Listen to this story Loading audio file, please wait. Speed1.00 0.25 0.50 0.75 1.00 1.25 1.50 1.75 2.00 (Adobe Stock photo) For years, parents, teenagers, pediatricians, educators and whistleblowers have pushed the idea that social media is detrimental to young people’s mental health and can lead to addiction, eating disorders, sexual exploitation and suicide. For...Read More
Earlier this week came the news, both disturbing and empowering, that three teens had filed a class-action lawsuit against Elon Musk’s xAI, alleging that its Grok tool was used, with their photos, to make nonconsensual nude and sexually explicit images of them. It was “heartbreaking,” said the mom of one of the girls, to watch...Read More
The kids are not all right. While many things have changed over the years, one constant that has remained is parents needing to keep an eye on the friendship group of their impressionable teens. Of course, doing so is arguably more difficult than ever thanks to the rise of social media. New research out of...Read More
It was an early morning at Sydney airport, and I was juggling a bunch of deadlines, a few last minute phone calls and working out where to get a coffee that would cost me less than my last mortgage interest rate hike. Distracted, I flipped open my laptop to move a bit of money...Read More
Greg Squire can never forget the video that opened his eyes to what child sexual abuse could mean. It was a Sunday and he was at his home in New Hampshire, sitting out on his deck, his two young children running around, playing. This was 2008, about a year into Squire’s career as an agent...Read More
The University of Reading is one of the top universities to receive research and innovation funding from the EU’s Framework Programmes and a range of other EU instruments to support the building of Europe’s border regime. A new report from the Transnational Institute, “Border Labs,” highlights how universities are deeply involved in Europe’s repressive border and...Read More
Cybersecurity stocks plunged on March 27, after a report by Fortune revealed that AI giant Anthropic is working and testing a new AI model that the company itself feels could pose “unprecedented cybersecurity risks.” The draft blog post of the company also accidentally exposed via an unsecured database, described the model codenamed Calude Capybara as...Read More
The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) is offering an opportunity for an Associate Communications Officer position based at its Secretariat in Vienna. This role is open under a secondment arrangement and remains subject to the approval of the 2026 Unified Budget. The OSCE operates with a comprehensive approach to security, addressing politico-military,...Read More
Britney Spears is reportedly preparing to take legal action against a former bodyguard over allegations of phone hacking. Allegations of Unauthorized Surveillance The dispute centres on claims that the ex-security staff member installed unauthorised mirroring software on Spears’ phone during the final years of her conservatorship. The alleged breach would have enabled third parties to...Read More
Education Halfpoint Images / Getty Images Boys and girls are equally vulnerableHalfpoint Images / Getty Images Any form of cyberbullying—aggression carried out online—can cause trauma. That is the conclusion of a study conducted by Florida Atlantic University and the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire, based on a survey of 2,697 adolescents aged 13 to 17 years...Read More
