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A Crown attorney says British Columbia teenager Amanda Todd was lured, harassed and extorted with online messages demanding she perform sexual “shows,” or videos of her would be sent to her family and classmates. In closing arguments at the B.C. Supreme Court trial of Dutchman Aydin Coban, Kristen LeNoble told …
Read More »Federal government, AFN reach $20B final settlement on First Nations child welfare agreement
Money to compensate young people harmed by Canada’s discriminatory child welfare system is expected to begin flowing to First Nations sometime next year, now that the federal government and the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) have reached a final settlement agreement. Ottawa, the AFN and plaintiffs in two class-action cases reached an agreement-in-principle …
Read More »St. John’s mother whose child died not satisfied with sanctions for doctor who admitted to errors
Crystal Whalen holds her daughter, Karlee, on Jan. 19, 2019, at the Health Sciences Centre in St. John’s. (Crystal Whalen/Facebook) The mother of a child who died in 2019 is angry about the sanctions her obstetrician received after acknowledging errors she made during the delivery. Crystal Whalen said the sanctions for …
Read More »RCMP took law ‘into their own hands’ by entering N.L. home and questioning child, lawyers say
A pair of criminal lawyers say that RCMP officers overstepped their bounds when they entered a Mount Moriah, N.L. home early Sunday morning and the police should provide a clear explanation as to what happened. Michael Spratt, a criminal defence lawyer in Ottawa, says the police can only legally enter …
Read More »Family shocked by daycare’s call to child protection without warning, question if discrimination at play
In the fall of 2021, Nathaniel Lowbeer-Lewis and Racquel Smith’s son was going to a community daycare near their home in Montreal’s Plateau neighbourhood. He seemed to be integrating well and Smith said the staff’s feedback about him was positive. So it came as a surprise when the centre called …
Read More »Apple Removes All References To Controversial CSAM Scanning Feature From Its Child Safety Webpage
New Delhi: Apple has pulled all the references to its controversial child sexual abuse material (CSAM) detection feature, originally announced in August, from its webpage. The CSAM detection that saw a delay in launch following backlash from privacy advocates, is now removed. It should be noted that the Cupertino, California-based …
Read More »Videos | NICHD – Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
NICHD offers videos and animations to explain scientific advances and public health issues related to its research. For additional videos, check out NICHD’s YouTube Channel . Amamante a su bebé para reducir el riesgo del síndrome de muerte súbita del bebé (Completo/1:33) (06/19/2020) Audiodescripciones Únase a PregSource: convierta la experiencia del embarazo …
Read More »After criticism, Apple plans to delay child safety updates | Technology News
Apple said on Friday it would take more time to collect feedback and improve proposed child safety features after the criticism of the system on privacy and other grounds both inside and outside the company. Apple`s promise last month to check US customer phones and computers for child sex abuse …
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