Alberta schools pull more than 160 titles due to ban on explicit images of sexual acts
Alberta school divisions complying with a provincial order have removed dozens of graphic novels from their shelves, from illustrated versions of literary classics to coming-of-age memoirs and dramatic retellings of mythology, access to information request results show.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-school-book-ban-order-graphic-novels-9.7118495?cmp=rss
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Meta AI Bots for Taylor Swift, Scarlett Johansson, More Sent 'Flirty' Pics: Report

Meta removed AI chatbots of virtual celebrities including Taylor Swift, Scarlett Johansson, Anne Hathaway and Selena Gomez that were "flirty" and "routinely made sexual advances," after a Reuters report found that they were created without the celebs' knowledge or permission.

Variety

Google has debuted a new default SafeSearch setting, somewhere between "on" and "off," that automatically blurs explicit images in search results for most people.

Unless you're logged in and over 18, don't expect to find violent or racy stuff.

#Google #SafeSearch #ExplicitImages
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/02/google-will-soon-default-to-blurring-explicit-image-search-results/

Google will soon default to blurring explicit image search results

The setting can be disabled, except for supervised accounts.

Ars Technica