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Meta faces legal challenge for addictive featuresMeta, the company that runs Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, has been accused of intentionally producing addictive products for children in a trial which began on Tuesday.
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AI 'nudification' apps depicting sexual assault available on Apple's storeArtificial intelligence apps which allow users to upload photographs to generate nude pictures are freely available to download on Apple’s App Store.
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Meta fined $567m over child safety
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Instagram running ads for child sexual abuse material in IndiaAn investigation by the BBC has found that Meta has been running paid advertisements for child sexual abuse material (CSAM) in India on their Instagram platform.
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MP sues xAI over deepfake bikini pictureJess Asato, the MP for Lowestoft in Suffolk, is suing xAI, the maker of artificial intelligence chatbot Grok, over claims that it was used to create non-consensual fake images of her in…
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Porn leading under-16s to abuseResearch is revealing the real-world impact of violent pornography upon teenagers, according to academics. Dr Ruth Weir of City St George's, University of London, described how extreme pornography had become "normalised online"…
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Ofcom increases scrutiny on YouTube and TikTok over child safetyThe communications regulator, Ofcom, have published a report detailing how social media platforms have responded to their demands in March to strengthen protections for children online. While some apps are bringing in…
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Ofcom strengthens rules on intimate image abuseThe communications regulator, Ofcom, have published a statement adding new measures to their Illegal Content Codes of Practice. They make new recommendations to online platforms to use automated detection technology to reduce…
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70 million people warned about searches for child abuse materialMore than 70 million warnings have been issued to people searching for child sexual abused material (CSAM) online over the past two years. The Lucy Faithfull Foundation has worked with online platforms…
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Schools told to remove photos of pupils online after threat from AI sexual imagesSchools in the UK have been advised by experts to remove photographs of pupils from their websites and social media accounts. This recommendation comes after criminals have used such photos with artificial…
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More than half of Australian children still using social media despite banNew research has found that 61% of Australian children aged 12 to 15 are still using restricted social media apps despite the ban on their use for under-16s.
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