Hacker News with Generative AI: Child Safety

New Jersey Sues Discord for Allegedly Failing to Protect Children (wired.com)
Discord is facing a new lawsuit from the state of New Jersey, which claims that the chat app is engaged in “deceptive and unconscionable business practices” that put its younger users in danger.

Legal Issues, Social Media, Child Safety

17 points by anticorporate 11 days ago | 1 comments

AI images of child sexual abuse are becoming "significantly more realistic" (theguardian.com)
Images of child sexual abuse created by artificial intelligence are becoming “significantly more realistic”, according to an online safety watchdog.

Artificial Intelligence, Child Safety, Online Safety, Ethics

6 points by 01-_- 13 days ago | 0 comments

Restoring Old Software for Child Learning Safety (rietta.com)
We live in a day where web applications and apps have become the mainstream. These bring many conveniences, such as inter-connectivity with multiple devices, and backups of personal data. It also brings many issues like risk of data theft, loss of software access when the publisher ceases operations, and the risks of cyber-bullying for school-aged children. There are more issues to consider, but these will suffice to set the scene.

Software, Child Safety, Education

85 points by rietta 16 days ago | 39 comments

Snapchat is harming children at an industrial scale? (afterbabel.com)
On October 1, 2024, investigative journalist Jeff Horwitz reported a startling statistic from an internal Snap Inc. email quoted in a court case against Snap Inc., the company which owns Snapchat. The email noted that the company receives around 10,000 reports of sextortion each month—and that figure is likely “only a fraction of the total abuse occurring on the platform.”

Social Media, Child Safety, Technology, Lawsuits

157 points by Tomte 21 days ago | 137 comments

Unofficial parental control apps put children's safety and privacy at risk (ucl.ac.uk)
Some ‘unofficial’ parental control apps have excessive access to personal data and hide their presence, raising concerns about their potential for unethical surveillance as well as domestic abuse, according to new research from UCL and St. Pölten UAS, Austria.

Privacy, Child Safety, Parental Controls, Technology, Surveillance

3 points by gnabgib 51 days ago | 1 comments

Why did the US let a child safety bill for social media die? (theguardian.com)
When Congress adjourned for the holidays in December, a landmark bill meant to overhaul how tech companies protect their youngest users had officially failed to pass.

Social Media, Child Safety, Legislation, Politics

23 points by PaulHoule 62 days ago | 64 comments

Under new law, cops bust famous cartoonist for AI-generated CSAM (arstechnica.com)
Late last year, California passed a law against the possession or distribution of child sex abuse material (CSAM) that has been generated by AI.

Artificial Intelligence, Law, Child Safety, Media

46 points by LinuxBender 109 days ago | 80 comments

TikTok knew its livestreaming feature allowed child exploitation, allegedly (theguardian.com)
TikTok has long been aware that its video livestream feature has been misused to harm children, according to newly revealed details in a lawsuit brought against the social media company by the state of Utah.

Social Media, Child Safety, Lawsuits, TikTok, Technology

4 points by vinni2 122 days ago | 0 comments

Albania to close TikTok for a year blaming it for violence among children (apnews.com)
Albania’s prime minister said Saturday the government will shut down the video service TikTok for one year, blaming it for inciting violence and bullying, especially among children.

Albania, TikTok, Social Media, Censorship, Child Safety

8 points by pseudolus 136 days ago | 0 comments

Chatbots urged teen to self-harm, suggested murdering parents, lawsuit says (arstechnica.com)
Parents suing want Character.AI to delete its models trained on kids' data.

Artificial Intelligence, Lawsuits, Child Safety, Online Safety, Social Media

11 points by pseudolus 147 days ago | 1 comments

Apple sued over abandoning CSAM detection for iCloud (techcrunch.com)
Apple is being sued over its decision not to implement a system that would have scanned iCloud photos for child sexual abuse material (CSAM).

Apple, Lawsuits, Privacy, Child Safety, Technology

8 points by impish9208 149 days ago | 0 comments

Telegram U-turns and joins child safety scheme (bbc.com)
After years of ignoring pleas to sign up to child protection schemes, the controversial messaging app Telegram has agreed to work with an internationally recognised body to stop the spread of child sexual abuse material (CSAM).

Telegram, Child Safety, Messaging Apps, Online Safety

28 points by tartoran 153 days ago | 36 comments

Child safety org launches AI model trained on real child sex abuse images (arstechnica.com)
AI will make it harder to spread CSAM online, child safety org says.

Child Safety, Artificial Intelligence

8 points by rbanffy 166 days ago | 14 comments

Roblox: Inflated Key Metrics for Wall Street and a Pedophile Hellscape for Kids (hindenburgresearch.com)
Roblox is a $27 billion online gaming platform headquartered in San Mateo, CA. The company was incorporated in 2004 and is led by founder and CEO David Baszucki.

Gaming, Business, Investigations, Child Safety

65 points by amadeuspagel 211 days ago | 11 comments

X Corp loses court challenge over fine for child abuse material notice (abc.net.au)
X Corp must comply with an Australian safety notice about child sexual abuse issued to Twitter, a court has ruled.

Legal Issues, Social Media, Child Safety

8 points by fooblitzky 215 days ago | 0 comments

Cops lure pedophiles with AI pics of teen girl. Ethical triumph or new disaster? (arstechnica.com)

Ethics, Artificial Intelligence, Law Enforcement, Child Safety

4 points by Tomte 242 days ago | 0 comments

CSAM images removed from AI image-generator training source, researchers say (apnews.com)

AI, Child Safety, Image Generation, Research

4 points by c420 249 days ago | 0 comments

AI cameras spot toddlers not wearing seat belts (bbc.com)

AI, Child Safety, Technology, Surveillance

13 points by walterbell 249 days ago | 7 comments

Why Are We Still Making Unshaded Playgrounds? (curbed.com)