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In Other News

• Spain raises age of consent from 13 to 16

Changes agreed in principle in 2009 and expected to come into force this month also raise marriageable age from 14 to 16. (Stephen Burgen, Star Tribune , US)

• Minnesota sex offender program is ruled unconstitutional

State leaders now must craft an overhaul of the “punitive,” unconstitutional system. (Chris Serres, Star Tribune , US)

• Parents Charged with 'Neglect' After 11-Year-Old Plays in Yard for 90 Minutes

Two Florida parents were hit with felony neglect charges after their 11-year-old son was reportedly playing alone in the backyard for an hour and a half. (Fox News insider)

• NSPCC accused of risking its reputation and 'whipping up moral panic' with study into porn addiction among children

Campaigners say the charity's 'flimsy research', which found that a tenth of 12 to 13-year-olds fear addiction to pornography, could have 'very dangerous' results. (Adam Withnall, The Independent, UK)

• Joliet teens charged with child pornography after group sex video posted to Twitter

Four Joliet teenagers 14, 15 and 16 - and one female, 15 were charged with child pornography after a group sex video was posted to Twitter and could be detained until they are 21-years-old. (WLS-TV, Chicago, US)

• Stop the sex-offender registry panic: “A lot of those dots on the map would never hurt your kids”

Lenore Skenazy of the "free-range kids" movement is bent on defending those unfairly labeled as threats to children. (Tracy Clark-Flory - Salon, US)

• Victims’ fury as BBC refuses to axe show by paedophile supporter which calls for age of consent to be lowered

“The documentary is presented by Ian Dunn, one of the founders of the Paedophile Information Exchange (PIE), which campaigned to legalise sex with children.” (Marc Horne and Martin Beckford - The Daily Mail, UK)

• Va. woman found guilty of harassing convicted sex offender

A Warren County Circuit Court jury convicted 61-year-old Delores Ann Harris on a charge of misusing information from Virginia's sex offender registry on Friday. (Associated Press. Richmond Times- Dispatch, US)

• Gary Glitter trial: Singer guilty of historical sex abuse

Gary Glitter has been found guilty of historical sex abuse against three young girls between 1975 and 1980. (BBC News, UK)

• Parents under investigation for allowing their kids to go outside

Parents under investigation for allowing their kids to walk home from the park and the Draconian measures taken by child protection. (Mark Frauenfelder - BOING BOING, US)

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