Regulations for AI child safety getty Child safety is becoming a key AI issue likely to force global rules, after U.N. Secretary General António Guterres used a Geneva governance meeting this week to call for an AI Child Safety Pledge. His message is that governments may argue for years over copyright, compute and competition, but...Read More
SLIDELL, La. (WVUE) – A Slidell man was arrested after investigators say he used artificial intelligence to create child sexual abuse material, Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill’s office announced. Joseph Impastato III, 32, was taken into custody after a national child safety organization flagged suspicious activity tied to his account on an AI platform. The...Read More
A Little Rock daycare owner charged with second-degree murder is out on bond after investigators said an infant was left in a hot car for several hours. LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A Little Rock daycare owner who was charged with second-degree murder is out on bond after investigators said an infant was left in a...Read More
The Delhi Police intensified its month-long Child Safety Awareness campaign on Thursday, conducting self-defence training, cyber safety workshops and traffic awareness programmes across schools in the Capital. More than 11,500 girl students participated in the initiatives in a single day. Under the ‘WE CARE’ programme, the Delhi Police organised an interactive child safety event at...Read More
Beaumont — Beaumont leaders are weighing new “child safety zones” that would restrict where registered sex offenders can live or loiter near places where children gather, including schools, parks and churches. Mayor Roy West said he is working with the city attorney to determine what city ordinances could be put in place to increase protections...Read More
Italy’s data protection authority has imposed a financial penalty on the company behind Character.AI after concluding that the chatbot platform failed to implement sufficient safeguards to prevent minors from accessing its services, marking another example of increasing European scrutiny of artificial intelligence companies. According to Reuters, Italy’s privacy regulator announced Thursday that it had fined Character...Read More
New York — Social media giants have for years touted their growing slate of safety tools and protections as proof that they prioritize young users’ wellbeing. But more than half of those protections don’t work as advertised, new research finds. Researchers at the Cybersafety Research Center tested 86 youth safety features across TikTok, Instagram, Snap and...Read More
Full terms of reference will be published by iNEQE when they launch their website for this review. The party continued that it had “acted immediately” when Donaldson was first charged. “We believe in the rule of law and that justice must be obtained through our courts. We stand with the victims of his abuse and...Read More
The Indian government has directed Meta to immediately disable advertisements and content on Instagram that promote or facilitate child sexual abuse material (CSAM). This came after a BBC Eye investigation found such advertisements appearing on the platform in India. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has also issued a notice to Meta, seeking...Read More
Hyderabad: Police Commissioner VC Sajjanar on Tuesday said that it is essential for parents, school managements, and drivers to work together responsibly and in coordination to ensure the safety of children while dropping and picking them up from the school. Referring to a recent incident that took place in Maharashtra, he said that children should...Read More
