Netopia.eu1d ago
Tech firms play fast and loose with CSAM as EU agreement runs out. www.politico.eu/article/tech... #onlineharms #digitalservicesact #childprotection

Tech firms enter legal limbo o...
Tech firms enter legal limbo over child abuse scanning

Scanning private online spaces for child abuse material becomes illegal in Europe on Saturday.

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The-144d ago
Neuroscience explains why teens are so vulnerable to Big Tech social media platforms
#SocialMedia #Neuroscience #MentalHealth #Teen #BigTech #DigitalAddiction #Dopamine #Youth #Depression #Anxiety #Psychology #TechRegulation #OnlineHarms #MediaCriticism
https://the-14.com/neuroscience-explains-why-teens-are-so-vulnerable-to-big-tech-social-media-platforms/
Neuroscience explains why teens are so vulnerable to Big Tech social media platforms | The-14

Neuroscience reveals why teens are vulnerable to social media linking dopamine anxiety and design features to rising mental health risks and urgent regulation.

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TechNaduFeb 12

Non-consensual synthetic imagery is scaling faster than platform controls.

Recent reporting details how AI tools were used to fabricate explicit deepfakes of a public content creator - then monetize them via impersonation accounts.

Researchers documented millions of sexualized AI-generated images in a short timeframe, prompting regulatory investigations across jurisdictions.

From a security and governance standpoint:
• Identity verification failures
• Monetization platform abuse
• Content moderation lag
• Cross-platform amplification
• Enforcement complexity

This is not only a policy issue - it’s an abuse-of-technology issue.

How should AI providers implement friction without crippling innovation?

Soure: https://www.404media.co/grok-nudify-ai-images-impersonation-onlyfans/?ref=daily-stories-newsletter

Follow @technadu for threat-informed AI and cybersecurity reporting.

#Infosec #ThreatModeling #AIAbuse #PlatformSecurity #CyberPolicy #DigitalForensics #OnlineHarms #TechNadu

Dr. Emma L Briant🐕🇬🇧in🇦🇺Sep 8, 2025

Mine was the first testimony in the inquiry on tackling online harms facing young people in New Zealand - you can watch it now here - play from the beginning: https://www.parliament.nz/en/pb/sc/scl/education-and-workforce/news-archive/watch-public-meetings-of-the-education-and-workforce-committee/

And don't forget you can read the written testimony here! https://www.parliament.nz/resource/en-NZ/54SCEDUW_EVI_8611cb90-f850-4b63-6bf5-08dda3e61931_EDUW9294/5fd980b518f491b3423ec4ca2fba741aa1346393 #socialmedia #children #onlineharms #algorithms #bigtech #NewZealand

The-14Aug 20, 2025
Laws are introduced globally to reduce ‘psychological harm’ online – but there’s no clear definition of what it is
#OnlineSafety #DigitalRights #MentalHealth #Cyberbullying #OnlineHarms #SocialMedia #DigitalWellbeing #Law #PsychologicalHarm #InternetSafety
https://the-14.com/laws-are-introduced-globally-to-reduce-psychological-harm-online-but-theres-no-clear-definition-of-what-it-is/
Laws are introduced globally to reduce ‘psychological harm’ online – but there’s no clear definition of what it is | The-14

Where we are now In reviewing the 80 years’ worth of work in clinical, forensic and cognitive psychology, here is what I see as the major issues concerning psychological harm. There is no agreement as to where to draw the boundary between psychological harm or related concepts and mental disorders outlined in the diagnostic manual

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bentasker.co.uk FeedAug 5, 2025

New #Blog: Feedback on The Online Safety Act (an email to my MP)
Author: Ben Tasker

https://www.bentasker.co.uk/posts/blog/the-internet/feedback-on-the-online-safety-act.html?utm_source=rss

#internet #onlineharms #onlinesafetyact #safety #theinternet #thoughts #unitedkingom #web

Feedback on The Online Safety Act (an email to my MP)

Today I wrote an email to my MP to ask some questions about how the government intends to unpick the mess that has been made with the online safety act. This post starts with a short analysis of a com

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Alec MuffettMay 21, 2025
NYU psychology professor taken to task for hawking dubious paper about children, screen time and harms
https://alecmuffett.com/article/113388
#JonathanHaidt #MoralPanic #OnlineHarms #ScreenTime
NYU psychology professor taken to task for hawking dubious paper about children, screen time and harms

The screen-time moral panic is not yet over, and this guy (thread) is being roasted on bluesky for selecting arbitrary experts, asking them if screen use MAY be correlated with harm, and graphing t…

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alecmMay 21, 2025

NYU psychology professor taken to task for hawking dubious paper about children, screen time and harms

The screen-time moral panic is not yet over, and this guy (thread) is being roasted on bluesky for selecting arbitrary experts, asking them if screen use MAY be correlated with harm, and graphing the results as if causative:

https://bsky.app/profile/jayvanbavel.bsky.social/post/3lpaaktc6bc2x

Via:

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2480657-attempt-to-reach-expert-consensus-on-teens-and-phones-ends-in-argument/

#jonathanHaidt #moralPanic #onlineHarms #screenTime

Jay Van Bavel, PhD (@jayvanbavel.bsky.social)

Are #smartphones and #socialmedia harming a generation? This is a hotly debated and often polarizing debate. So we surveyed over 120 experts on the topic to see where there was genuine consensus (or not), like experts have previous done for climate change. See our paper: https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/b94dy_v1

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Alec MuffettMar 12, 2025
“I need you to roll a 20 to prove that using social media generally causes harm to teens…”
https://alecmuffett.com/article/112733
#OnlineHarms #dnd
“I need you to roll a 20 to prove that using social media generally causes harm to teens…”

THE COURT: It was well known when I was growing up that I was going to become a Satanist because I played Dungeons & Dragons. Is that — I don’t know what really that means. You can say that the…

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alecmMar 12, 2025

“I need you to roll a 20 to prove that using social media generally causes harm to teens…”

THE COURT: It was well known when I was growing up that I was going to become a Satanist because I played Dungeons & Dragons. Is that — I don’t know what really that means. You can say that there’s studies, Judge, and you can’t ignore expert reports that say X.

https://www.techdirt.com/2025/03/11/judge-uses-dds-failure-to-make-him-worship-satan-to-school-florida-on-social-media-moral-panics/

#dnd #onlineHarms

Judge Uses D&D’s Failure To Make Him Worship Satan To School Florida On Social Media Moral Panics

When Florida’s lawyers tried to defend the state’s social media age restriction law by claiming it’s “well known” that platforms harm children, they probably weren&#82…

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