9 h. ago Basketball Australia joins with online safety platform to combat social media abuse

Basketball Australia and its men's and women's professional leagues have unveiled an online safety platform to help athletes and teams protect themselves from social media abuse

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23 h. ago Primary school cancels Christmas show after receiving 'racist messages' as Police Scotland launch probe

Highland Council said there was ‘negative feedback’ on social media and ‘racist and abusive’ messages

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25 h. ago Ofcom boss: I limit my use of social media amid fears of online abuse

The internet regulator has published guidance urging providers to take more responsibility for protecting users online.

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30 h. ago Social media firms urged to introduce 'timeouts' and 'prompts' to tackle abuse

Technology Secretary Liz Kendall warned social media companies they are complicit in creating spaces where 'sexism festers' if they fail to act on online misogyny

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8 d. ago Council workers removing Union Jacks and England flags face 'unacceptable' abuse

Council workers tasked with taking down flags put up on lampposts in towns and cities across the country have faced 'unacceptable' abuse as well as threats on social media

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2 w. ago Paris Jackson reveals she has a HOLE in her nose from drug abuse... after celebrating five years of sobriety

Paris Jackson revealed one of the devastating tolls that years of drug abuse took on her body in a recent social media video.

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3 w. ago ‘The chilling effect’: how fear of ‘nudify’ apps and AI deepfakes is keeping Indian women off the internet

Widespread adoption of artificial intelligence has been accompanied by new ways to harass women onlineGaatha Sarvaiya would like to post on social media and share her work online. An Indian law graduate in her early 20s, she is in the earliest stages of her career and trying to build a public profile. The problem is, with AI-powered deepfakes on the rise, there is no longer any guarantee that the images she posts will not be distorted into something violating or grotesque.“The thought immediately pops in that, ‘OK, maybe it’s not safe. Maybe people can take our pictures and just do stuff with them,’” says Sarvaiya, who lives in Mumbai. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Dan Nlundulu lifts lid on Bolton fans social media abuse after St Mirren Hampden heroics

The 26-year-old striker is looking forward to playing in next month's Premier Sports Cup Final for the Buddies.

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4 w. ago AI psychosis is a growing danger. ChatGPT is moving in the wrong direction | Amandeep Jutla

OpenAI’s CEO has announced loosening the platform’s safety restrictions. He seems not to understand how humans are wiredOn 14 October 2025, the CEO of OpenAI made an extraordinary announcement.“We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive,” it says, “to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues.”Amandeep Jutla MD is an associate research scientist in the division of child and adolescent psychiatry at Columbia University and the New York State Psychiatric Institute Continue reading...

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4 w. ago SNP MP accused of 'hypocrisy' by former Westminster colleague in row over social media abuse

Kirsty Blackman said female politicians were especially vulnerable to online hate - prompting a former colleague to hit out at her track record on social media.

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4 w. ago Stronger oversight of social media platforms needed to end MP abuse – report

The report recommends ‘faster prosecution of abuse and intimidation cases during election periods’.

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