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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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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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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."
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Videos demeaning trans women and girls don’t violate Meta’s guidelines, Oversight Board rules
LGBTQ+ advocates say the timing for this decision “couldn’t be worse” as anti-trans violence and discrimination continues to spread worldwide.
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Trump backed a bill on nonconsensual intimate images — but he fired its enforcers
The Take It Down Act, championed by the first lady, would hand regulation to the FTC. The new administration has ousted two commissioners and at least a dozen staff members.
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Dating app cover-up: How Tinder, Hinge and their corporate owner keep rape under wraps
The company behind more than a dozen dating apps, Match Group, has known for years about the abusive users on its platforms, but chooses to leave millions of people in the dark.
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What we saved from the federal government’s data purge
Many federal datasets and webpages are no longer accessible in order to comply with Trump’s executive order recognizing only two genders.