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US news
fromwww.theguardian.com
7 hours ago

Man accused of falsely confessing to killing Charlie Kirk faces up to 15-year sentence

George Zinn pleaded no contest to obstruction and admitted possessing child sexual abuse material, facing up to 15 years in prison.
#ai-safety
fromEngadget
1 day ago
Artificial intelligence

Amazon discovered a 'high volume' of CSAM in its AI training data but isn't saying where it came from

Artificial intelligence
fromBusiness Insider
4 months ago

Behind Grok's 'sexy' settings, workers review explicit and disturbing content

xAI's Grok is intentionally designed to enable provocative sexual content, resulting in worker exposure and instances of AI-generated child sexual abuse material (CSAM).
UK news
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 months ago

Chatbot site depicting child sexual abuse images raises fears over misuse of AI

A chatbot site offered AI-generated, explicit child sexual-abuse scenarios and images, prompting calls for mandatory child-protection guidelines and faster UK AI regulation.
fromEngadget
1 day ago
Artificial intelligence

Amazon discovered a 'high volume' of CSAM in its AI training data but isn't saying where it came from

fromBoston.com
1 day ago

Everett man sentenced on child porn charges

An Everett man was sentenced Wednesday in federal court in Boston to 15 years in prison for possessing, distributing, and receiving child sexual abuse material, the Massachusetts U.S. Attorney's Office said. Robert Sokolowski, 52, was also sentenced to five years of supervised release following his prison term, according to a statement from the office. Sokolowski committed the offenses seven months after being released from prison, where he had been serving time on a similar charge, officials said.
Law
#digital-services-act
#ai-generated-imagery
fromThe Verge
4 days ago
World news

Payment processors were against CSAM until Grok started making it

Financial institutions are distancing payment services from platforms where AI generates sexualized images of children due to legal, safety, and reputational risks.
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago
UK news

AI chatbot Grok used to create child sexual abuse imagery, watchdog says

Grok generated photo‑realistic sexualized images of girls aged 11–13, producing material that meets legal definitions of child sexual abuse and spreading widely online.
fromwww.dw.com
4 days ago

EU opens probe into Musk's Grok chatbot

A statement on the Commission's website said that the investigation would "assess whether the company [X] properly assessed and mitigated risks associated with the deployment of Grok's functionalities into X in the EU." "This includes risks related to the dissemination of illegal content in the EU, such as manipulated sexually explicit images, including content that may amount to child sexual abuse material," it said, saying that EU citizens had already been exposed "to serious harm" from such risks.
Miscellaneous
World news
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

Grok AI generated about 3m sexualised images this month, research says

Grok AI produced about three million sexualised images, including roughly 23,000 appearing to depict children, enabling mass production of sexual abuse material.
fromIrish Independent
2 weeks ago

X refuses to come before Oireachtas Media Committee over Grok 'nudification' scandal in 'deeply concerning' move

deeply concerning
Miscellaneous
fromwww.mediaite.com
2 weeks ago

Mother of Elon Musk's Child Accuses Him of Allowing Sexually Explicit Images' of Minors: Children Covered in Fluids'

And what he said is deceptive at best because while maybe there weren't actual nude images, it was pretty close to it, and the images that I saw not only of myself, but of I don't even know whose children who were undressing and covered in various fluids, the abuse was so widespread and so horrific, and it's still allowed to happen. They just released restrictions that are based on where it's illegal.
Artificial intelligence
#rj-may
fromLGBTQ Nation
2 weeks ago
US politics

GOP lawmaker said trans people "harm" children. Now he's going to prison for child porn. - LGBTQ Nation

fromLGBTQ Nation
2 weeks ago
US politics

GOP lawmaker said trans people "harm" children. Now he's going to prison for child porn. - LGBTQ Nation

Law
fromTechCrunch
2 weeks ago

A New Jersey lawsuit shows how hard it is to fight deepfake porn | TechCrunch

ClothOff uses AI to create non-consensual sexual images, including child-abuse imagery, while offshore incorporation and platform-avoidance hinder removal and prosecution.
UK news
fromComputerWeekly.com
2 weeks ago

Ofcom begins investigation of explicit image generation on Grok | Computer Weekly

Ofcom opened an investigation under the UK Online Safety Act into X over Grok-generated sexualised and potentially illegal AI images, including possible child sexual abuse.
UK news
fromwww.mercurynews.com
3 weeks ago

Illegal images allegedly made by Musk's Grok, watchdog says

Grok-generated images of sexualized girls aged 11–13 were found on the dark web and classified as clearly illegal by the Internet Watch Foundation.
US news
fromwww.mercurynews.com
3 weeks ago

East Bay man brought laptop full of child pornography to Best Buy's Geek Squad, police say

A Best Buy technician found child sexual images on an 80-year-old customer's laptop, prompting felony charges and a forensic review of 1.6 million files.
#ai-generated-deepfakes
fromTechCrunch
3 weeks ago
Artificial intelligence

French and Malaysian authorities are investigating Grok for generating sexualized deepfakes | TechCrunch

fromTechCrunch
3 weeks ago
Artificial intelligence

French and Malaysian authorities are investigating Grok for generating sexualized deepfakes | TechCrunch

#ai-image-generation
fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 month ago

Bay Area feds charge ex-cop with child porn after explosives and meth arrest

Months after he was arrested for allegedly starting a fire by setting off homemade explosives, an ex-Stockton cop has been charged with possessing child sexual abuse material, court records show. Gregory Klemme, of Petaluma, has been charged in federal court with possession of child pornography, a federal offense that carries up to 20 years behind bars. This new case comes roughly seven months after Klemme was charged in Sonoma County with possessing homemade explosives and methamphetamine in what started as an arson investigation.
US news
fromSun Sentinel
1 month ago

Man leaving cruise ship at Port Everglades arrested on charges of possessing child porn

When Brian Susbielles, 35, disembarked in Fort Lauderdale on Sunday, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers conducted a border search of his iPhone and MacBook and found illicit images and videos of children engaged in sexual acts along with sexual online conversations regarding the pictures and videos, according to a criminal affidavit. Susbielles had been sailing on Holland America Line's Volendam for 30 days, leaving from New York.
Law
LGBT
fromLGBTQ Nation
1 month ago

He wanted to punish pro-trans doctors. Then police found his kiddie porn. - LGBTQ Nation

Alaska physician who pushed to ban gender-affirming care for minors was charged with possessing child sexual abuse material and found dead after a house fire.
US news
fromsfist.com
1 month ago

Day Around the Bay: It Was 70 Degrees In Half Moon Bay Today

Arrests for an unserialized ghost gun and child sexual abuse material; weather oddity in Half Moon Bay; seizure of a Venezuelan tanker; defense bill passed.
#registered-sex-offender
US news
fromESPN.com
2 months ago

Missing HS coach wanted on criminal charges

Virginia high school football coach is wanted on charges of possessing child sexual abuse material and using a computer to solicit a minor.
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

Could Your Kink Be Misunderstood by Law Enforcement?

Since the early days of the internet, with AOL chatrooms and online bulletin boards, there have been unhealthy, dangerous, and predatory individuals who used these electronic environments to act inappropriately towards minors. Children and adolescents have received disturbing sexual comments and solicitations from online creeps. Sometimes, these individuals would attempt to meet up with the children, even sometimes traveling across the country to meet the child in person.
Law
US politics
fromAdvocate.com
4 months ago

Not a drag queen: GOP lawmaker in SC pleads guilty to sharing child sex abuse videos

Former South Carolina representative RJ May pleaded guilty to five federal counts of distributing child sexual abuse material, facing prison terms and required sex-offender registration.
Law
fromAbove the Law
4 months ago

Dylann Roof's Judge Arrested On Child Porn Charges And Denied Bond - Above the Law

Judge James B. Gosnell, a South Carolina judge, was arrested on child sexual abuse material charges and previously faced reprimands for racist courtroom remarks.
US news
fromTheregister
4 months ago

BreachForums founder caged after soft sentence overturned

Conor Brian Fitzpatrick, founder of BreachForums, received a three-year prison sentence after an appeals court ordered resentencing of a previously lenient punishment.
US news
fromThe Mercury News
4 months ago

Vallejo man, paroled in girl's murder, saved child rape videos alongside selfies with 'civic leaders,' feds say

Marvin Mutch was arrested after investigators found videos of children being sexually assaulted and an unregistered pistol at his Vallejo home.
EU data protection
fromTheregister
4 months ago

Brussels faces privacy crossroads over encryption backdoors

Proposed EU measures would force ISPs and messaging providers to scan content or backdoor encryption, creating privacy risks and security vulnerabilities.
#arrest
fromBoston.com
5 months ago
Public health

Salem EMT arrested for allegedly possessing, receiving child porn from over 100 chats, DOJ says

fromBoston.com
5 months ago
Public health

Salem EMT arrested for allegedly possessing, receiving child porn from over 100 chats, DOJ says

US news
fromsfist.com
4 months ago

American Teacher Living In Thailand Arrested at SFO for Child Pornography, Later Tried to Escape Back to Thailand

A U.S. citizen schoolteacher was arrested at SFO for possessing over 100GB of child sexual abuse material and was later re-arrested after obtaining a new passport.
UK news
fromwww.independent.co.uk
4 months ago

Vicar involved in Eunuch maker' extreme body mutilation group jailed

Retired vicar Geoffrey Baulcomb, 79, jailed three years after pleading guilty to causing grievous bodily harm during an extreme body modification and admitting related sexual offences.
US news
fromwww.npr.org
5 months ago

Conductor Julian Wachner charged with possession of child sex abuse material

Julian Wachner, a conductor and composer, was charged in Indiana with 10 counts of possessing child sexual abuse material and one count of cocaine possession.
SF parents
fromwww.mercurynews.com
8 months ago

Pittsburg man sentenced in child sexual abuse material case

Man sentenced to two years for possession of child sexual abuse material.
He must register as a sex offender post-sentencing.
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