Top Social Media Including Instagram, Google Face Growing Child Abuse Report Numbers: US Child Safety Agency Sounds Alarm

Reports of online child abuse surged at the leading tech and social media firms over the last year, including Meta Platforms Inc’s (NASDAQ: META) Instagram and Alphabet Inc’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) Google. TikTok, Amazon.com Inc’s (NASDAQ: AMZN) Twitch, Reddit Inc, and the chat apps Omegle and Discord Inc also saw increases, Bloomberg cites a Tuesday U.S. child safety agency report. The agency received over 32 million reports involving online enticement, child sexual abuse material, and Read More...

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Bolsonaro home searched as Brazil probes fake vaccine cards

Brazil’s Federal Police searched former President Jair Bolsonaro’s home and seized his phone Wednesday in what they said was an investigation into alleged falsification of COVID-19 vaccine cards. A federal police official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the person wasn’t authorized to speak publicly, said that Bolsonaro will be deposed at Federal Police headquarters and confirmed that one of his closest allies, Mauro Cid, was arrested. Asked about the search of Bolsonaro’s home, the Federal Police’s press office provided a statement saying officers were carrying out 16 searches and six arrests in Rio de Janeiro related to the introduction of fraudulent data related to the COVID-19 vaccine into the nation’s health system.