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online safety and digital citizenship specialist

Adults who work with Young People News

14 November 2025

"There's going to be the camp that uses AI well and in an ethical manner, and then there's going to be those that use it to persuade, influence, and guide people down paths," he says.

"And that's the bit that I personally find quite scary. When you think about elections and political canvassing, and how the use of AI can influence voting decisions and who is going to be elected next."

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12 November 2025

The UK government will allow tech firms and child safety charities to proactively test artificial intelligence tools to make sure they cannot create child sexual abuse imagery.

An amendment to the Crime and Policing Bill announced on Wednesday would enable "authorised testers" to assess models for their ability to generate illegal child sexual abuse material (CSAM) prior to their release.

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01 November 2025

'We are sleepwalking directly into our next obesity epidemic. One designed directly to appeal to our consumerist tendencies, to appease our need for dopamine, and offers light reprieve from our daily dystopian depression. But, rather than a diet of greasy takeaway fries and sugar-stuffed chocolate priced low at the checkout to drive impulse purchases, this next threat is to our creative minds.'

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25 October 2025

At the top end far-right activist Tommy Robinson charges £28 per minute for coaching through the slick app Minnect, where followers can get his advice and viewpoints on topics related to anti-Islam activism and political commentary. However, across the country other local patrol groups are posing as charities and soliciting donations for ‘equipment’ while operating without police recognition.

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