Massachusetts Survivors Say Ride Share Drivers Are Exploiting a Gap in State Law
Boston prosecutors say a flaw in Massachusetts law is stopping ride share rape cases from reaching court, and survivors are urging lawmakers to fix it.
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Boston prosecutors say a flaw in Massachusetts law is stopping ride share rape cases from reaching court, and survivors are urging lawmakers to fix it.
A Colorado woman says a friendly Lyft ride home turned into something far more alarming, and now her lawsuit claims the company ignored years of warnings about driver assaults.
Roblox is launching facial age verification as new lawsuits intensify and families question whether the platform can truly protect children from online predators.
A new $2.6 million lawsuit claims Oregon DHS placed a vulnerable boy in a Douglas County foster home where children were repeatedly abused, adding to years of similar cases.
Uber and Lyft’s women-only ride options spark new gender discrimination lawsuits while the rideshare companies are navigating sexual assault cases and employment classification suits from drivers.
Oregon’s Justice Department is under scrutiny for suing parents of abused or deceased children to deflect blame from the state’s child welfare agency.
Federal investigators allege that Baltimore, MD resident Erik Lee Madison used Roblox and Discord to coerce minors into sexual and self-harming acts tied to an online extremist group.
Former Congressman Francisco “Quico” Canseco warns that proposed federal legislation could make it harder for survivors of childhood sexual abuse to seek justice.
Authorities have arrested a California man accused of using Roblox to solicit a Florida child, moving their conversations to Discord before being discovered by the victim’s parent. The case highlights growing legal scrutiny over the gaming platform’s safety failures.
A federal lawsuit accuses Snohomish County of allowing staff at the Denney Juvenile Justice Center in Everett to abuse children in custody during the 1990s and early 2000s. Eight survivors say county employees ignored complaints, failed to follow federal safety standards, and enabled a culture of neglect that left minors vulnerable to exploitation.