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A WhatsApp group with more than 700 participants, many of them middle school students, was found to be circulating child sexual abuse material, pornographic content, and Nazi imagery. The discovery prompted reports to parents, school authorities, and law enforcement agencies, leading to an investigation into the origin and dissemination of the material. The case highlighted concerns about the scale at which harmful and potentially illegal content can spread through youth messaging networks and the challenges schools face in responding to digital misconduct among students.