São Paulo Police Remove Over 90 Accounts That Shared Child Assault Video

Overview

• Police, which disclosed Thursday that they removed more than 90 profiles, said platforms took down the posts after a request from the state’s digital analysis unit.
• The unit, called NOAD, asked the U.S.-based National Center for Missing & Exploited Children to help take down the clips and preserve account data for investigators.
• Alessandro Martins dos Santos, 21, was arrested in Bahia, moved to São Paulo, confessed, and was indicted on charges that include child rape, corruption of minors, and sharing child sexual abuse material.
• Four adolescents, ages 14 to 16, were apprehended after confessing and are being sent to Fundação Casa, the state’s juvenile custody system.
• A mother of one victim said it took 13 days to secure a therapy appointment, while the city said it put emergency protections in place and is following the families through social and health services.