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Mother's horror after sick perverts target her six-year-old daughter through online gaming app for young children

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Newspaper | Mirror
Date | 26.1.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | childhood, game, pornography, privacy, threat
Summary | Using a popular mobile gaming app (Roblox), perverts have been sending kids explicit and inappropriate messages. They've been trying to lure kids and ask them for their addresses. Jemma Casey is the mother of 6-year old Morgan, who was sent indecent messages. Other children have also been targeted.
Image Description | Photograph of a mom and her daughter, screenshots of inappropriate messages, and photograph of a mom and her son.
Image Tags | female(s), male(s), text

Apple faces 11 other orders for suspects' electronic data

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Newspaper | USA Today
Date | 24.2.2016
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | law, politics, privacy, threat
Summary | After Apple had refused to cooperate with the FBI in unlocking a terrorist's iPhone for investigation, the FBI are requesting their assistance again in elevn other criminal cases. Apple had refused the initial request in order not to sell out their users' privacy and were supported by other major tech firms.
Image Description | Text document showing the criminal cases in question in a table.
Image Tags | chart, text

In the Apple Case, a Debate Over Data Hits Home

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Newspaper | The New York Times
Date | 13.3.2016
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | Facebook, law, politics, privacy, research/study, smartphone, threat
Summary | Apple's refusal to aide the FBI with breaking into the phone of the San Bernardino attacker has unleashed a political debate among Americans. IT experts as well as lay people report that they have had discussions about the topic with other people, some say they have had fights over Facebook with family members about the issue. Polls show that the American people are hugely divided on the topic: 42% think Apple should cooperate with the FBI while 47% support Apple's stance to protect user privacy.
Image Description | Getty image of a protest crowd showing a man holding up his smartphone with the text: "Don't turn our phones into FBI drones".
Image Tags | female(s), male(s), smartphone, text

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