Apr 17, 2025 | "friends" | Child Predators | common server | Consumer Protection Laws | DCA | Discord | Division of Consumer Affairs | Division of Law | DMs | internet links | Lawsuit | multiyear investigation | NJ Kids | Online Predators | platform structure | Safe Direct Messaging | safety features | sexually explicit content | unchecked unmoderated engagement | unlawful practice | User Settings | Violent sexual content | virtual "community" | Child Protection | Division of Consumer Affairs | Division of Law | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey Consumers
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division of Consumer Affairs announced a lawsuit against messaging application provider Discord, Inc. (“Discord”) for deceptive and unconscionable business practices that misled parents about the efficacy of its safety controls and obscured the risks children faced when using the application.
Feb 28, 2025 | attempting to debauch the morals of a child | attempting to engage in sex with a child who was less than 13 years old | attempting to lure young children | Division of Criminal Justice (DCJ) | human trafficking | Lanoka Harbor | New Jersey State Police | Ocean County man | predatory online behavior | Sexual Activity | The Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force | Child Protection | Division of Criminal Justice | Press Release | Sexual Assault Victims
For Immediate Release: February 28, 2025 Office of the Attorney General- Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney GeneralDivision of Criminal Justice- Theresa L. Hilton, Director For Further Information: Media Inquiries-Matthew ReillyOAGpress@njoag.gov TRENTON – Attorney General...
Jan 30, 2025 | Children | distributing images of child sexual abuse | dubauch the morals of a child | film | homemade content | husband and wife | image and video files | intent to distribute | Law Enforcement Officers | Mercer County Officers | multiple media files | National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) | New Jersey State Police | nude images | photographs | reproduction | sexual acts | Sexual Crimes | sexual offenses against children | Child Protection | Division of Criminal Justice | Press Release | Sexual Assault Victims
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division of Criminal Justice (DCJ) announced that a husband and wife – both law enforcement officers working in different departments within Mercer County – have been charged in connection with their respective roles in creating, producing, and distributing images of child sexual abuse.
Jan 21, 2025 | Birthright citizenship | California | citizenship | City of San Francisco | Colorado | Connecticut | Constitutional Rights | Delaware | Dred Scott | Executive Order | Fourteenth Amendment | Hawaii | Immigrants' Rights | Maine | Maryland | Massachusetts | Michigan | Minnesota | Nevada | New Mexico | New York | North Carolina | President Trump | Rhode Island | Right to Vote | run for office | serve on juries | Social Security numbers | Supreme Court | the District of Columbia | the Immigration and Nationality Act | unlawful action | Vermont | Wisconsin | work lawfully | Addressing Hate, Bias & Discrimination | Bias and Discrimination | Child Protection | DD-ImmigrantRights | Division on Civil Rights | Equity & Inclusion | Immigrants' Rights | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey in Court
As President Trump Issues Order Ending Birthright Citizenship, New Jersey Leads 18 States in Defending Basic Constitutional Rights for All Americans.
Jan 16, 2025 | appealing to children | bright packaging | California | candy | chocolate | civil investigative demands | Coalition | Connecticut | distributing | Division of Consumer Affairs | e-cigarette retailers | e-cigarettes | electronic cigarettes | enforcement tools | flavored vapor products | fruit | Hawaii | Illinois | importing | lawsuits | licensing and consumer protection laws | marketing flavored e-cigarettes | Minnesota | New Jersey | New Jersey joins California | New York | Ohio | rise in tobacco sales | selling | subpoenas | to filing lawsuits | Tobacco | Vermont | warning letters | Washington D.C. | Child Protection | Consumer Protection | Division of Consumer Affairs | Division of Law | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey Consumers
Advancing efforts to protect New Jerseyans from the hazards of electronic cigarettes, Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced that the Division of Consumer Affairs sent letters to nearly 11,000 New Jersey businesses reminding them that selling flavored vapor products is unlawful and directing them to cease any such sales immediately.
