An investigation finds 70+ content-farm YouTube channels using AI to produce cartoon content featuring gore and child abuse, featuring characters like minions
A WIRED investigation found that dozens of YouTube channels are using generative AI to depict cartoon cats and minions being beaten … Bluesky: @manishakrishnan . Forums: r/technews Bluesky: Manisha Kr...
Apple says Al Gore and James Bell will retire from its board this year, and Wanda Austin, ex-president and CEO of The Aerospace Corporation, will join the board
Dr. Wanda Austin joins as Al Gore departs Vish Gain / Silicon Republic : STEM advocate Wanda Austin to join Apple board Mark Gurman / Fortune : Apple undergoes its biggest board shakeup in years as 2 ...
Tests show Threads' new search function blocks words like “sex”, “gore”, and “vaccines”; Meta admits “covid” is a blocked term but declines to disclose others
https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Bluesky: Jessica Harvey / @jessiscah23.bsky.social : never seen a social media platform try so hard not to be fun [embedded post] @chathamharrison.bsky.social : Fro...
Researchers: Virgin Media's exposed marketing database included 1,100+ records of customer requests to block or unblock websites with porn and extreme “gore”
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Researchers: Virgin Media's exposed marketing database included 1,100+ records of customer requests to block or unblock websites with porn and extreme “gore”
Records linking contact details to gambling and pornography sites may have been accessed
Transcribers for Rev say they are exposed to troubling material, including violent police recordings and descriptions of child abuse, often with no warning
all without warning. (via @ozm) http://read.medium.com/CYCFJxl Dieter Bohn / @backlon : Important story from @danideahl Anytime there is an open text box or upload button on a big platform, you should...
Instagram “tag cleaners” have flooded a murdered user's tagged photos with pleasant images to combat trolls and drown out tagged images of gore
basically benevolent spammers — who have been keeping watch over Bianca Devins' account after photos of her murder spread online https://www.theverge.com/... Kevin Roose / @kevinroose : Most of us hav...
Instagram “tag cleaners” have flooded a murdered user's tagged photos with pleasant images to combat trolls and drown out tagged images of gore
Over the last few days, a teenager named Taylor has spent more than a dozen hours uploading north of 900 photos to Instagram. Tweets: @megan_nicolett , @megan_nicolett , and @kevinroose Tweets: Megan ...
Investigation finds games approved for kids on the Play Store with shooting and gore; Google removed 16 games after press inquiry
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Reddit bans r/watchpeopledie and r/gore after users shared links to videos of the Christchurch shooting to the subreddits
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