Once again, horrifying news reports of Web-assisted sex abuse have raised questions about how to keep kids safe from online predators. Reports surfaced last week that three teens had been sexually ...

A mobile app that helps flirty users connect with others nearby has shut down service for minors after a third teen was allegedly raped by an adult predator using it. Skout, a San Francisco-based ...

SAN FRANCISCO — It’s every parent’s worst nightmare: Three adults pretending to be teenagers contacted kids on the mobile social networking app Skout and sexually assaulted them in three separate ...

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Flirting app Skout has suspended its teen community, following a report of three child-rape allegations stemming from the use of its service. Skout founder and CEO Christian ...

Stranger danger from pedophiles is rare on the Internet, but rare isn’t the same as never. And seemingly safe spaces can turn creepy where kids are involved, even when they take precautions. That’s ...

When you go to download Skout on an iPhone, the tagline is “flirt, friend, chat,” and you’re invited to “join the fastest growing FREE social scene with millions of guys and girls waiting to meet you!

‘In retirement, I’ve focused on tough intellectual problems, and I don’t think there is a tougher one than bringing security to the masses of small businesses, and to do it through MSPs is a ...