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Carol Hancox
March 15, 10:14 PM
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One-fifth of Australian teenagers under 16 were still using social media two months after the country banned platforms from allowing minors, industry data showed, raising questions about the effectiveness of their age-gating methods.
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Carol Hancox
March 9, 3:05 AM
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WIRED has reviewed hundreds of posts on X that promote misleading claims about the locations and scale of the attack.
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Carol Hancox
March 4, 9:06 PM
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After strikes killed senior Iranian officials, Iran cut off internet access. Journalists are relying on satellite links, encrypted apps, and smuggled footage to report from inside the country.
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Carol Hancox
March 4, 8:32 PM
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IAPP News Editor Joe Duball recaps the latest developments around children's social media restrictions, including a review of Australia's months-old policy and considerations for raising restrictions in the U.K.
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Carol Hancox
March 1, 5:08 AM
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You can avoid Google’s AI summaries in your search results by simply adjusting your query. Or just switch search engines altogether.
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Carol Hancox
February 19, 11:19 PM
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Defendants include Meta, which owns Instagram and Facebook, and YouTube parent Google.
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Carol Hancox
February 15, 7:05 PM
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Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against Snap, Inc. (“Snapchat”) for failing to adequately warn parents and consumers about inappropriate material on the platform and the app’s addictive design.
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Carol Hancox
February 15, 6:59 PM
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Portugal's parliament on Thursday approved a bill, on its first reading, requiring explicit parental consent for children aged 13 to 16 to access social media, in one of the first concrete legislative moves in Europe to impose such restrictions.
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Carol Hancox
February 15, 6:43 PM
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Juries will soon hear arguments in a case against Meta and Google that could reshape social media protections for kids.
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Carol Hancox
January 29, 5:52 AM
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Sexual deepfakes continue to get more sophisticated, capable, easy to access, and perilous for millions of women who are abused with the technology.
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Carol Hancox
January 29, 5:47 AM
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Only users who have already registered and completed age verification will be able to access the world's largest porn site.
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Carol Hancox
January 18, 6:35 PM
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X has placed more restrictions on Grok’s ability to generate explicit AI images, but tests show that the updates have created a patchwork of limitations that fail to fully address the issue.
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Carol Hancox
January 14, 7:46 AM
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A substantial number of AI images generated or edited with Grok are targeting women in religious and cultural clothing.
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Carol Hancox
March 13, 2:36 AM
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Indonesia has outlined new regulations that would restrict users under 16 from accessing digital platforms.
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Carol Hancox
March 9, 2:48 AM
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Iran’s internet shutdown has reduced connectivity by 99 percent, with air strikes likely causing additional outages, and few workarounds remaining.
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Carol Hancox
March 4, 8:51 PM
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WIRED has reviewed hundreds of posts on X that promote misleading claims about the locations and scale of the attack.
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Carol Hancox
March 4, 8:29 PM
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The company said usage grew from 40 minutes per day in 2023 to 46 minutes in 2026. Other documents referenced teens as being a top priority for the app before asking existing users for birthdays.
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Carol Hancox
February 19, 11:23 PM
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After decades working in the private tech industry, Julia Inman Grant now finds herself on the other side.
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Carol Hancox
February 15, 7:20 PM
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From small publishers to US federal agencies, websites are reporting unusual spikes in automated traffic linked to IP addresses in Lanzhou, China.
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Carol Hancox
February 15, 7:01 PM
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Ofcom has today fined Kick Online Entertainment SA £800,000 for failing to put in place age checks to protect children from pornographic content.
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Carol Hancox
February 15, 6:56 PM
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In a preliminary ruling, the European Commission has said that TikTok’s additive design features are in breach of laws designed to create safer digital spaces
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Carol Hancox
February 8, 12:55 AM
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New data shows AI bots pushing deeper into the web, prompting publishers to roll out more aggressive defenses.
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Carol Hancox
January 29, 5:50 AM
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TikTok’s new age-detection tech seems like a better solution than automatically banning youth accounts. But experts say it still requires social platforms to surveil users more closely.
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Carol Hancox
January 25, 8:13 AM
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Advances in artificial intelligence are creating a perfect storm for those seeking to spread disinformation at unprecedented speed and scale. And it’s virtually impossible to detect.
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Carol Hancox
January 18, 5:53 PM
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As the free online encyclopedia turns 25, it’s facing political opposition, AI scraping, dwindling volunteers, and a public that may no longer believe in its ideals.
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