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Child sex abuse victim begs Elon Musk to remove links to her images

BBC investigation finds US victim’s images are traded globally by an operator based in Indonesia.

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Women aren’t just ‘cosy gamers’ – I play horror games and 600,000 watch

Once thought of as a male-dominated pastime, the number of women streaming and playing video games is growing rapidly.

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My ex stalked me, so I joined a ‘dating safety’ app. Then my address was leaked

Thousands of women who signed up had their data, including images, posts, and comments, leaked.

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TikTok to lay off hundreds of UK content moderators

The firm says it’s planning to relocate work to its other offices in Europe and invest more in AI.

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4chan will refuse to pay daily online safety fines, lawyer tells BBC

The online message board’s lawyers say UK safety laws shouldn’t apply to a business based in the US.

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French streamer’s death ‘not due to trauma’, autopsy finds

The online personality known as Jean Pormanove was found dead in his home in Nice on Monday.

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Hundreds of thousands of Grok chats exposed in Google results

Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot appears to have published messages without users’ knowledge.

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Microsoft boss troubled by rise in reports of ‘AI psychosis’

Mustafa Suleyman said there was still “zero evidence of AI consciousness today”.

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Police investigating death of French streamer seize equipment and videos

RaphaĆ«l Graven – also known as Jeanpormanove – was known for his extreme videos on the platform, Kick.

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Human rights regulator criticises Met’s use of facial recognition cameras

The Equality and Human Rights Commission says it believes the Met’s use of the tech is unlawful.

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