Meta vows to take action after report found Instagram’s algorithm promoted pedophilia content
'Child exploitation is a horrific crime,' the company said.
CSAM
The EARN IT Act will be introduced to Congress for the third time
Will it protect kids or just curb personal freedoms?
Pinterest algorithms are making it easy for creeps to make boards featuring underage girls
Pinterest will soon have tools to report boards and profiles, however.
Facebook and Instagram will help prevent the spread of teens' intimate photos
Take It Down flags images to prevent unwanted photos from spreading.
Apple expands iCloud encryption as it backs away from controversial CSAM scanning plans
New security features will keep more of your data safe from hackers and law enforcement.
Twitter has stopped enforcing its COVID-19 misinformation policy
The social network may also have gutted the team tackling child exploitation.
Twitter says it inadvertently ran ads on profiles containing CSAM
The social network is investigating the incident.
Twitter planned to build an OnlyFans clone, but CSAM issues reportedly derailed the plan
Employees claimed the company isn't doing enough to tackle harmful sexual content, according to The Verge.
Apple removes mentions of controversial child abuse scanning from its site
Don't count on the image detection arriving any time soon.
Apple is delaying its child safety features
Privacy advocates criticized the CSAM detection tools, which were supposed to arrive alongside the iOS 15 update.
Researchers say they built a CSAM detection system like Apple's and discovered flaws
“Our system could be easily repurposed for surveillance and censorship.”
Apple acknowledges 'confusion' over child safety updates
The company says this is an issue of poor communication, not poor policy.
EARN IT act targets online child abuse but could threaten encryption
Tech companies are protected from liability for what users post, but this bill threatens that.
