Sky News reported on the evening of Sunday 28th October that a relative of Jimmy Savile has disclosed and claimed some family members might have known but also turned a blind eye due to the presenter and DJ’s fame. That story is here.
In Parliament on Wednesday 12th September, Conservative politician Sir Paul Beresford Introduced a 10 Minute Rule Bill proposing the change to an existing law, the Coroners and Justice Act 2009. The politician wants the current illegal status of under 16s engaging in sexual activity to extend to written accounts of child abuse. The admendment passed…
Shut Your Facebook is a new documentary series regarding how to repair your online social media profile when looking for work or staying in your job, or just generally wanting to keep your private life out of the public view, which is an important consideration for survivors. It will be available at Channel 4’s catchup…
It’s not directly about child abuse at all, and many of this blog’s trolling problems went away after the network was shut down in its previous form. However, Gawker published an interesting feature on one particular internet troll at the end of last week. See for yourself at their site here.
As I read items from my newsreader this weekend, I saw a reference to streaming service Zeam partnering with the Mental Health Television Network. This got my attention because I had no idea that MHTN existed until this weekend, and I feel like I should have.
It is a full-blown network. You can watch it yourself from their website.
https://mhtn.org/
Previously, News International, publisher of the Sun and News of the World and owners of the Fox movie and TV studio and satellite broadcaster Sky TV, were only proven to have hacked celebrity and political mobile phones for gossip, with token settlements reached. Within the past day The BBC is one of many news agencies…
That’s our blind spot. We’re so busy looking for creepy, anti-social, stereotypes that we miss the charming abusers right in our midst, and we miss all the signs and hints that our kids might be dropping because we just didn’t stop to consider that adult to be dangerous. We just assumed they were safe, and our kids would somehow know better anyway.
Clearly, that strategy isn’t working.
