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NASA’s Mars rover suffers ‘abuse’ while roaming the red planet | Science & Tech News
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NASA’s Mars rover has suffered “abuse” while it has been roaming the red planet, according to the space agency. The Curiosity Rover has been exploring Mars since 2012, sending back crucial information about the planet as it rolls around the rocky terrain near the Gale Crater where it landed. Sharing a picture of one of…
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‘Nothing stopping’ child sex abuse images spreading on WhatsApp, safety group says | UK News
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There is “nothing stopping” child sexual abuse images from spreading on WhatsApp, a child safety organisation has warned. The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF), which helps detect and remove child abuse content from the web, has accused WhatsApp’s owner Meta of failing to have the mechanisms in place to stop the spread of such material, including…
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Child Disney star ‘broke down in tears’ after criminal used AI to make sex abuse images of her | US News
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A Disney Channel child star has told Sky News that she “broke down in tears” after learning a criminal had used artificial intelligence (AI) to create sexual abuse images using her face. Kaylin Hayman, who is 16 years old, returned home from school one day to a phone call from the FBI. An investigator told…
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Children under six being manipulated into sexual abuse, according to ‘deeply disturbing’ report | Science & Tech News
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Children under six are being manipulated into “disturbing” acts of sexual abuse, according to a report by the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF). Warning: This story contains descriptions of child sexual abuse imagery Last year was the most extreme year on record for the IWF’s abuse hotline, which saw a 22% increase in ‘category A’ imagery.…
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Snapchat flagged in nearly half of child abuse imagery crimes in past seven years | Science & Tech News
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Snapchat was flagged in nearly half of the crimes involving child abuse imagery over the past seven years, new figures reveal. Freedom of information requests submitted by the NSPCC children’s charity to 35 police forces showed Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp were named in around a quarter of cases of child abuse imagery crimes when police…
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Nathan Bake: Mechanic from Cheshire jailed for 16 years for role in child sex abuse website | UK News
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A mechanic who helped run one of the dark web’s biggest child sex abuse websites has been jailed for 16 years after he was convicted under organised crime laws in the first case of its kind. Nathan Bake, a 28-year-old tyre fitter from Runcorn, Cheshire, was the head moderator and second in command of The…
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Police ‘investigate sexual abuse of young girl’s avatar in the metaverse’ – prompting NSPCC warning | Science & Tech News
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British police are reportedly investigating the sexual abuse of a child’s avatar in the metaverse – prompting the NSPCC to warn that tech firms must do more to protect young users. Online abuse is linked with physical abuse in the real world and can have a devastating impact on victims, the charity’s campaigners said. The…
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Facebook Messenger gets default end-to-end encryption despite child abuse fears | Science & Tech News
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Meta has rolled out default end-to-end encryption for Facebook Messenger users despite concerns the move will make it harder to tackle child abuse. The tech giant had been criticised by children’s charities and the National Crime Agency over the plans, which bring the chat app in line with services like Signal and its own WhatsApp.…
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Omegle shuts down after 14 years amid abuse claims | Science & Tech News
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Omegle, the video chat site which paired strangers, has shut down following claims of abuse against users. The app saw a surge in popularity during the pandemic but has faced allegations it matched children with paedophiles. The site has been mentioned in more than 50 cases against paedophiles in the last couple of years, according…
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‘Sickening rise’ in AI-generated child sex abuse images ‘inciting paedophiles to commit more crimes’ | Science & Tech News
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Home Secretary Suella Braverman has pledged to work with the US to tackle the “sickening” rise of child sexual abuse images generated by artificial intelligence (AI). Investigations by an online safety group have found “astoundingly realistic” AI-made images of children, including babies and toddlers, being abused. The Internet Watch Foundation has also discovered an online…