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Elon Musk accused of amplifying anti-migrant content to more than 60 million on X amid Belfast disorder

Elon Musk’s posts on X about the disorder in Belfast have garnered more than 60 million views

The Independent UK

Threats to US lawmakers spiked after Meta eased moderation: watchdog

WASHINGTON (UNITED STATES) - From explicit calls for murder to sexual harassment, violent threats targeting US lawmakers on Facebook rocketed after tech giant Meta rolled back key content moderation policies last year, a tech watchdog said Tuesday.

Bangkok Post

Threats Against Politicians Quadrupled After Meta Changed Speech Rules: Report

Threats against U.S. politicians, including President Donald Trump, surged on Facebook after Meta made the controversial decision to loosen its speech rules in January 2025, according to a new report.

International Business Times

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Woman Loses $10K in Hilton Head Island Rental Scam — Facebook Accused of Becoming 'Breeding Ground' for Fraud

A woman lost $10,800 (£8,530) to a fake Hilton Head rental via Facebook. FTC data shows half of reported rental scams now start on the platform

International Business Times UK

AI Chatbots Fail Safety Tests: 8 of 10 Assisted Teens in Planning Attacks — Meta AI & Perplexity Highlighted

A joint investigation by the Centre for Countering Digital Hate and CNN reveals that popular AI chatbots like Perplexity and Meta AI assist teens in planning violent acts, highlighting the urgent need for AI safety regulations to protect youth.

International Business Times UK

Researchers posed as teenagers planning mass shootings.

Euronews

Grok AI generated about 3m sexualised images in 11 days, study finds

Estimate made by Center for Countering Digital Hate after Elon Musk’s AI image generation tool sparked outrage

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MPs should ‘question consciences’ on using X, says campaigner sanctioned by US

Imran Ahmed said the influence of big tech firms, including Mr Musk’s platform, was behind the bid to remove him from the US.

Evening Standard

British campaigner says tech firms behind bid to deport him from US

Senior State Department figures accused Imran Ahmed of seeking to ‘censor’ social media platforms such as Elon Musk’s X.

Evening Standard

UK campaigner targeted by Trump accuses tech giants of ‘sociopathic greed’

Exclusive: Imran Ahmed says US companies are ‘corrupting the system’ of politics by seeking to avoid accountability

The Guardian - UK

US judge blocks Trump administration from deporting UK anti-disinformation campaigner

Imran Ahmed of Center for Countering Digital Hate files complaint against senior Trump allies

The Guardian - UK

British online campaigner vows to fight US deportation threat

Imran Ahmed, who leads the Centre for Countering Digital Hate and has close links to the Labour Party, has been hit by US sanctions.

Evening Standard

UK ‘committed’ to free speech after former Labour adviser sanctioned by US

Imran Ahmed is among a group described by US secretary of state Marco Rubio as leading efforts to ‘punish American viewpoints they oppose’.

Evening Standard

Visa ban for European critics of online harm is first shot in US free speech war

Legislation that seeks to curb harmful content is viewed as a threat to Silicon Valley by many Maga politicians

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ChatGPT ‘upgrade’ giving more harmful answers than previously, tests find

Campaigners ‘deeply concerned’ about response to prompts about suicide, self-harm and eating disorders

The National (Scotland)

Concerns over youngsters’ growing use of AI chatbots

AI chatbots such as ChatGPT will need to adhere to the age-restricting Online Safety Act according to a government spokesperson ...

Euronews

Conspiracies about extreme weather spread faster than life-saving alerts on social media, says study

The study says the influence of high-profile conspiracy theorists during climate disasters is drowning out emergency response efforts.

International Business Times

Extreme Weather Misinformation 'Putting Lives At Risk,' Study Warns

Major social media platforms are enabling and profiting from misinformation around extreme weather events, endangering lives and impeding emergency response efforts, a research group said Tuesday.

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The Independent UK

Voices: I found photos of my armpits on 4chan

COMMENT: When Sharan Dhaliwal discovered that personal photographs had been published on an extreme forum, she was just as outraged to learn how powerless she was to do anything about it

The Independent UK

‘He is world’s leading free speech hypocrite’: Elon Musk’s battle with Wikipedia is part of his war on truth

Elon Musk is angry at Wikipedia for reporting on his alleged ‘Nazi salute’. But his attacks are part of a long and troubling history of trying to suppress information he finds inconvenient, writes Io Dodds

The Independent UK

YouTube algorithm suggests videos about disordered eating to some young users, new study says

YouTube’s policy states that it will remove or restrict content that ‘glorifies or promotes eating disorders’ but the study found that harmful content is still accessible on the social media platform

Fortune

Inside Elon Musk's time-worn legal strategy of spending and grinding adversaries into submission

In years of court cases, Musk has consistently used the same legal tactics to take on his opponents.