The UK plans to update the Media Act 2024 to bring streaming platforms with 500K+ users under “enhanced” Ofcom regulation, giving it power to investigate them
Streaming platforms in the U.K. are set to come under “enhanced regulation” from media regulator Ofcom …
Sources: OpenAI staff raised concerns about a Canadian mass shooting suspect months ago; OpenAI says her activity didn't meet the bar for reporting to police
Sources: OpenAI staff raised concerns about a Canadian mass shooting suspect months ago; OpenAI says her activity didn't meet the bar for reporting to police
ChatGPT maker opted against informing authorities about Jesse Van Rootselaar's descriptions of violence last June
Sources: the US State Department is building an online portal at freedom.gov that will let users in Europe and elsewhere see content banned by their governments
The U.S. State Department is developing an online portal that will enable people in Europe and elsewhere to see content banned …
Sources and docs: the US “effectively gutted” the Internet Freedom program that dispensed $500M+ since 2016 to help build tech to evade state internet controls
Programme that funds groups building tech to evade oppressive government controls under serious threat
Keir Starmer says “no platform gets a free pass”, as the UK moves to amend safety laws to include AI chatbots like Grok, which made sexualized deepfakes of kids
Keir Starmer to warn tech companies that ‘no platform gets a free pass’ after deepfake scandal involving Grok
Keir Starmer says “no platform gets a free pass”, as the UK moves to amend safety laws to include AI chatbots like Grok, which made sexualized deepfakes of kids
Keir Starmer to warn tech companies that ‘no platform gets a free pass’ after deepfake scandal involving Grok
Discord says it will roll out age verification globally from March to access some content; all accounts will have a “teen-appropriate experience by default”
Beginning in March, all accounts will have a “teen-appropriate experience by default.”
Discord says it will roll out age verification globally from March to access some content; all accounts will have a “teen-appropriate experience by default”
Beginning in March, all accounts will have a “teen-appropriate experience by default.”
Discord says it will roll out age verification globally from March to access some content; all accounts will have a “teen-appropriate experience by default”
Beginning in March, all accounts will have a “teen-appropriate experience by default.”
Discord says it will roll out age verification globally from March to access some content; all accounts will have a “teen-appropriate experience by default”
Beginning in March, all accounts will have a “teen-appropriate experience by default.”
The EU says that TikTok's “addictive design” is illegal under the DSA, citing the app's infinite scroll and recommendation algorithm, in preliminary findings
The EU says that TikTok's “addictive design” is illegal under the DSA, citing the app's infinite scroll and recommendation algorithm, in preliminary findings
European Union regulators said the app's infinite scroll and personalized algorithm led to “compulsive” behavior, especially among children.
The UK ICO launches a new investigation into X and xAI over “serious concerns” about Grok's data use and “its potential to produce harmful sexualized” content
Tech billionaire and platform's former chief Linda Yaccarino summoned for ‘voluntary interviews’ in April
Paris prosecutors raid X's French offices and summon Elon Musk and Linda Yaccarino to appear at April hearings, in a probe into sexual deepfakes and more
Offices belonging to Elon Musk's social media platform, X, in France are being raided by the Paris prosecutor.
Paris prosecutors raid X's French offices and summon Elon Musk and Linda Yaccarino to appear at April hearings, in a probe into sexual deepfakes and more
Offices belonging to Elon Musk's social media platform, X, in France are being raided by the Paris prosecutor.
The UK ICO launches a new investigation into X and xAI over “serious concerns” about Grok's data use and “its potential to produce harmful sexualized” content
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UK ministers launch a consultation on whether to ban under-16s from using social media, alongside restrictions on addictive app features like infinite scrolling
Move comes as peers prepare to vote on an amendment to a bill that would enact a ban within a year of the bill passing
The UK launches a consultation on whether to ban under-16s from using social media, alongside restrictions on addictive app features like infinite scrolling
Move comes as peers prepare to vote on an amendment to a bill that would enact a ban within a year of the bill passing
Ofcom opens an investigation under the OSA into Grok over the sexualized deepfakes of women and kids being generated on X and threatens X with a ban or a fine
apnews.com/article/grok... Malaysia and Indonesia become the first countries to block Musk's Grok over sexualized AI imagesTruls Gulowsen /@trulsgulowsen:Indonesia, Malaysia, UK, ...