By CBC
Publication Date: 2026-03-06 09:00:00
WARNING: This story discusses child sexual abuse material and contains graphic details of alleged sexual assault
For the last few years, Dr. David Edward-Ooi Poon was providing psychotherapy in Ontario and public-health services in northern Saskatchewan, after rising to prominence in the media during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Then last summer, a tip from Google — one of millions sent every year to a U.S. child-protection organization — kicked off a chain of events that ultimately landed him in pre-trial jail on 43 sex-crime charges, according to allegations in a police court document.
In an unproven affidavit filed in court to obtain a search warrant, Toronto police say the U.S. tech giant flagged 11 images of suspected child sexual abuse material uploaded last August to a Google Drive account in Poon’s name.
Most such tips, child-protection advocates say, draw little to no police action because they either turn out not to involve illicit content or because of limited…