of individuals following criticism regarding sexualized violence.

Jan 15 • 12:02 UTC
🇮🇸 Visir
Crime & Justice

Musk agrees to stop producing sexual images, but only in some places

Elon Musk's social media platform X will restrict its AI chatbot Grok from creating sexual images of real people in specific countries following severe criticism.

Jan 15 • 08:48 UTC
🇮🇸 Visir
Crime & Justice

The U.S. government defends Musk against child abuse material

The U.S. State Department threatens the UK with sanctions if it takes action against social media platform X for producing sexual AI images of women and children.

Jan 14 • 10:44 UTC
🇪🇸 elDiario.es
Crime & Justice

Students from the town of Haro spread AI-generated sexual images of underage classmates

Students from IES Manuel Bartolomé Cossío in Haro have altered AI images of more than ten female classmates aged 14 to 16, creating sexual content that has been shared in WhatsApp groups.

Jan 14 • 10:03 UTC
🇸🇰 Denník N
Crime & Justice

Musk's Grok floods X with sexual deepfakes of women and children, angering governments of several countries and the EU

Elon Musk's social network X faces backlash as thousands of controversial deepfake images of women and children flood the platform, raising internet safety concerns.

Jan 13 • 16:15 UTC

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