Meta and TikTok Accused of Facilitating Child Recruitment by Colombian Armed Groups
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Meta and TikTok Accused of Facilitating Child Recruitment by Colombian Armed Groups

Human Rights Watch says Facebook and TikTok fail to stop recruitment content and their algorithms may even spread it, as...

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Meta’s AI-Glasses Harassment Cleanup Still Has an Enforcement Gap
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Meta’s AI-Glasses Harassment Cleanup Still Has an Enforcement Gap

Weeks after Adam Mosseri promised Instagram would remove harassing videos filmed with Meta glasses, a new review found d...

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X Opens Its Ranking Algorithm and Adds a Shadowban Checker
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X Opens Its Ranking Algorithm and Adds a Shadowban Checker

X published more of its 'For You' code on GitHub and introduced tools that let accounts see if ranking labels have limit...

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LinkedIn Users Can Now Report AI-Generated Posts—and the Platform Will Punish Inauthentic Content
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LinkedIn Users Can Now Report AI-Generated Posts—and the Platform Will Punish Inauthentic Content

LinkedIn’s new ‘Seems AI’ button lets members flag AI-written updates and comments, with the company confirming it will ...

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India Slashes Unlawful Content Takedown Window to Just 3 Hours
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India Slashes Unlawful Content Takedown Window to Just 3 Hours

The Indian government amends IT Rules 2021, reducing the mandatory removal time for sensitive online content from 36 hou...

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Meta Faces 72-Hour Crisis in India as Safe Harbor Immunity Hangs in the Balance
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Meta Faces 72-Hour Crisis in India as Safe Harbor Immunity Hangs in the Balance

Indian parliamentary panel demands Mark Zuckerberg apologize within three days after a mistakenly blocked post by Prime ...

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Reddit’s AI ‘Rules Hub’ Expands as the Platform Plans to Retire Automod and Tighten Developer Access
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Reddit’s AI ‘Rules Hub’ Expands as the Platform Plans to Retire Automod and Tighten Developer Access

Reddit’s new AI ‘Rules Hub’ expands to all new subreddits; developers are warned to prepare for a mandatory shift to the...

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Meta’s Global Affairs Chief Apologizes for Restricting PM Modi’s Facebook Video
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Meta’s Global Affairs Chief Apologizes for Restricting PM Modi’s Facebook Video

Joel Kaplan’s apology follows India’s IT ministry summoning Meta over the brief removal of Prime Minister Modi’s video, ...

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Meta Executives Meet MeitY After Modi Video Takedown as Section 79 Threat Looms
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Meta Executives Meet MeitY After Modi Video Takedown as Section 79 Threat Looms

Meta's top executives meet India's MeitY on Aug 5-6 over AI content rules and takedown safeguards, after a Modi reel was...

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Telangana Police Book Meta India Head Over Alleged Morphed Posts Targeting PM Modi
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Telangana Police Book Meta India Head Over Alleged Morphed Posts Targeting PM Modi

FIRs against Meta India's head and 20 social media accounts signal escalating platform liability pressure in India, with...

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Telangana Police Book Meta India Head Over Manipulated Political Content Targeting PM Modi
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Telangana Police Book Meta India Head Over Manipulated Political Content Targeting PM Modi

Telangana Cyber Crime Police have filed cases against Meta India’s head and social media account operators over morphed ...

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X Suspends Tasnim News Accounts After Melania Trump Security Video
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X Suspends Tasnim News Accounts After Melania Trump Security Video

Social media platform X removed the multi-language accounts of Iran's Tasnim News Agency, citing security-related conten...

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Telegram Posts Obscene Photo After Founder Pavel Durov Charged with Aiding Terrorism
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Telegram Posts Obscene Photo After Founder Pavel Durov Charged with Aiding Terrorism

Russian authorities charge Telegram founder Pavel Durov with facilitating terrorist activity, issue international arrest...

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Russia Charges Telegram Founder Pavel Durov with Aiding Terrorism, Issues International Arrest Warrant
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Russia Charges Telegram Founder Pavel Durov with Aiding Terrorism, Issues International Arrest Warrant

Russia's FSB has formally accused Telegram founder Pavel Durov of facilitating terrorism, issuing an international arres...

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Meta Served Thousands of AI Nudify App Ads via Chinese Partner, Watchdog Finds
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Meta Served Thousands of AI Nudify App Ads via Chinese Partner, Watchdog Finds

A new report reveals Beijing-based GatherOne placed some 7,600 ads for deepfake-nude apps on Facebook and Instagram over...

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Hugging Face’s Open Image Models Enable Widespread Nonconsensual Deepfakes
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Hugging Face’s Open Image Models Enable Widespread Nonconsensual Deepfakes

Researchers found that most tested image models on Hugging Face readily produced nonconsensual explicit images. A honeyp...

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Elon Musk's X Begins Rebuilding Safety Teams After Slashing Them by 80%
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Elon Musk's X Begins Rebuilding Safety Teams After Slashing Them by 80%

X (formerly Twitter) is reversing its two-year freeze on trust and safety roles, listing two dozen new positions after c...

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