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An Influential AI Dataset Contains Thousands of Suspected Child Abuse Images
An influential machine learning dataset—the likes of which has been used to train numerous popular image-generation applications—includes thousands of suspected images of child sexual abuse, a new academic report reveals. The report, put together by Stanford University’s Internet Observatory, says that LAION-5B, a massive tranche of visual media, includes a significant number of illegal abuse…
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OnlyFans Reveals How Often Police Demand User Data (Sort Of)
OnlyFans on Thursday released its first transparency report, providing insight into the number of times law enforcement agencies asked for information about its users over the past month. The report also details the number of accounts suspended by the company as well as the number of accounts believed to have posted child sexual abuse material…
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Gab And Twitter Served With Search Warrants Over Neo-Nazi Arrested On Child Porn Charges
U.S. federal authorities have served search warrants to social network and white supremacist haven Gab, as well as Twitter, in an investigation into a neo-Nazi arrested for child pornography in Boulder, Colorado.
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Child Pornography That Researchers Found In The Blockchain Could Threaten Bitcoin’s Very Existence
While the practical and financial viability of the Bitcoin blockchain is still an open question, new research shows that the whole thing could already be illegal in most countries. Researchers in Germany discovered that the ledger system that provides the backbone for Bitcoin contains hundreds of links to child pornography and at least one image…