Ruth Marcus writes for the Washington Post. In this opinion piece, she questions why the judge in the Palin – Johnson custody case did not seal the proceedings and documents: As a journalist, I’m supposed to be in favor of maximum access to court documents. As a human being — and in particular as a…
Category: Youth & Schools
UK, Germany raise concerns about airport scanners
Alan Travis reports: The rapid introduction of full body scanners at British airports threatens to breach child protection laws which ban the creation of indecent images of children, the Guardian has learned. Privacy campaigners claim the images created by the machines are so graphic they amount to “virtual strip-searching” and have called for safeguards to…
Taking naked pictures of sleeping teen not a crime: Swedish court
A court in Halmstad on the southwest coast of Sweden has dismissed charges against a man who reportedly took a photo of a 17-year-old girl’s genitals while she was sleeping. The court said that the incident was was not a punishable offense. The girl had laid down to sleep on a sofa during a New…
Facebook sex blackmail teen facing 50 years
From the Associated Press: A Wisconsin teenager who blackmailed dozens of fellow high school students into sex acts by using photos and videos obtained in a Facebook scam is facing up to 50 years in prison after pleading no contest to two felonies. Anthony R Stancl, 19, of New Berlin, had faced 12 charges that…