5 h. ago The rise of deepfake pornography in schools: ‘One girl was so horrified she vomited’

The use of ‘nudify’ apps is becoming more and more prevalent, with hundreds of teachers having seen images created by pupils, often of their peers. The fallout is huge – and growing fast‘It worries me that it’s so normalised. He obviously wasn’t hiding it. He didn’t feel this was something he shouldn’t be doing. It was in the open and people saw it. That’s what was quite shocking.”A headteacher is describing how a teenage boy, sitting on a bus on his way home from school, casually pulled out his phone, selected a picture from social media of a girl at a neighbouring school and used a “nudifying” app to doctor her image. Continue reading...

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16 h. ago Girl dies in horrific crash involving minibus carrying nine teenagers

A woman has been arrested

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9 d. ago Horrific way mum of girl who died on Carnival cruise ship found out daughter was dead

Heather Wright, the mother of Anna Kepner, has spoken out about the harrowing ordeal after the 18-year-old was found dead on a Carnival Cruise ship earlier this month

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2 w. ago Little girl rushed to hospital after 'horrific' soft play accident

She was rushed to A&E with serious injuries

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3 w. ago Girl, 17, joins lawsuit against UK government after seeing horrific phone videos at school

Flossie McShea from Devon says she saw a shooting, a beheading and porn and that other students ‘show you their screen without invitation’A 17-year-old girl who says she was exposed to horrific images and videos including porn, a shooting and a beheading on a smartphones during the school day has joined a legal action against the education secretary.Flossie McShea, from Devon, says she also received threatening messages while at school, as she put her name to a judicial review in an attempt to get smartphones banned in schools in England. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Girl, 17, joins lawsuit against government after seeing horrific phone videos at school

Flossie McShea from Devon says she saw a shooting, a beheading and porn and that other students ‘show you their screen without invitation’A 17-year-old girl who says she was exposed to horrific images and videos including porn, a shooting and a beheading on a smartphones during the school day has joined a legal action against the education secretary.Flossie McShea, from Devon, says she also received threatening messages while at school, as she put her name to a judicial review in an attempt to get smartphones banned in schools in England. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Pervert bus driver caught watching porn as pupils as young as 11 boarded sentenced

A SCHOOL bus driver who watched pornography on his phone while picking up and dropping off pupils has avoided a prison sentence. David Robe, 55, was instead given a two-year supervision order and had his name placed on the sex offenders register for a similar period at Jedburgh Sheriff Court. Earlier today, Sheriff Kevin McCarron...

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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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