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The payment companies said they would investigate financial links after The New York Times reported that videos on Pornhub depict child abuse.

Regulators argue that while abuse imagery on the internet is abhorrent, unchecked scanning for it by tech companies could violate privacy rights. A showdown looms.

New legislation would try to curb the illegal imagery with record levels of funding for law enforcement. The bill, coming in response to a Times investigation, also calls for a new oversight position in the White House.

New legislation would take the extraordinary step of removing legal protections for tech companies that fail to police the illegal content.

In a first, videos outnumbered photos in reports to the authorities last year. Facebook found the most imagery, the bulk of it on its Messenger app.

Nearly four dozen nonprofits around the world are dedicated to removing photos and videos of child sexual abuse from the internet. It’s a daunting task.

A change in a law to hold tech platforms accountable had almost universal support in Congress last year. Now, some are revisiting their decision.

The legislation, responding to an investigation in The New York Times, would make tech companies more responsible for retaining data about abuse.

Don’t count on tech companies to keep online games and chat apps safe for children, experts warn. It’s all about “parental empowerment” and imposing limits.

In its first safety report, the ride-hailing company detailed sexual assaults, murders and fatal crashes through its platform.

Dozens of women have joined lawsuits against the ride-sharing company, saying it has not done enough to prevent assaults by drivers.

A mysterious man told us he had surveillance footage from Jeffrey Epstein’s properties. Then his story took a turn.

Tech companies are deploying artificial intelligence to detect new photos and videos. But such efforts may run afoul of the law.

Two sisters talk candidly about their lives after being sexually abused as children. It has been 10 years, but online photos and videos continue to haunt them.

Privacy experts say it could set a precedent, opening up all consumer DNA sites to law enforcement agencies across the country.

The debate over privacy in the digital age increasingly pits tech companies against law enforcement agencies as explicit imagery explodes.