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  • Kido nursery hackers threaten to publish more children’s profiles

    Criminals calling themselves Radiant say they will post additional private data online unless they are paid Hackers with pictures and the private information of thousands of nursery children have threatened to publish more material online unless they are paid. Criminals calling themselves Radiant hacked the UK-based Kido nursery chain and posted profiles of 10 children…

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  • Instagram still poses risk to children despite new safety tools, says Meta whistleblower

    Meta rejects review findings, which claim two-thirds of new features designed to protect young people are ‘woefully ineffective’ Children and teenagers are still at risk from online harm on Instagram despite the rollout of “woefully ineffective” safety tools, according to research led by a Meta whistleblower. Two-thirds (64%) of new safety tools on Instagram were…

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  • Chatbot site depicting child sexual abuse images raises fears over misuse of AI

    Child safety watchdog calls for child protection guidelines to be built into AI models from the outset A chatbot site offering explicit scenarios with preteen characters, illustrated by illegal abuse images has raised fresh fears about the misuse of artificial intelligence. A report by a child safety watchdog has triggered calls for the UK government…

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  • Parents outraged as Meta uses photos of schoolgirls in ads targeting man

    Exclusive: Instagram pictures of girls as young as 13 were posted to promote Threads site ‘as bait’, campaigner says Meta has used back-to-school pictures of schoolgirls to advertise one of its social media platforms to a 37-year-old man, in a move parents described as “outrageous” and “upsetting”. The man noticed that posts encouraging him to…

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  • Snapchat allows drug dealers to operate openly on platform, finds Danish study

    Social media platform accused of failing to filter out obvious usernames such as ‘coke’, ‘weed’ and ‘molly’ Snapchat has been accused by a Danish research organisation of leaving an “overwhelming number” of drug dealers to openly operate on Snapchat, making it easy for children to buy substances including cocaine, opioids and MDMA. The social media…

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  • Parents could get alerts if children show acute distress while using ChatGPT

    OpenAI to roll out new protection measures after facing a law suit on behalf of teenager who took his own life Parents could be alerted if their teenagers show acute distress while talking with ChatGPT, amid child safety concerns as more young people turn to AI chatbots for support and advice. The alerts are part…

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  • Teen killed himself after ‘months of encouragement from ChatGPT’, lawsuit claims

    Open AI to change way it responds to users in mental distress as parents of Adam Raine allege bot not safe The makers of ChatGPT are changing the way it responds to users who show mental and emotional distress after legal action from the family of 16-year-old Adam Raine, who killed himself after months of…

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  • Hundreds of TikTok UK moderator jobs at risk despite new online safety rules

    Cuts in trust and safety team part of switch towards artificial intelligence by social media app firm TikTok has put hundreds of UK content moderators’ jobs at risk, even as tighter rules come into effect to stop the spread of harmful material online. The viral video app said several hundred jobs in its trust and…

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  • Australian livestreaming platform Kick broadcast a man’s death – could it face repercussions from regulators?

    Twitch rival says it does not permit violent content after French man died during live stream, but eSafety commissioner says platforms need to better enforce their own guidelines The death of a man in France that was livestreamed on online platform Kick has sparked a police investigation and calls for regulators to examine what happened…

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  • Social media still pushing suicide-related content to teens despite new UK safety laws

    Researchers who set up dummy accounts as 15-year-old girl were bombarded with self-harm and depression posts Social media platforms are still pushing depression, suicide and self-harm-related content to teenagers, despite new online safety laws intended to protect children. The Molly Rose Foundation opened dummy accounts posing as a 15-year-old girl, and then engaged with suicide,…

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