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Jasmine Mithani
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Kids are making deepfakes of each other, and laws aren’t keeping up
Schools and lawmakers are grappling with how to address a new form of peer-on-peer image-based sexual abuse that disproportionately targets girls.
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States can still pass AI regulations, a ‘big, beautiful bill’ win for child safety advocates
The Senate stripped a controversial provision from the bill — a move praised by those who say tech companies shouldn't be shielded from accountability.
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Supreme Court clears the way for increased age verification for porn sites
The decision ultimately means that laws can restrict the free speech of adults in service of protecting children.
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This third-generation civil rights lawyer wants to pave the way for humanity-focused tech
Michele Jawando has taken the reins as the president of the Omidyar Network as it works to respond to the moment in tech and politics.
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Domestic violence nonprofits sue over Trump administration’s anti-DEI funding rules
A lawsuit filed by the National Women’s Law Center says the grant restrictions conflict with requirements in the Violence Against Women Act.
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The Trump administration is making the country less safe for domestic violence victims
Slashed and paused funding, mass firings and information purges have destabilized an infrastructure that took 40 years to build.
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Here’s how you can use the Take It Down Act
The 19th explains how the new law on nonconsensual intimate imagery will be implemented — and how you can request the takedown of explicit images created or shared without permission.
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Federal grants to assist domestic violence survivors are back — with more strings attached
Revised funding opportunities from the Office on Violence Against Women ban any activities characterizing domestic violence as a social justice issue.
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Key reports addressing violence against Indigenous women are gone from federal sites
The removals came ahead of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women’s Day of Awareness.
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House approves Take It Down Act, sending bill on intimate images to Trump’s desk
The bill requires online platforms to remove nonconsensual intimate imagery, including sexually explicit deepfakes and so-called “revenge porn."