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Crucially, the proposed approach places responsibility on technology companies to build safeguards in by default, rather than expecting children or parents to activate them.
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These images may begin with a child creating or sharing something themselves, but they can subsequently become tools for grooming, coercion & exploitation.
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The urgency behind this is clear: the @iwf.org.uk reports a sharp rise in child sexual extortion while 91% of online child sexual abuse reports in 2024 involved self-generated content.
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@perkinskeighley.bsky.socialThe UK government is preparing legislation that would require technology companies to build protections directly into devices, preventing under-18s from taking, viewing or sharing nude images.
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@ronsupportsyou.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy"California’s Governor Signs Landmark #OnlineChildSafety Bills. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill that prohibited social media platforms from providing addictive features to users under 16, the first law of its kind in the nation" […]
@m62jim.wsocial.euInterestingly this is precisely what Meta and X have been saying - age verification needs to be a device function