At the Revenge Porn Helpline, they are increasingly growing concerned about material that includes the drugging and filming of individuals who in many cases are also being sexually assaulted.
In these cases, victims may have been incapacitated, unconscious and unaware they were being subjected to sexual violence which is being filmed. The resulting images and videos are then uploaded and shared online.
Nearly 20% of survey participants have created AI-generated sexual content themselves or know someone who has done so, and more than half say it depicted someone they knew, the organization’s researchers said.
Of the 44% of teens who viewed sexual content they believed to be AI-generated, 15% said they came across them via an AI app that made or modified photos and videos.
YouTube is still recommending eating disorder videos to teenage users a year after new rules were introduced to curb harmful online content, according to new research.
It found one in 10 videos recommended by YouTube's Up Next algorithm featured thinspiration, extreme calorie restriction or other harmful material.
A recent study in the United States explored how family meals are changing in everyday homes. An online survey of households with at least one child ages 4–10 found that media use during meals is widespread, with 77.6% of parents and 68.7% of children using a device during their most recent meal.
A social media ban for under-16s has been announced by the UK government. It will be introduced in early 2027.
The goverment is also considering an overnight curfew and measures to stop infinite scrolling for under-18s.
The "Great British People" Facebook page, which purports to be from Yorkshire, has had 1.3 million views for its latest video of an elderly white British man crying about his pension. Other videos show reporters discussing "the overwhelming scale of mass immigration" and asking viewers if they miss "the Britain we used to know".
But it is not clear whether the creator of the videos knows the UK at all: the account is really run by someone based in Sri Lanka.
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