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Exclusive: Call for nudity-detection tech on phones as number of under-18s reporting blackmail attempts rises by 34% • ‘I felt ashamed and scared’: how an online friendship became a sextortion nightmare Children are reporting online sextortion attempts in record numbers in the UK, as campaigners urge tech companies to do more to stamp out the crime. The Report Remove service, which allows children to flag intimate images or videos of themselves that have appeared, or could appear, online, said …
April 3, 2026 update: The legal exemption has expired, leaving a crucial child safety gap in Europe. To find out more about what this means for platform safety, please visit […] The post April 3 could create a dangerous gap in child safety across Europe appeared first on Thorn .
Today, on Safer Internet Day, Thorn is joining child safety organizations worldwide in a unified call to prohibit nudifying tools. We’re proud to stand alongside partners including Safe Online, NCMEC, […] The post No to nudifying tools: Standing with our partners for children’s safety appeared first on Thorn .
Parents should understand that government intervention is likely to change how social media platforms operate for children.
This Week's Signals
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Krebs on Security
Canvas Breach Disrupts Schools & Colleges Nationwide
WizeGen Take:An ongoing data extortion attack targeting the widely-used education technology platform Canvas disrupted classes and coursework at school districts and universities across the United States today, after a cybercrime group defaced the service's login page with a ransom demand that threatened to leak data from 275 million students and faculty across nearly 9,000 educational institutions.
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- Krebs on SecurityCanvas Breach Disrupts Schools & Colleges NationwideContract
- Safer Internet UKSchools given advice on image safety to keep ahead of threat from AI blackmailersContent
- The RegisterEU waves through open source age-check tool to keep kids safe onlineContent
- The GuardianMeta found in breach of EU law for failing to keep children off platformsContract
- The Guardian‘Superhighways for child sexual abuse’: California lawmakers seek tougher rules for big techConduct
- FOSIThree Questions to Ask When You’re Worried About Your Teen’s Phone HabitsContent
- The GuardianCriminal gangs profiting as child sexual abuse websites double, experts sayContract
- BBC Education'I can't stop using it' - under-16s have their say on possible social media banContent
- The Guardian‘An element of exploitation’: the world of TikTok child skincare influencersContent
- The GuardianElon Musk snubs Paris legal summons over alleged child abuse images on XConduct
- The GuardianRoblox to implement youth protections and pay $12m in Nevada settlementContact
- BBC NewsSocial media leaders called to Downing Street over children's safetyContent
- The GuardianMPs vote against social media ban for under-16s a second timeContact
- The GuardianAustralia's Under-16 Social Media Ban Easily CircumventedConduct
- BBC EducationPupils back to school in holidays to deal with fallout from cyber attackContent
- The GuardianChildren in the UK report record numbers of online sextortion attempts.Contact
- The GuardianGuardian investigation reveals child sex trafficking on Facebook and Instagram, leading to Meta lawsuit.Contact
- ThornEurope Faces Child Safety Gap as CSAM Detection Legal Basis ExpiresConduct
- The GuardianOnline game bans for under-16s are unworkable and harmful, expert saysContent
- Safer Internet UKSWGfL surveys professionals on social media banning for childrenContent