Laura CressTechnology reporter Fiordaliso via Getty Images Children are routinely exposed to adverts for weight loss injections and pills online, according to a report by the children's commissioner for England. It found young people were "routinely bombarded" with ads for products which claimed to change their bodies and appearance, despite this kind of advertising being banned. Dame Rachel de Souza said the posts were "immensely damaging" to young people's self-esteem and called for a ban on social media advertising to children.
"Providing young people with a safer, healthier experience has always been core to our work," said Google spokesperson José Castañeda in a statement. "In collaboration with youth, mental health, and parenting experts, we built services and policies to provide young people with age-appropriate experiences, and parents with robust controls."
Gallego and Moreno cited Reuters reporting from November of internal documents that showed Meta failed to identify and stop ads that exposed its platforms' users to several fraudulent schemes, including illegal online casinos and illicit product sales. An internal document estimated that users are shown 15 billion scam ads a day, and the company projected in late 2024 that it would earn roughly $16 billion - about 10 percent of its annual revenue - from running scam ads.
announced five measures aimed at ending impunity for socialmedia platforms and their executives, and at protecting minors from their harmful effects. Musk quoted on his platform a post in which Sanchez outlined his proposals, using it as an opportunity to hurl those insults at him. He also referred to him as Dirty Sanchez a reference to a coprophilic sexual act adding a poop emoji.
In this episode of Galaxy Brain, Charlie Warzel confronts the growing crisis around AI-generated sexual abuse and the culture of impunity enabling it. He examines how Elon Musk's chatbot Grok is being used to create and circulate nonconsensual sexualized images often targeting women. Warzel lays out why this moment represents a red line for the internet: It is a test of whether society will tolerate tools that silence women through humiliation and intimidation under the guise of free speech.
For years, we've watched politicians express unfounded concern about trans people in bathrooms, changing rooms, and sports, claiming to protect women's safety. Yet when a billionaire with enormous political influence creates technology that is actively being used to violate thousands of women and children right now, the response has been empty statements and promises to 'look into it',
