Artificial intelligence “nudification” apps that create deepfake sexual images of children should be immediately banned, amid growing fears among teenage girls that they could fall
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Meta faces Ghana lawsuits over impact of extreme content on moderators
Meta is facing a second set of lawsuits in Africa over the psychological distress experienced by content moderators employed to take down disturbing social media
Ofcom announces new rules for tech firms to keep children safe online
Social media and other internet platforms will be legally required to block children’s access to harmful content from July or face large fines, Ofcom has
AI images of child sexual abuse getting ‘significantly more realistic’, says watchdog
Images of child sexual abuse created by artificial intelligence are becoming “significantly more realistic”, according to an online safety watchdog. The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF)
‘I did things I cringe at’: Alex Warren, rough-sleeper, viral prankster and now No 1 pop sensation
At 18, Alex Warren was homeless, sneaking into the gym of a gated community in his home town of Carlsbad, California, to shower for job
UK set to ramp up weapons production to reduce reliance on US and French imports
Britain is set to significantly increase its weapons production in order to no longer rely on importing from the US and France. This comes as
‘Nobody has done this before’: Britain’s beloved steam trains trial pioneering technology
About 500 steam trains run across the UK each year, from Penzance in the south to Inverness in the north, transporting tens of thousands of
China pits humanoid robots against humans in half-marathon for first time
Twenty-one humanoid robots joined thousands of runners at the Yizhuang half-marathon in Beijing on Saturday, the first time these machines have raced alongside humans over
Dramatic rise in fake political content on social media as Canada prepares to vote
More than a quarter of Canadians have been exposed to fake political content on social media that is “more sophisticated and more politically polarizing” as
‘One minute it’s “would you like to listen to Galaxie 500?”, the next humanity’s enslaved’: can anyone escape Spotify?
Laura Snapes, deputy music editor I was set the task of not listening to Spotify for a week, but Alexis, your task was much worse: