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  • Digital blackface flourishes under Trump and AI: ‘The state is bending reality’

    From TikTok deepfakes to smears put out by the White House, fake videos modeled on Black archetypes are running rampant – putting Black users at risk Late last year, as a US government shutdown cut off the Snap benefits that low-income families rely on for groceries, videos on social media cast the fallout in frantic…

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  • Tech firms must remove ‘revenge porn’ in 48 hours or risk being blocked, says Starmer

    PM says measure, also applied to deepfake nudes, is needed owing to a ‘national emergency’ of online misogyny Deepfake nudes and “revenge porn” must be removed from the internet within 48 hours or technology firms risk being blocked in the UK, Keir Starmer has said, calling it a “national emergency” that the government must confront.…

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  • TV set is most popular way to watch YouTube in UK, study finds

    Television outranks laptops, tablets and smartphones across all age groups, according to audience review The television has replaced laptops, tablets and smartphones as the most common device for UK viewers to watch YouTube at home, according to data confirming the platform’s place as a living room mainstay. More than half of all YouTube viewing through…

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  • TikTok could be forced to change app’s ‘addictive design’ by European Commission

    Preliminary EU ruling says app shifts brains of users into ‘autopilot mode’, with concerns for children and vulnerable adults Business live – latest updates TikTok could be forced into changes to make the app less addictive to users after the EU indicated the platform had breached the bloc’s digital safety rules. The EU’s executive arm…

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  • French headquarters of Elon Musk’s X raided by Paris cybercrime unit

    Prosecutors’ announcement comes amid a hardening of European attitudes to social media firms Prosecutors have raided the French headquarters of Elon Musk’s social media platform X and summoned the tech billionaire and the company’s former chief executive for questioning as part of an investigation into alleged cybercrime. “A search is under way by the cybercrime…

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  • Elon Musk merges SpaceX with xAI at $1.25tn valuation

    Aerospace business and artificial intelligence firm to unite for IPO as world’s most valuable private company Business live – latest updates Elon Musk’s aerospace company SpaceX has acquired his artificial intelligence business xAI, in a $1.25tn (£910bn) merger that consolidates part of Musk’s empire as SpaceX prepares to go public later this year. The two…

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  • AI-generated news should carry ‘nutrition’ labels, thinktank says

    The Institute for Public Policy Research also argues that tech companies must pay publishers for content they use AI-generated news should carry “nutrition” labels and tech companies must pay publishers for the content they use, according to a left-of-centre thinktank, amid rising use of the technology as a source for current affairs. The Institute for…

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  • Millions creating deepfake nudes on Telegram as AI tools drive global wave of digital abuse

    Analysis finds at least 150 channels on messaging app that are distributing AI-generated images and video Millions of people around the world are creating and sharing deepfake nudes on the secure messaging app Telegram, a Guardian analysis has shown, as the spread of advanced AI tools industrialises the online abuse of women. The Guardian has…

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  • Coinbase adverts banned in UK for suggesting crypto could ease cost of living crisis

    Advertising Standards Authority says firm advised by George Osborne ‘trivialised risks of cryptocurrency’ A cryptocurrency company advised by George Osborne has been banned from showing a set of adverts that suggested using its services could be a solution to the cost of living crisis. Coinbase, which appointed the former Conservative chancellor to chair its global…

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  • Life after Molly: Ian Russell on big tech, his daughter’s death – and why a social media ban won’t work

    Molly Russell was just 14 when she took her own life in 2017, and an inquest later found negative online content was a significant factor. With many people now pushing for teenagers to be kept off tech platforms, her father explains why he backs a different approach Ian Russell describes his life as being split…

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