Child sexual exploitation articles
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Mercer County man sentenced in child sexual exploitation case
A Mercer County man was sentenced in federal court Tuesday after pleading guilty in December to distribution of material depicting the sexual exploitation of minors.
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Mercedes man sentenced for aggravated sexual assault of a child
MERCEDES, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A man was sentenced to 35 years in prison for aggravated sexual assault of a child. Miles Pena, 36, was sentenced to 35 years after he pleaded guilty to one count of Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child and one count of Assault against a Family Member, a news release from []
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AI could further complicate this crucial tipline for online child exploitation. Here's why
A tipline set up 26 years ago to combat online child exploitation has not lived up to its potential and needs technological and other improvements to help law enforcement go after abusers and rescue victims, a new report from the Stanford Internet Observatory has found. The fixes to what the researchers describe as an “enormously valuable” service must also come urgently as new artificial intelligence technology threatens to worsen its problems. “Almost certainly in the years to come, the...