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Fury Over Discord's Age Checks Explodes After Shady Persona Test In UK

BeauHD / slashdot - Backlash intensified against Discord's age verification rollout after it briefly disclosed a UK age-verification test involving vendor Persona, contradicting earlier claims about minimal ID storage and transparency. Ars Technica explains: One of the major…

#cybersecurity #dataprivacy #techpolicy #uk #apps #gdpr #hack #technology #contentmoderation #digitalid

They Want To Age Verify Our Computers Now...

12 days / reddit / /u/InsaneSnow45

Age verification checks are now in force in the UK because of the Online Safety Act, but with the Discord fallout, it seems like one bad idea after another

12 days / reddit / /u/Turbostrider27

UK council faces data breach claim after mishandling trans complaints

12 days / theregister / Connor Jones

Age verification online can be done safely and privately. Here's how

13 days / techxplore

Fury Over Discord's Age Checks Explodes After Shady Persona Test In UK

14 days / slashdot / BeauHD

Fury over Discord’s age checks explodes after shady Persona test in UK

14 days / arstechnica / Ashley Belanger

Hackers Expose Discord Age Verification System Issue After Persona Frontend Code Left Wide Open

14 days / reddit / /u/vriska1

San Diego County Demographics, Discord, ChatGPT-4o, More: Monday Afternoon ResearchBuzz, February 16, 2026

18 days / researchbuzz / ResearchBuzz

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Wikipedia Blacklists Archive.today, Starts Removing 695,000 Archive Links

BeauHD / slashdot - An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: The English-language edition of Wikipedia is blacklisting Archive.today after the controversial archive site was used to direct a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack against a blog. In the cou…

#cybersecurity #techpolicy #internet #cybercrime #wikipedia #community #media #censorship #contentmoderation #research

Wikipedia blacklists Archive.today after alleged DDoS attack

13 days / techcrunch / Anthony Ha

Wikipedia blacklists website that hijacked users’ computers to run hacking attack - The Times of India

13 days / indiatimes

Wikipedia officially blacklists all links to Archive Today over bizarre DDOS attack and manipulated archives — website operator caught tweaking their own archive

13 days / tomshardware

Wikipedia blacklists Archive.today, starts removing 695,000 archive links | If DDoSing a blog wasn’t bad enough, archive site also tampered with web snapshots.

14 days / reddit / /u/ControlCAD

Wikipedia Blacklists Archive.today, Starts Removing 695,000 Archive Links

14 days / slashdot / BeauHD

Wikipedia bans Archive.today after site executed DDoS and altered web captures

14 days / ycombinator

Wikipedia blacklists Archive.today, starts removing 695,000 archive links

14 days / arstechnica / Jon Brodkin

Back to Top / Friday, February 20, 2026, 5:20 pm / permalink 19486 / 7 stories in 14 days


AMC and Hollywood’s Chinese Theatre are pulling this AI-generated film from theaters after social media outcry over ‘hot garbage’

Jude Cramer / fastcompany - When word started circling that AMC Theaters was screening an AI-generated short film, the internet’s cinephiles took it personally.On Wednesday, some social media users reported that the short was playing in the pre-show before trailers at select AMC loc…

#ai #movies #entertainment #aiethics #genai #culture #media #films #contentmoderation #advertising

AI: The Best Supporting Actor You’ll Never See

13 days / pymnts / PYMNTS

AMC and Hollywood’s Chinese Theatre are pulling this AI-generated film from theaters after social media outcry over ‘hot garbage’

14 days / fastcompany / Jude Cramer

AMC Theatres Will Refuse To Screen AI Short Film After Online Uproar

14 days / slashdot / msmash

AMC Theatres Blocks AI Short Film From Screening in Pre-Show Advertising

14 days / decrypt / Vismaya V

Back to Top / Friday, February 20, 2026, 2:20 pm / permalink 19477 / 4 stories in 14 days


Zuckerberg Contacted Tim Cook on Teen Safety Amid Meta Trial

Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Mark Zuckerberg has testified he reached out to Tim Cook on teen wellbeing as Meta faces a landmark trial alleging its platforms were designed to addict youth.The post Zuckerberg Contacted Tim Cook on Teen Safety Amid Meta Trial appeared first on WinBuzze…

#techpolicy #meta #judiciary #zuckerberg #law #contentmoderation #litigation #algorithm #safety #timcook

National Parent Teacher Association breaks ties with Meta amid child-safety trials

14 days / cnbc

A new study finds that longer daily social media use was associated with predominantly negative outcomes for 60% of adolescents, but not all platforms are the same. The variances point to the opportunity for more nuanced regulation than blanket bans, writ

14 days / bsky / @techpolicypress.bsky.social / techpolicypress.bsky.social

Apple and Meta Called It Privacy. The Courts Call It Willful Blindness.

14 days / implicator / Maria Garcia

Smart glasses in court are a privacy nightmare

14 days / theverge / Stevie Bonifield

Researchers Embrace Complexity in Social Media and Teen Mental Health

14 days / techpolicy

Privacy is at the center of child safety accusations against Apple and Meta. Here’s why

14 days / cnbc

Engadget Podcast: Instagram on trial and the RAMaggedon rages on

14 days / engadget / Devindra Hardawar

Zuckerberg Contacted Tim Cook on Teen Safety Amid Meta Trial

14 days / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

How Meta’s high-stakes trial could have ripple effects across other industries

14 days / fastcompany / Chris Morris

LA County lawsuit accuses Roblox of exposing children to 'grooming and exploitation'

14 days / engadget / Steve Dent

Back to Top / Friday, February 20, 2026, 8:20 am / permalink 19462 / 10 stories in 14 days


Google Play used AI to help block 1.75 million bad apps in 2025

Steve Dent / engadget - Google has announced that with the help of AI, it blocked 1.75 million apps that violated its policies in 2025, significantly down from 2.36 million in 2024. The lower numbers this year, it said, are because its "AI-powered, multi-layer protections" are d…

#ai #cybersecurity #automation #mobile #google #android #apps #contentmoderation #safety

Google Blocked 1.75M Harmful Apps From Play Store in 2025 - TechRepublic

14 days / techrepublic

AI-powered defenses help Google shield Android users from malicious apps - TechSpot

14 days / techspot

AI-powered defenses help Google shield Android users from malicious apps

14 days / techspot

AI-driven defences reshape Google Play’s security landscape - Tech Edition

14 days / techedt

Google Blocks 1.75 Million Malicious Apps From Entering the Play Store - Cyber Press

14 days / cyberpress

Google Blocks 1.75 Million Malicious Apps From Entering the Play Store

14 days / cyberpress / AnuPriya

Google boosts Android security with AI against malware in 2025 - Пепелац Ньюс

14 days / pepelac

Google Play used AI to help block 1.75 million bad apps in 2025

14 days / engadget / Steve Dent

Google prevented 1.75 million malicious apps from Play Store in 2025

14 days / dataconomy / Emre Çıtak

Google (GOOGL) Stock: Gains Amid AI-Driven Play Store Security Boost

15 days / parameter / Newton Kitonga

Back to Top / Friday, February 20, 2026, 5:20 am / permalink 19455 / 10 stories in 14 days


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