Social media company tells MPs of continual fight against state-backed attempts, with Russia being most prolificElon Musk’s X said it has suspended 800m accounts over a 12-month period as it fights the...
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Read MoreAge-verification systems require collecting sensitive data to support the biometric information. In no time, the internet will become a fully surveilled digital panopticonOver the past year, more than two dozen countries around...
Read MoreTrials to form part of three-month consultation on Keir Starmer’s plans to tackle negative effects of smartphone useHundreds of teenagers will be enlisted to trial social media bans in the coming months with overnight...
Read MorePM says measure, also applied to deepfake nudes, is needed owing to a ‘national emergency’ of online misogynyDeepfake nudes and “revenge porn” must be removed from the internet within 48 hours or...
Read MoreWith so many platforms rife with racism, misogyny and far-right rhetoric, there must be a point where decent people walk awayIn a week during which Keir Starmer has been under pressure to resign, cabinet ministers took to X to...
Read MoreCampaigners welcome criminalisation of non-consensual AI-generated explicit images but say law does not go far enoughVictims of deepfake image abuse have called for stronger protection against AI-generated explicit images, as...
Read MoreMoves to ban under-16s from social media should raise deeper questions about who controls democracy’s digital infrastructureThe last UK general election of the 20th century was also the first to anticipate, albeit faintly,...
Read MoreAIs are not sentient – but tweaks to their ethical codes can have far-reaching consequences for usersDo you want an AI assistant that gushes about how it “loves humanity” or spews sarcasm? How about a political...
Read MoreAnnual review highlights growing capabilities of AI models, while examining issues from cyber-attacks to job disruptionThe International AI Safety report is an annual survey of technological progress and the risks it is creating...
Read MoreIn the first part of our series on digital politics, we look at how centrists have lost ground fighting disinformation – when the real battle is over emotion and attentionRobert Topinka is a reader in digital media and...
Read MoreThe human impulse to steal has been accelerated by AI, inequality and our political leaders – with profound consequences Continue...
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