Tag #Online Safety

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EU Investigates Pornhub and Other Sites for Lack of Child Safety Measures

The European Commission is investigating four major pornography websites—Pornhub, Stripchat, XVideos, and XNXX—for failing to adequately protect children from accessing adult content, citing insufficient age verification and child safety measures, potentially violating EU online content laws.

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No Poverty
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PlaySafe ID Secures \$1.12M to Combat Gaming Toxicity with Verified Digital IDs

British startup PlaySafe ID received \$1.12 million in pre-seed funding to develop a privacy-first digital identity system for gamers, combating cheating, child safety threats, and toxicity by verifying users across platforms and creating a portable trust badge.

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Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions
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Google Chrome Automates Compromised Password Replacement

Google Chrome's latest update automatically replaces compromised passwords during sign-in with strong alternatives where supported by the website, enhancing security for billions of users by simplifying the process and eliminating the need to navigate complex account settings.

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Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions
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EU Proposes Social Media Restrictions for Children

The European Union is proposing a new law to restrict children's social media access, requiring parental consent for minors and establishing a minimum age for social media use across the EU, amid growing concerns about excessive screen time.

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Quality Education
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Survey: Nearly Half of Young Britons Prefer Life Without Internet

A British Standards Institution survey of 1,293 young people (16-21) found that 46% would prefer a world without the internet, citing negative impacts on mental health and the prevalence of online deception; 70% reported feeling worse after social media use; and 50% support a digital curfew.

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Good Health and Well-being
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Take It Down Act Signed Amidst Sextortion Concerns

The Take It Down Act, signed today, criminalizes publishing or threatening to publish nonconsensual intimate photos, real or AI-generated; this follows the suicide of a Kentucky teen allegedly targeted in a $3,000 sextortion scheme involving AI-generated images.

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UK Online Safety Act Targets Platform Responsibility for Child Safety

The UK's Online Safety Act targets online platforms' responsibility for harmful content impacting children, following Ofcom research showing 59% of 13-17 year olds encountered such content within the last month; the act aims to mitigate harm via platform content moderation.

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Quality Education
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Take It Down Act Signed, DEFIANCE Act Reintroduced to Combat Non-Consensual Explicit Images

President Trump signed the Take It Down Act, requiring platforms to remove non-consensual explicit images within 48 hours; the reintroduced DEFIANCE Act allows victims to sue those who created or shared such images, addressing the 98% of online deepfakes that are nonconsensual pornographic videos ta...

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Gender Equality
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OECD Demands Child Safety by Design in Digital Platforms

The OECD urges a structural shift in digital regulation, mandating that platforms prioritize child safety by design, not delegation, highlighting the conflict between maximizing screen time and child well-being, and proposing five key regulatory measures.

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Take It Down Act Signed into Law: Criminalizing Nonconsensual Intimate Images

President Trump signed the bipartisan Take It Down Act into law, making it a federal crime to share nonconsensual intimate images—including AI-generated deepfakes—with penalties up to three years in prison for offenses involving minors and two years for adults; social media companies must remove suc...

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Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions
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Take It Down Act Signed into Law, Targeting Online Sexual Exploitation

President Trump signed the bipartisan Take It Down Act into law, criminalizing the non-consensual publication of intimate images, including AI-generated deepfakes, following Melania Trump's lobbying efforts and bipartisan congressional support; the act mandates online platforms remove such content w...

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Trump Signs Bill Criminalizing Revenge Porn, Including AI-Generated Images

President Trump signed the Take It Down Act into law, making it a federal crime to publish intimate images without consent, including AI-generated deepfakes; social media platforms must remove such content within 48 hours of a victim's request.

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Gender Equality

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