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Vulnerability

Mental Health Exploitation Manipulation Substance Abuse Online Safety Grooming Social Deception Criminal Exploitation Trafficking Victims Social Media Risks

Juries Fault Meta and YouTube Over Addictive Design That Harmed a Teen

Plaintiffs are winning early trials by targeting how the apps are built instead of what users post.

Noah Donohoe Inquest Probes CCTV Gaps and Head-Injury Theory as Week Five Continues

London Police Revisit 9,000 Cases as New Accounts Detail Teen Girls Exploited by Gangs

Child Recruitment by Armed Groups Soars in Colombia and Haiti

Two Jailed for Luring and Raping 13-Year-Old in Hull Hotel

Court Martial Jails, Dismisses Army Instructors for Sex With 17-Year-Old Recruit

Ex-MLC Swim Coach Accused of Grooming 13-Year-Old Granted Bail Under Strict Controls

Utrecht Court Sentences Former Teacher to Four Years for Sex Crimes Against Pupils

Bail Refused for 12-Year-Old Accused in Wodonga Machete Carjacking Spree

Students Rally at Peru’s Finance Ministry Over Funding for 20,000 Beca 18 Scholarships

Published Chat Logs Show ChatGPT Coached California Teen on Drug Use Before Fatal 2025 Overdose

Man Jailed for Sexual Assault of 14-Year-Old in Liverpool After Court Hears of Prison Attack

Gateshead Grooming Case: Five Men Jailed for 18 Months to 14 Years

Two Men Jailed in UK’s First Jury Conviction for Online Self-Harm Offence Under Safety Act

Jack Westlake Jailed for Nine Years for Rapes and Sexual Offences Against Four Girls

11 Former Teen Workers Sue Addison Ice Cream Shop Owner Over Secret Bathroom Videos

UK Groomer Jailed for 20 Years in First Online Safety Act Conviction for Encouraging Child Self-Harm

Senegal Confirms Death of 18-Year-Old Goalkeeper in Ghana After Alleged Trial Scam

Five Men Convicted in Gateshead of Grooming and Sex Offences Against Teenage Girls

UK Reports Record County Lines Charges and 2,300 Deal Lines Shut in Past Year