Kevin Huff, an attorney for Meta, makes closing statements March 23 in a trial held in New Mexico’s First Judicial District Court in Santa Fe over the state’s lawsuit against Meta. Eddie Moore/The Albuquerque Journal via AP, Pool Judge set to hear the state’s public nuisance claim on May 4 A New Mexico judge denied...Read More
TL;DR New Framework: OpenAI released a Child Safety Blueprint developed with NCMEC, attorneys general, and Thorn to combat AI-generated child exploitation. Scale of Threat: AI-generated abuse material surged past 8,000 reports in early 2025, and OpenAI submitted 80 times more exploitation reports to NCMEC than the prior year. Broader Harms: Seven lawsuits allege ChatGPT encouraged...Read More
Indonesia has sent Google a letter of reprimand because its YouTube platform has not complied with new social media curbs for children, a senior minister said, the first such sanction since the rules took effect last month. Google’s YouTube has not fulfilled its requirements under the new law and has not outlined steps to comply,...Read More
A New Mexico jury on Tuesday ordered Meta to pay $375m in civil penalties after it found the company misled consumers about the safety of its platforms and enabled harm, including child sexual exploitation, against its users. The lawsuit – the first jury trial to find Meta liable for acts committed on its platform –...Read More
Society could fall back into making the same mistake with artificial intelligence (AI) as it did with social media and the internet in general, The Lancet warns in a study published on January 21: when its effects — mainly on the mental health of minors — begin to be scientifically studied and action is taken...Read More
This is a rollicking and vivid new translation of a lavish, beautiful picture book by Tove Jansson. Depending on how you feel about Jansson, that sentence will read either like a straightforward item of publishing news, or like the announcement of the discovery of a previously unknown Shakespeare sonnet. Or Beatles album. Or species of...Read More
A 15-year-old child was prescribed dangerous levels of hormones by an unregulated online clinic without speaking to a doctor, a court ruling has revealed. Now 16, the teenager, known as J, was born female but identifies as a boy and has an autism diagnosis. J got a prescription for testosterone and puberty blockers from Singapore-owned...Read More
James Uthmeier, the Attorney General of Florida has announced the launch of a formal investigation into OpenAI and its chatbot ChatGPT, citing concerns over potential harm, misuse, and risks to public safety. In a statement shared on social media, Uthmeier said his office is seeking answers about whether artificial intelligence systems developed by OpenAI may...Read More
Google’s video platform YouTube has failed to comply with Indonesia’s new child protection regulations, prompting the government to escalate from warnings to formal sanctions, officials said Friday. Indonesia’s Ministry of Communication and Digital Affairs stated that YouTube had been given a “red mark,” signaling non-compliance and a lack of expected progress in meeting regulatory requirements,...Read More
The Philippine government will not ban Roblox, but will instead push for stronger safeguards to protect children amid rising concerns over online abuse and exploitation. In a meeting on April 7 involving the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center (CICC), Roblox representatives, law enforcement, and private sector stakeholders, officials...Read More
