News with the tag "child exploitation"

The Chat Control law is aimed at combating child exploitation material, but Meredith Whittaker said it’s just the latest proposed tactic to undermine encryption.

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has released an analysis that reports an alleged increase in the use of cryptocurrency in human trafficking cases. According to FinCEN, reports of cryptocurrency linked to these purposes grew from 336 in 2020 to 1,975 in 2021, an increase of almost 5...

The US Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) said it has seen a rise in the number of Bitcoin transactions used in connection with human trafficking and online child exploitation The post FinCEN Sees Rise in Bitcoin Connection With Human Trafficking, Child Exploitation Cases appea...

In an endeavor to combat the disturbing misuse of artificial intelligence (A.I.) in cases related to child exploitation, South Dakota’s Attorney General, Marty Jackley, is leading a collective initiative. Alongside 53 fellow attorneys general from various states across the U.S., he has formally anno...

California Attorney General Rob Bonta has taken a leading role in a collective effort involving 54 states and territories to combat the alarming surge in child exploitation facilitated by artificial intelligence (AI). Together, they have called upon Congressional leaders to establish an expert commi...