A very thoughtful analysis about protecting #minors online written by @eff's @sveawindwehr :
A very thoughtful analysis about protecting #minors online written by @eff's @sveawindwehr :
#Meta plans to replace #humans with #AI to assess risks
For years, when Meta launched new features for #Instagram, #WhatsApp & #Facebook, teams of reviewers evaluated possible risks: Could it violate users' #privacy? Could it cause harm to #minors? Could it worsen the spread of #misinformation or toxic #content?
Until recently, what are known inside Meta as privacy & #integrity reviews were conducted almost entirely by human evaluators.
#tech #SocialMedia #moderation
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/31/nx-s1-5407870/meta-ai-facebook-instagram-risks
https://www.europesays.com/uk/140763/ Beijing Internet Court Handled Almost 700 Cases of Minors’ Extreme Online Spending Over Past Three Years #BeijingInternetCourt #Internet #LiveStreaming #Minors #OnlineGames #Technology #UK #UnitedKingdom
The Texas Legislature is poised to impose sweeping restrictions on how minors use social media, from banning them from signing up for accounts and requiring parental consent to download applications, to placing warning labels about their dangers.
@Nonya_Bidniss #WhatIfIToldYou it literally is close to that in #Germany, as #minors can't consent to having their data harvested and parents can't sign off on that either?
A film that shows that the oppressed are a threat to power as they unite and break down the prejudices maintained by power to divide them.
Pride is a 2014 historical comedy-drama film written by Stephen Beresford and directed by Matthew Warchus. Based on a true story, it depicts a group of lesbian and gay activists who raised money to help families affected by the British miners' strike in 1984,[3] at the outset of what would become the Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners campaign.
In its infinite cruelty, the Republican party has already cut the funding that provides legal aid to unaccompanied minors. Republicans are pure evil.
ICE’s Next Deportation Target Is Unaccompanied Migrant Children
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/ice-deportation-target-unaccompanied-migrant-children-1235277326/
In the memo, #ICE said it had collected data from a number of sources on unaccompanied #minors & sorted them into 3 priority groups, "flight risk", "public safety" & "border security."
It directed agents to focus on #children deemed “flight risks” - including those ordered deported for missing court hearings & those released to sponsors who are not blood relatives.
The #Immigration and Customs Enforcement [#ICE] memo outlines an unprecedented push to target migrant #children who crossed the border illegally as unaccompanied #minors. It lays out 4 phases of implementation, beginning with a planning phase on January 27, though it did not provide a start date for enforcement operations.
#RainbowCapitalism and #Pinkwashing is bad.
The office has long operated independently of #ICE out of concern that the #minors’ #undocumented family members & sponsors may not come forward to claim them, fearing arrest.
A similar effort during #Trump’s first term drew swift outrage from #CivilLiberties groups who said it forced #children to stay in federal custody longer, & led to the #arrests of immigrant adults who had no #criminal histories.
The Office of Refugee Resettlement, or #ORR, at the Dept of Health & Human Services [#HHS], which maintains the database, is responsible for caring for unaccompanied #minors taken into #US custody along the border. The #refugee agency then identifies & screens potential sponsors who can take custody of the #teens & #children — often close relatives living in the US — to get them out of government shelters.
#Trump admin wants access to database of #immigrant #minors
The Office of #Refugee #Resettlement [#ORR], which is responsible for caring for unaccompanied minors, has long operated independently of #ICE.
The Trump admin is seeking to grant US #immigration officers access to databases that contain info on hundreds of thousands of immigrant #teens & #children who crossed into the #UnitedStates w/o parents, WH border czar TomHoman told WaPo Fri.
#law #Trump
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/01/31/administration-access-immigrant-minors-data/
Social Media in Greece – Action to Limit Teen Access https://www.byteseu.com/698238/ #Greece #minors #SocialMedia
#Trump #administration drops #charges against #doctor who made #trans #patients’ #medicalrecords #public.
The doctor claimed he was #reporting "#childabuse" by handing the #minors' #medicalrecords over to #rightwing #extremists.
PsyPost: TikTok leads as the most popular platform among underage users, research reveals. “A significant portion of children under the age of 13 in the United States are actively using social media platforms like TikTok, Instagram, and Snapchat, despite clear age restrictions, according to a new study published in Academic Pediatrics. Researchers found that a majority of 11-to-15-year-olds […]
#Lithuania #Court rules against ‘#gaypropaganda’ #law, saying it “casts a shadow over the #LGBTQ+ #community.”
The court found the “#propaganda #law” failed to respect #humanrights, #dignity, and #democraticvalues, finding that info on #diverse #families and #relationships can't be deemed “#inappropriate” for #minors
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #EuropeanUnion #Baltics #Lithuania #GayRights #Progress
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/01/09/lithuania-court-rules-against-gay-propaganda-law/
Greek City Times: Greece Partners with Australia to Limit Minors’ Social Media Use; Unveils National Plan. “In a significant step to combat internet addiction among youth, Greece has introduced a detailed national strategy to limit minors’ excessive use of social media. Greece, alongside Australia, has launched a comprehensive national plan to address the rising concerns of internet addiction […]
Character.ai under pressure after disturbing conversations with minors surface: Recent lawsuit details how Character.ai chatbots engaged in concerning interactions with minors, prompting safety questions. https://ppc.land/character-ai-under-pressure-after-disturbing-conversations-with-minors-surface/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #CharacterAI #Chatbots #OnlineSafety #Minors #AIethics
→ Chatbots urged teen to self-harm, suggested murdering parents, lawsuit says
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/12/chatbots-urged-teen-to-self-harm-suggested-murdering-parents-lawsuit-says/
“[The] complaint alleges that the ex-Googlers who started #Character Technologies only left the giant company to train a #model that #Google considered too #dangerous to put out under its own name. The plan all along, the lawsuits allege, was to extract #sensitive #data from #minors and evolve the model so that Google could reacquire it and use it to power #Gemini.”