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Starmer gives tech firms ultimatum to block explicit images on children’s phones

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Companies such as Apple and Google have until September to install software or face legislation, says PMUK politics live – latest updatesApple and Google have been given until September to install software that blocks explicit images on children’s mobile phones or face legislation enforcing its requirement, Keir Starmer said on Monday.The prime minister said tech […]

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It’s no surprise that an AI-faked presidential speech condemning foreign exploitation went viral – the world is suffering from a leadership vacuum

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Attributed to the president of Namibia, the speech is still being shared as citizens across Africa and the Caribbean cry out for moral leaders willing to speak uncomfortable truthsFor a moment, the speech attributed to Namibia’s president travelled across the world like a gust of hope. It was fierce. Defiant. Unapologetically sovereign. The speaker denounced

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Labour will make AI ‘work for the workers’, says Liz Kendall

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Technology secretary promises to support people whose jobs are swept away by automationLiz Kendall has insisted Labour will make artificial intelligence “work for workers”, and not abandon people whose jobs are swept away by its rapid advance.With public fears mounting about the impact of AI on employment, particularly for young people, the technology secretary claimed

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Former officer in hiding after being falsely linked to Henry Nowak arrest

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Christi Hill and male police officer misidentified in Vickrum Digwa case on AI platforms including GrokUK politics live – latest updatesA former police officer has been forced to flee to a safe space after she was falsely accused online of being involved in the Henry Nowak murder.Christi Hill, who served as a police constable for

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‘You can be made a laughing stock to millions’: can gen Z escape the fear of being cringe?

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With the constant risk of being recorded, many young people are afraid of showing enthusiasm – let alone doing something so potentially embarrassing as dancing in public. Is there a way to set themselves free?In a video posted to TikTok, where Katie Whitney has 2.5 million followers, she says to camera, bluntly: “This video is

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The strange surveilled life of Piper Rockelle: why did a former child influencer decide to go on OnlyFans?

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She made millions as a tween and teenager by posting clips of herself and her friends on YouTube. Then the business collapsed amid acrimony. What does her success in the adult industry, at 18, say about surveillance, social media and sexualisation?‘Honestly, the answer is kind of gross,” says Piper Rockelle, in a recent TikTok video,

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Mother of boy who may have died in TikTok challenge urges No 10 to ban social media

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Ellen Roome, whose son, Jools Sweeney, was 14 when he died, wants a ban put in place for under-16sThe mother of a teenager who believes he died in a TikTok challenge gone wrong has said Downing Street has been too slow to move towards a social media ban for under-16s, and accused the government of

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Instagram, X and others blocking Saudi dissidents’ accounts

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US social media firms acting on orders from Middle East kingdom accused of being ‘instruments of repression’Major US social media companies including Meta’s Facebook and Instagram platforms have blocked the accounts of Saudi Arabian dissidents so they are no longer visible inside the kingdom, following orders by Saudi authorities.Those affected include Abdullah Alaoudh, a US-based

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Limit social media ban for under-16s to unsafe apps, Starmer urged

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Campaigners warn against blanket restrictions and say focus should be on blocking teenagers from platforms with ‘risky’ featuresOnline safety campaigners have urged Keir Starmer to block under-16s from accessing social media apps that do not meet strict safety standards, instead of implementing a broader Australia-style ban.The NSPCC, Molly Rose Foundation and Smartphone Free Childhood said

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X to block UK access to accounts linked to terrorist groups in Ofcom agreement

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Media regulator announces commitments by Elon Musk’s platform to crack down on terrorist and hate contentElon Musk’s X platform has promised to block UK access to accounts linked to banned terrorist groups under an agreement with the communications regulator to crack down on terrorist and hate content.X will also review suspected illegal terrorist and hate

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