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TikTok, Snapchat, OnlyFans and others to combat AI-generated child abuse content

DIGIT — Tue, 31 Oct 2023 10:30:13 +0000

Major social platforms, AI companies, governments and NGOs issued a joint statement pledging to combat AI-generated abusive content, such as explicit images of children.

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Snapchat warned by UK data watchdog over AI chatbot risks

DIGIT — Fri, 06 Oct 2023 13:45:08 +0000

Snapchat received a warning from the U.K. data watchdog regarding its AI chatbot “My AI” for potentially failing to identify and address its privacy risks.

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Snapchat influencer turns simps into cash using an AI doppelganger

DIGIT — Thu, 11 May 2023 05:23:08 +0000

With CarynAI, Caryn Marjorie has launched something seemingly straight out of a science fiction movie.

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Silicon Valley tech CEOs are not big fans of metaverses

DIGIT — Thu, 27 Oct 2022 11:49:40 +0000

Disney’s CEO said the company doesn’t tend to use the word metaverse, as it believes it’s a very broad term.

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Hackers Are Taking Advantage of Typing Mistakes to Steal Cryptocurrency

DIGIT — Tue, 25 Oct 2022 11:30:52 +0000

A group of hackers have taken advantage of typing mistakes in order to introduce malware to Android phones and Windows-based PCs. Using a technique called typosquatting, which consists of registering domains that are dramatically near to the ones of official brands of organizations, hackers are getting data and private keys from unsuspected users, according to […]

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Snapchat’s parent company shutters Web3 division amid layoffs

DIGIT — Fri, 02 Sep 2022 19:45:00 +0000

The company said it will let go of its Web3 division to make way for restructuring after falling behind financial targets.

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US FTC digs into Big Tech’s centralized reservoirs of user data

DIGIT — Mon, 14 Dec 2020 19:41:36 +0000

As antitrust enforcement hits Facebook and Google, the Federal Trade Commission is digging into misuse of consumer data.

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How Dropgangs and Dead Drops Are Transforming Darknet Practices

DIGIT — Thu, 09 Jan 2020 23:30:08 +0000

Since the creation of the Silk Road, authorities have waged a war against the online drug trade with a wave of surveillance and enforcement. However, crypto-anarchists are developing new ways to evade the state’s tentacles as the next technological phase started to emerge in late 2017. On Monday, the Cypherpunk Bitstream podcast discussed the evolution […]

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Arms Dealers Turn to SnapChat in Search of Out-of-state Clients

DIGIT — Fri, 23 Aug 2019 11:51:42 +0000

Social media networks are both useful and dangerous tools. Particularly when it comes to SnapChat, the service has received a fair bit of criticism over the years. That will not change in the near future either. Now that arms dealers are selling guns illegally through this platform, a very troublesome era has been ushered in. The SnapChat Arms Dealers A particularly worrisome report was shared by The Guardian earlier this week. It documents how several Americans are using SnapChat to sell guns illegally. They do so by obtaining the guns legally in one state and offload them in another state.

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Associations Challenging Crypto Ads Ban to Proceed with Lawsuit

DIGIT — Thu, 28 Jun 2018 05:04:01 +0000

Facebook’s recent decision to partially lift the ban on crypto ads will not stop a planned legal action against the measure. Crypto associations and businesses from several countries announced earlier this year their intentions to sue internet giants imposing such restrictions. The claimants want to proceed with filing the lawsuit, despite the policy update. Also […]

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