Federal authorities launching child sex exploitation awareness campaign

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is launching a national awareness campaign aimed at educating the public about the threat of child sex exploitation and preventing future crimes from occurring, the Biden administration announced Wednesday. The initiative, called Know 2Protect, is what DHS described as a “first-of-its-kind” campaign that brings together public and private sector … Read more

There Are Dark Corners of the Internet. Then There’s 764

WIRED collaborated with Der Spiegel, Recorder, and The Washington Post on this reporting. Each wrote separate stories that the news organizations agreed to publish in tandem. This story contains descriptions of abuse, self-harm, murder, and suicide. Reader discretion is advised. It sounds like a cheap true-crime conspiracy: An international network of predators steeped in Satanism … Read more