Source: newrepublic.com 12/3/25 Shocking new revelations about Instagram in a lawsuit against social media companies should pave the way for an ambitious prosecutor to file criminal charges. Should Mark Zuckerberg be handcuffed—literally—for the threat his products pose to millions of children? That’s the inescapable question raised by a legal brief filed last month in a civil case against major social media companies. The litigation, which alleges that social media platforms have been purposefully cultivating addiction among adolescents, has been working its way through the courts since 2022. But the details laid…
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CA: Family of 8-year-old girl sues LA school alleging sexual assault by older girl students
Source: msn.com 12/3/25 The family of an 8-year-old girl is suing a school in Chatsworth, alleging their daughter was sexually assaulted by older students as part of a so-called “Kissing Club” and the school failed to do enough to stop it, or report it, once they found out. According to the family, their daughter, who was 7 years old at the time of the incident, was sexually assaulted in the bathrooms of Sierra Canyon School, a private school serving students from Pre-Kindergarten through 12th Grade, during school hours. The lawsuit…
Read MoreCA: Redding council calls for stricter rules on parolee housing at motels
Source: redding.com 12/3/25 Two primary organizations are housing parolees, including sex offenders and arsonists, in Redding motels. A report found no concentration of parolees from outside the area being housed in the city. Some motels are being used for transitional housing without the proper legal classification or permits. Redding City Council has directed officials to enforce zoning laws and draft new rules for non-profits. At the Dec. 2 Redding City Council meeting, the City Manager’s Office gave a report on the housing of parolees — including registered arsonists and sex…
Read MoreDOJ Says Violent Stalker Used ChatGPT to Encourage Him to Find the ‘Wife Type’
Source: 404media.co 12/3/25 [ACSOL is posting this as a warning] A newly filed indictment claims a wannabe influencer used ChatGPT as his “therapist” and “best friend” in his pursuit of the “wife type,” while harassing women so aggressively they had to miss work and relocate from their homes. A Pittsburgh man who allegedly made 11 women’s lives hell across more than five states used ChatGPT as his “therapist” and “best friend” that encouraged him to continue running his misogynistic and threat-filled podcast despite the “haters,” and to visit more gyms…
Read MoreAustralia: Brave ACT shows restorative justice for sex offenders can work
Source: johnmenadue.com 12/3/25 A major Australian Institute of Criminology evaluation shows restorative justice in the ACT has improved victim wellbeing and significantly reduced reoffending in domestic and sexual violence cases. The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) was a global leader in extending restorative justice into the fraught area of domestic and sexual violence – and it has resoundingly worked. A comprehensive Australian Institute of Criminology research report has found victims felt better supported, perpetrators learned that victims are not to blame and – most importantly – the frequency of re-offending has…
Read MoreDrawing the Line Watchlist Launch Webinar (Dec 10)
Source: Center for Online Safety and Liberty The Drawing the Line Watchlist exposes a disturbing global trend: as prosecutions for victimless “virtual” offences rise, real child abuse cases are being left behind. In the United Kingdom, newly released data show that prosecutions for real child sexual abuse images have fallen by more than half since 2017, even as cases involving purely fictional or AI-generated material have surged to nearly 40% of all image offences. Join panelists Emma Shapiro (Independent Expert on online art censorship; editor-at-large Don’t Delete Art), Ashley Remminga…
Read MoreLawmakers To Consider 19 Bills for Childproofing the Internet
Source: reason.com 12/1/25 KOSA is back, along with more than a dozen other bills that will erode free speech and privacy in the name of protecting kids. Can you judge the heat of a moral panic by the number of bills purporting to solve it? At the height of human trafficking hysteria in the 2010s, every week seemed to bring some new measure meant to help the government tackle the problem (or at least get good press for the bill’s sponsor). Now lawmakers have moved on from sex trafficking to social…
Read MoreCA: For Incarcerated Students in California, Education Is a Collective Endeavor
Source: truthout.org 12/1/25 Often denied access to the books and materials they need, incarcerated students rely on mutual aid to succeed. Kenneth Butler, an inside-outside prison education training coach who grew up in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, spent 15 years incarcerated prior to his release from prison in June 2021. He’s since implemented reentry programs and conducted recidivism research in Uganda while on a Fulbright Fellowship, and he has served as a mentor to formerly incarcerated youth and young adults in Southern California. Before all that, Butler was…
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