#harmful-content

#harmful-content

Social media platforms must comply with UK’s Online Safety Act, addressing harmful content risks within three months or face penalties.

Prince Harry and Meghan have released a video urging social media companies to reduce harmful content for children.

The video is taken from their appearance at a World Mental Health Day discussion in New York last year.

Esther Ghey, the mother of murdered teenager Brianna Ghey, believes that the Online Safety Act does not go far enough in protecting children from harmful content online.

Ghey believes that smartphone companies should take more responsibility for safeguarding children and that there may need to be additional laws to ensure enforcement of online safety measures.

Anthropic's Claude 3.5 Sonnet excels in AI safety measures, demonstrating leadership in reducing harmful content production compared to other language models.

Telegram has removed 15.4 million harmful groups and channels in 2024, enhancing moderation efforts after founder Pavel Durov's recent arrest.

The U.K. regulator, Ofcom, is investigating the role of search engines like Google and Bing in presenting harmful content, particularly to underage users.

One out of every five search results around self-injury terms leads to further harmful content, according to a report commissioned by Ofcom.

Ireland's Online Safety Code expands protections against harmful content on major video-sharing platforms beyond illegal content already covered by EU law.

Lawmakers are introducing bills to curb tech companies' neglect of users' data and privacy

The recently passed UK Online Safety Act aims to target the spread of child sexual abuse material and harmful content

The mother of murdered teenager Brianna Ghey believes that the Online Safety Act is not effective enough in protecting children.

She argues that harmful content would still be seen by young people as it may not be deemed as harmful by the law.

Instagram is finally implementing measures to hide posts that can harm children, such as suicide, self-harm, and eating disorder content.

The block on age-inappropriate content applies to users aged 13 to 17 and cannot be turned off but will lift once they turn 18.

Meta announces new policies and detection tools to improve transparency and prevent harmful content on their platforms.

Meta will label content generated by other companies' AI platforms and use their own AI technology to identify generative AI content.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle advocate for child online safety and urge social media platforms to combat harmful content.

They emphasize that parents cannot solely protect children from online dangers and call on tech companies to take responsibility.

Social media platforms are facing challenges in addressing harmful body image content on their platforms.

Algorithms that curate feeds based on user interests can quickly turn dangerous for vulnerable individuals.