PINE BELT, Miss. (WDAM) - A new state law will go into effect soon, making grooming of a child a criminal offense. Lawmakers say this legislation is a proactive measure to protect children before an ...

More than one in four children are being groomed online, new research shows, in what experts are calling a “worldwide health ...

Children face growing risks of grooming, manipulation and sextortion in online spaces as predators use coercion tactics and emerging tools like generative AI. In 2024, the National Center for Missing ...

Hong Kong authorities recorded 40 online sexual grooming cases targeting minors in the first four months of this year, the ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) — Grooming children for sexual abuse is now illegal in Ohio, following the passage of House Bill 322 by the Ohio Senate on Wednesday. This legislative move comes three years after ...

Three-year statutory investigation will look into how gangs operated as well as alleged cover-ups by institutions such as the ...

For the past five years online, conservatives have repeatedly said that LGBTQ+ people are groomers and pedophiles. But now that thousands of documents related to notorious child sex trafficker Jeffrey ...

Zachery Allan Maltman received two consecutive life terms plus 19 years for aggravated sexual battery and child molestation. The victim's bravery in revealing the abuse was crucial in ensuring Maltman ...

It is well-known that Disney has been dragged into the debate over Florida sex education, and that their movies are being condemned as grooming, with bizarre arguments that teaching children about ...

There has been debate in the media recently as to the definition of grooming. In the research literature, sexual grooming has been defined as the deceptive process by which a would-be abuser, prior to ...