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• Nirvana sued by baby on ‘Nevermind’ cover for child porn, exploitation

The baby on the cover of Nirvana’s “Nevermind,” now 30 years old, is suing the band for child pornography, among several other claims.
( Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News , US, August 24, 2021)

• Predictive policing strategies for children face pushback

“They basically built this system as a justification to chase the bad kids out of town," said one expert.
(Olivia Solon and Cyrus Farivar, NBC News, US, June 6, 2021)

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• DOJ Now Investigating Florida Sheriff's Office For Using A Federal Grant To Fund Its 'Predictive Policing' Harassment Programs

The Pasco County (FL) Sheriff's Office believes in "intelligence-led policing." This is its formal slang for harassing residents until (in the office's own words) "they sue or move."
(Tim Cushing, TechDirt, US, September 21, 2021 )

• UK nursery school calls police on 4yo boy over smartwatch in classroom, deeming it ‘a recording device

The head teacher at a nursery school in Essex called the police over a four-year-old boy wearing a smartwatch, confiscating the device over safety concerns because it could take pictures and record video.
(RT, UK, May 31, 2021)

• ‘AGT’ kid magicians The Rocketts strip searched before jail time, neighbor says

Two kid magicians arrested by cops in Louisiana for refusing to return to their mother as part of a bitter custody battle were strip searched before being placed alone in separate jail cells for two nights, their friend and neighbor told The Post.
( Dana Kennedy, New York Post, US, November 28, 2020)