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

https://mastodon.social/@heidilifeldman/116596292735099594

The shiny new AI toy promising endless engagement could be a serious threat to your child. Many of these 'smart' companions are powered by general-purpose LLMs, never vetted for kids, and trained on the entire unfiltered internet. Advocacy groups like Common Sense Media and Fairplay for Kids are highlighting profound risks to privacy and development, with some models even generating…

https://www.tpp.blog/2oavdt9

#technology #aitoys #childrenssafety

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Concerns over online games like Roblox have parents urging diligence with kids' safety
Roblox, an online gaming platform popular with kids, announced it would implement protections for its young users and pay the state of Nevada $12 million US, which will be used to create a safer environment for children online.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-roblox-online-games-children-safety-9.7167533?cmp=rss
Concerns over online games like Roblox have parents urging diligence with kids' safety
Roblox, an online gaming platform popular with kids, announced it would implement protections for its young users and pay the state of Nevada $12 million US, which will be used to create a safer environment for children online.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-roblox-online-games-children-safety-9.7167533?cmp=rss
FTC's 2026-2030 plan puts Big Tech, kids' data, and ad fraud in the crosshairs: The FTC published its FY 2026-2030 Strategic Plan on April 3, 2026, setting enforcement priorities across antitrust, consumer protection, and children's online. https://ppc.land/ftcs-2026-2030-plan-puts-big-tech-kids-data-and-ad-fraud-in-the-crosshairs/ #BigTech #DataProtection #ChildrensSafety #AdFraud #ConsumerRights
FTC's 2026-2030 plan puts Big Tech, kids' data, and ad fraud in the crosshairs

The FTC published its FY 2026-2030 Strategic Plan on April 3, 2026, setting enforcement priorities across antitrust, consumer protection, and children's online.

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Jury finds Meta downplayed children’s safety on platforms in landmark trial
The jury found that Meta violated New Mexico's consumer protection law and ordered the company to pay $375 million in civil penalties.
#Tech #USNews #ChildSafety #MarkZuckerberg
https://globalnews.ca/news/11744472/meta-child-safety-trial-verdict-new-mexico/
FYI: UK launches landmark consultation on children's online world: what's at stake: UK government today opens a national consultation on children's digital wellbeing, covering social media age bans, AI chatbots, curfews, and age verification - open until 26 May 2026. https://ppc.land/uk-launches-landmark-consultation-on-childrens-online-world-whats-at-stake/ #DigitalWellbeing #ChildrensSafety #OnlineConsultation #SocialMedia #AIEthics
UK launches landmark consultation on children's online world: what's at stake

UK government today opens a national consultation on children's digital wellbeing, covering social media age bans, AI chatbots, curfews, and age verification - open until 26 May 2026.

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UK launches landmark consultation on children's online world: what's at stake: UK government today opens a national consultation on children's digital wellbeing, covering social media age bans, AI chatbots, curfews, and age verification - open until 26 May 2026. https://ppc.land/uk-launches-landmark-consultation-on-childrens-online-world-whats-at-stake/ #ChildrensSafety #DigitalWellbeing #OnlineConsultation #ChildrensRights #SocialMediaSafety
UK launches landmark consultation on children's online world: what's at stake

UK government today opens a national consultation on children's digital wellbeing, covering social media age bans, AI chatbots, curfews, and age verification - open until 26 May 2026.

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CW: The article contains disturbing child abuse, resulting in death. #TriggerWarning.

The placement was approved by both #BritishColumbia Ministry of #Children & Family Development & the family service’s department of the boy’s First Nation, but the report says the ministry did not complete #BackgroundChecks or visit the home before the siblings were moved there.

Charlesworth said the lack of communication, #DueDiligence & #DueProcess would “prove to be a massive error” because those in charge of the boy’s safety could have learned the woman had prior involvement with the ministry over physical #abuse of her child & there were documented concerns about her partner’s “conduct with children.”

https://www.aptnnews.ca/national-news/b-c-s-massive-error-part-of-web-of-inaction-that-could-have-saved-boy-advocate/

#BCpoli #ChildAbuse #BCNDP #ChildWelfare #ChildrenInCare #ChildrensRights #ChildrensSafety #BCgovernment #BCNewDeathParty #PreventableDeaths #FailureToProtect #SocialWelfare #ChildrensWelfare #IndigenousChildren #EveryChildMatters

@JeffWalters
"The government’s response to questions about the appropriateness of such an arrangement has been to stipulate that the Olubobokuns cannot have anything to do with the childcare centre. Really?"

You can get away with a lot under Moe's gov't #skpoli #childrenssafety

https://thestarphoenix.com/opinion/letters/letter-former-christian-school-official-now-director-of-sask-daycare

Letter: Former Christian school official now director of Sask. daycare

A reader points out that a former official with a Christian school in Saskatoon, who is facing assault charges, is director of a daycare.