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Meta plans to develop chatbot with ‘sassy robot’ persona for young users, report says
Facebook parent company Meta is reportedly planning to internally release an artificial intelligence chatbot called “Gen AI Personas” aimed at younger users.
Story from: The Independent
25 Sep 2023
ChatGPT creater Sam Altman expresses concern about 'under-regulation'
Speaking at an AI event in Taipei, the CEO of the startup OpenAI said in the tech industry there is a "reflexive anti-regulation thing".
Story from: Sky News
25 Sep 2023
TikTok frenzies 'putting police and schools under strain'
Police leaders and teachers' unions are warning that TikTok frenzies that encourage anti-social behaviour are putting a strain on public services.
Story from: BBC News
23 Sep 2023
TikTok fined €345m over children's data privacy
Irish regulators have fined TikTok €345m (£296m) for violating children's privacy.
Story from: BBC
17 Sep 2023
Online Safety Bill will have failed if harm not stopped - Ian Russell
A new law aimed at policing the internet will fail if it does not stop harmful content, online safety campaigner Ian Russell has said.
Story from: BBC
17 Sep 2023
‘I couldn’t stop myself’: inside the 12-step program for internet addiction
Internet and Technology Addicts Anonymous is based on the principles of AA, offering community support to aid recovery
Story from: The Guardian
17 Sep 2023
Signal would 'walk' from UK if Online Safety Bill undermined encryption
The encrypted-messaging app Signal has said it would stop providing services in the UK if a new law undermined encryption.
Story from: BBC News
24 Feb 2023
Petulant AI-powered chatbots risk the integrity of search engines
Artificial intelligence, or AI, is already used in search engines to rank relevant links or pull out key phrases of text to populate knowledge panels. But the release of ChatGPT, the AI-powered chatbot that opened ...
Story from: Inews
16 Feb 2023
Omegle: Suing the website that matched me with my abuser
As a young girl, Alice (not her real name) logged on to the popular live video chat website, Omegle, and was randomly paired with a paedophile .....
Story from: BBC
15 Feb 2023
How social media affects teen mental health: a missing link
Researchers investigating the impacts of social media on mental health must consider where exactly adolescents are in their cognitive and social development.
Story from: Nature
14 Feb 2023
Andrew Tate's appeal to Birmingham schoolboys 'looking for direction'
For thousands of young boys, the former kickboxing champion and social media influencer Andrew Tate is a role model.
Story from: BBC
14 Feb 2023
Xbox boss says 'there's no silver bullet' to solving online abuse
Xbox boss Dave McCarthy tells Sky News that Microsoft is working closely with politicians on legislative safety reforms as the Online Safety Bill is being scrutinised in the House of Lords, after MPs gave it their approval in January.
Story from: Sky News
12 Feb 2023
Overview of expected impact of changes to the Online Safety Bill
he Online Safety Bill delivers the government’s manifesto commitment to make the UK the safest place to be online, while defending free expression ...
Story from: Gov.uk
18 Jan 2023
EU warns Musk that Twitter faces ban over content moderation
Threat made during video meeting, where European commissioner told billionaire to adhere to strict rules
Story from: Financial Times
30 Nov 2022
Can age verification stop children seeing pornography?
The government is insisting its amendments to the Online Safety Bill will keep children safe on the internet.
Story from: BBC News
29 Nov 2022
Facebook: Meta fined €265m by Irish Data Protection Commission
Meta, the company which owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, has been fined €265m (£228m) by the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC).
Story from: BBC News
28 Nov 2022
TikTok to ban children from livestreaming
TikTok is raising its minimum age for livestreaming from 16 to 18 from next month.
Story from: BBC News
19 Oct 2022
Online safety bill must protect adults from self-harm content, say charities
The government must ensure the online safety bill protects adults from dangerous suicide and self-harm content, a group of charities including Samaritans has said ...
Story from: The Guardian
14 Oct 2022
Two Huawei 5G kit-removal deadlines put back
The government has extended two deadlines for the removal of Huawei equipment from the UK's 5G networks.
Story from: BBC News
13 Oct 2022
Thermal attack technology will let scammers crack passwords and pins using heat from fingers, warn experts
‘Longer passwords are more difficult for ThermoSecure to guess accurately, so we would advise using long passphrases wherever possible’
Story from: i News
10 Oct 2022
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