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Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and X failing to remove dangerous suicide and self-harm content – study | Science & Tech News
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Some of the biggest social media platforms are failing to detect and remove dangerous suicide and self-harm content, according to a study. The Molly Rose Foundation found that of more than 12 million content moderation decisions made by six of the biggest platforms, over 95% of them were detected and removed by only two sites…
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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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Could Snapchat have a solution to the Elgin Marbles row? | Science & Tech News
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Rishi Sunak is known to love tech, so could it offer a way out of his awkward diplomatic row with Greece over the Elgin Marbles? The augmented reality (AR) boffins at Snap think it could. The creators of the app most people associate with wearing silly filters have branched out into culture and the arts,…
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UK to launch an Online Fraud Charter with 11 major tech companies including TikTok, Snapchat and YouTube | Politics News
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The UK is to launch an Online Fraud Charter with 11 major tech companies in a “world-first” initiative to combat scams, fake adverts and romance fraud. Home Secretary James Cleverly will host representatives from several leading tech companies – including Facebook, TikTok, Snapchat and YouTube – to sign the pledge to tackle internet fraud on…
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Snapchat launches safety feature to give parents limited access to children’s accounts | Science & Tech News
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Snapchat is launching a new feature which will give parents some access into their children’s activities on the platform. It requires the child’s account to agree to link up with an account belonging to someone over 25, but the Family Centre tool will show parents their child’s friends list and when they last spoke to…
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Snapchat launched on web – allowing users to log on without mobile phone | Science & Tech News
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Snapchat is today launching Snapchat for Web, a browser-based app for users to access the messaging platform without picking up their phones. It will allow users – at first just Snapchat+ subscribers in the UK and elsewhere – to access the social media company’s calling and messaging features online. The company said it plans to…