With all the vast amount of sexually explicit material using real people to make #DeepFake #AI (including victimizing children), this is a truly heinous and terrible idea beyond words.

Real children's faces and features are being fed into the AI, then it can later produce #CSAM without the child ever being aware that they've been made into a Dark Web CSAM celebrity.

My brain goes to some very dark places for where and how this data is most likely to be used, and almost none of them are ethical.

#TrainingAI #AITrainingData #GenerativeAI #ChildrensSafety #ChildrensPrivacy #ChildrensOnlinePrivacy

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The UK’s Online Safety Act has entered a new phase, with in-scope user-to-user services now required not only to remove detected child exploitation content, but also to report it to the UK’s National Crime Agency or a foreign agency exercising equivalent functions. View our coverage:

#UKCompliance #ChildrensPrivacy #OnlineSafety 

https://www.zwillgen.com/eu-uk/new-uk-csea-reporting-rule-takes-effect-user-to-user-services/

New UK CSEA Reporting Rule Takes Effect for User-to-User Services

Providers that already report should confirm whether that reporting fully covers the content that would be reportable under UK law.

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Companies that have paused their Age-Appropriate Design Code compliance efforts will have to pick the pen back up. South Carolina enacts an immediately effective AADC and California's Ninth Circuit vacated, in part, the injunction against the CA AADC.

#AADC #ChildrensPrivacy #Privacy

https://www.zwillgen.com/privacy/south-carolina-enacts-immediately-effective-novel-aadc-california-aadc-revived/

South Carolina Enacts Immediately Effective, Novel AADC; California AADC Revived by Ninth Circuit

Ninth Circuit vacated, in part, the injunction against the California AADC, which could be enforced imminently; South Carolina enacts AADC.

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FYI: ICO fines Imgur owner MediaLab £247,590 for children's privacy failures: UK's ICO fined MediaLab £247,590 for failing to protect children on Imgur, finding no age checks were in place from September 2021 to September 2025. https://ppc.land/ico-fines-imgur-owner-medialab-247-590-for-childrens-privacy-failures/ #ChildrensPrivacy #MediaLab #Imgur #PrivacyConcerns #ICOFines
ICO fines Imgur owner MediaLab £247,590 for children's privacy failures

UK's ICO fined MediaLab £247,590 for failing to protect children on Imgur, finding no age checks were in place from September 2021 to September 2025.

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A $10 million FTC settlement with Disney highlights how COPPA obligations may be triggered by content mislabeling on YouTube. Learn what businesses should be doing now in our new blog post: #COPPA #ChildrensPrivacy #FTC #ContentCreators
https://www.zwillgen.com/privacy/ftc-puts-content-creators-notice-10-million-coppa-settlement-disney/
FTC Puts Content Creators on Notice in $10 million COPPA Settlement with Disney

FTC’s $10M settlement with Disney over YouTube mislabeling highlights COPPA risks, content creator duties, and child privacy enforcement.

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TikTok Sucks in Canada Too

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FTC sues robot toy maker Apitor over children's privacy violations: Chinese company accused of enabling unauthorized data collection through JPush SDK without parental consent in federal court complaint filed September 2, 2025. https://ppc.land/ftc-sues-robot-toy-maker-apitor-over-childrens-privacy-violations/ #FTC #PrivacyViolations #ChildrensPrivacy #DataProtection #Apitor
FTC sues robot toy maker Apitor over children's privacy violations

Chinese company accused of enabling unauthorized data collection through JPush SDK without parental consent in federal court complaint filed September 2, 2025.

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Texas launches investigations into Character.AI and Meta for children's privacy: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton opens multiple probes targeting AI chatbots and social platforms for deceptive mental health claims and privacy violations. https://ppc.land/texas-launches-investigations-into-character-ai-and-meta-for-childrens-privacy/ #Texas #CharacterAI #Meta #ChildrensPrivacy #PrivacyRights
Texas launches investigations into Character.AI and Meta for children's privacy

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton opens multiple probes targeting AI chatbots and social platforms for deceptive mental health claims and privacy violations.

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The #FTC's new order requires NGL Labs to bar users under 18 with a neutral age gate—the first time the agency has banned minors from an online service. Learn about the implications of this landmark decision in our latest blog post #ChildrensPrivacy https://www.zwillgen.com/ftc-state-ag/were-not-gonna-lie-ftcs-settlement-contains-novel-requirement-neutral-age-gate-u18
We’re “Not Gonna Lie,” FTC’s Settlement Contains Novel Requirement for Neutral Age-Gate for U18

The FTC’s proposed order requires NGL to bar known users under 18, the first time agency has barred an online service from hosting minors.

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