CSAM, grooming, age verification, COPPA, KOSA, and predatory behavior online.
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Apple announced a new age verification tool in Utah and Louisiana, as well as Brazil, Australia and Singapore, to ensure users are 18+ before downloading certain apps.
Apple complies with new age-assurance laws in the U.S. and abroad, including those that block users from downloading apps aimed at adults.
A growing number of online platforms are adopting age verification measures, raising concerns from users about privacy, security, and censorship.
Age verification is forcing companies to undermine data privacy laws.
Discord has begun rolling out mandatory age verification and the internet is, understandably, freaking out. We’ve written extensively about why age verification mandates are a censorship and surveillance nightmare. Discord’s shift only reinforces those concerns.
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children said it received over a million reports tied to AI-generated child sexual abuse material in just nine months.
Technology companies and child ... AI CSAM across multiple platforms. Online platform operators implement detection systems that identify AI-generated content, while organizations like the National Center continue to expand reporting mechanisms. However, the rapid advancement of AI model technology often outpaces detection capabilities, creating an ongoing technological arms race between offenders and those protecting children from sexual abuse...
Officers say flood of low-quality reports is draining resources and slowing cases amid New Mexico lawsuit
As investigations continue into Dalten Johnson’s reported child sexual abuse situation, more victims from his alma mater are stepping forward with their stories.
What to know about the bipartisan Kids Online Safety Act, which has been reintroduced and has a second chance in front of Congress.
State and federal bills seek to limit minors’ access to social media, but civil liberties advocates warn that the resulting online censorship threatens constitutional rights without delivering real safety.
Acting Attorney General Jennifer Davenport announced that she has joined together with a bipartisan coalition of attorneys general from around the country in urging Congressional leadership to protect children from online harm and pass the Senate version of the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), S.1748.
A bipartisan coalition of 40 state and territorial attorneys general to congressional leadership urges support for the Senate version of the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), S. 1748.
West Virginia Attorney General JB McCuskey wants you to think he's protecting children. His press release says so. His legal complaint opens with the genuinely horrific line that Apple has, in internal communications, described itself as the "greatest platform for distributing child porn."
Robert Ezra Lamb, a 38-year-old Palm Coast resident, faces five felony charges for generating and possessing artificial intelligence-generated child sexual abuse materials. The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office arrested him following an Onlyfans cybertip. Detectives discovered Lamb used an ...
Criminals are using artificial intelligence to exploit children. Even though the content is generated, the consequences are real.
For years, employees acknowledged a problem with potential child groomers, but prioritized growth over fixes.