ChatGPT gives teens dangerous advice on drugs, dieting, and self-harm, study warns A new study sheds light on ChatGPT's alarming interactions with teens. Euronews · Aug 6, 2025
Teenagers are turning to ChatGPT for advice. This study shows why that could be dangerous Roughly 10% of the world’s population are using ChatGPT The Independent UK · Aug 6, 2025
Extreme Weather Misinformation 'Putting Lives At Risk,' Study Warns Major social media platforms are enabling and profiting from misinformation around extreme weather events, endangering lives and impeding emergency response efforts, a research group said Tuesday. International Business Times · Jul 22, 2025
59 Of The Best ‘White People Twitter’ Screenshots Calling Out All That’s Wrong In The World (New Pics) Would you be brave enough to tweet some of these? Bored Panda · Jul 11, 2025
Teenagers as young as 13 could view misogynistic Andrew Tate videos on YouTube, report finds US research comes amid debate over whether platform should be included in Australia’s under-16s social media ban The Guardian - AU · Jun 30, 2025
Experts praise police for swift release of details about Liverpool crash suspect “Information voids are almost a gravitational force for conspiracy theorists," said one expert who welcomed the police's early intervention. Euronews · May 27, 2025
Gangster posed as Uber driver to run largest drugs empire in London’s Square Mile Mohammed Bakye - nicknamed Green Eyes - laundered proceeds into a mansion being built in Bangladesh Evening Standard · Feb 7, 2025
Elon Musk’s beef with Britain isn’t (only) about politics. It’s about tech regulation Experts suspect X owner’s interest in UK is to put pressure on authorities working to codify a new online safety law The Guardian - US · Jan 25, 2025
Parents of children who took their own life are taking TikTok to court TikTok said its guidelines forbid any promotion of suicide and that it employs 40,000 trust and safety professionals worldwide The Independent UK · Jan 23, 2025
‘Trolling free-for-all’: Australian politicians and experts criticise Meta for ditching factchecking Mark Zuckerberg says time to ‘get back to our roots’ around free expression but opponents argue ‘ordinary citizens should be very concerned’ The Guardian - AU · Jan 8, 2025
Elon Musk's Misinformation Campaign Sparks Controversy Ahead Of Election Elon Musk's social media controversy over false election claims and disinformation spread raises concerns about regulating misinformation in the digital age. Top News · Nov 4, 2024
Anti-hate group vows to continue work after Elon Musk’s declaration of ‘war’ X owner renews hostilities with Center for Countering Digital Hate after it is linked to US election interference row The Guardian - UK · Oct 25, 2024
'Dead in a ditch': Women politicians face shocking level of Instagram abuse, figures reveal Around eight in ten of comments included gendered terms like ‘b*tch’, ‘rape,’ and ‘wh*re’ The Independent UK · Aug 20, 2024
How Elon Musk is disrupting US elections to boost Trump State investigators and watchdogs are closely monitoring whether the world’s wealthiest man is potentially defrauding voters while disinformation floods his social media platform, Alex Woodward reports The Independent UK · Aug 9, 2024
International Business Times · Jul 16, 2024 Trump Shooting Conspiracy Theories Flourish On X, Researchers Say Conspiracy theories about the assassination attempt on Donald Trump received tens of millions of views on X, researchers said Tuesday, highlighting the potential for extreme falsehoods to go viral on the Elon Musk-owned platform.
International Business Times · Jun 6, 2024 AI Tool Creates Deceptive Biden, Trump Images, Tests Show Tests on a leading AI tool allowed the creation of deceptive and incriminating images of President Joe Biden and Donald Trump, a watchdog said Wednesday, despite pledges to block fake photos of the presidential contenders ahead of elections in November.
The Independent UK · May 31, 2024 AI voice cloning tools imitating political leaders threaten elections – report A report from the Centre for Countering Digital Hate warns that AI voice tools can easily be used to create political disinformation.
WEKU · Mar 25, 2024 Judge dismisses Elon Musk's suit against hate speech researchers The billionaire sued the Center for Countering Digital Hate after the group published a series of reports detailing an uptick of hate speech on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter.
International Business Times UK · Jan 17, 2024 YouTube Makes Over $13 million off Climate Change Denial Thousands of YouTube videos analysed over the past six years by the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) show a detrimental increase in false and misleading statements about climate change.
The Guardian - UK · Jan 16, 2024 Third of UK teenagers believe climate change exaggerated, report shows YouTube criticised for amplifying lies about the climate with disinformation videos watched by young people
The Independent UK · Nov 28, 2023 Fake babies, real horror: Deepfakes from the Gaza war increase fears about AI's power to mislead The war in Gaza is highlighting the latest advances in artificial intelligence as a way to spread fake images and disinformation
Fortune · Nov 14, 2023 The anti-hate group sued by Elon Musk released a new report on X’s content moderation According to the Center for Countering Digital Hate, 98% of 200 tweets it flagged to X for racist content were still posted on the platform after two weeks.
The Independent UK · Oct 6, 2023 Queen assassin case exposes ‘fundamental flaws’ in AI Jaswant Singh Chail, 21, was encouraged and bolstered to breach the grounds of Windsor Castle in 2021 by an AI companion
The Independent UK · Sep 28, 2023 TikTok videos promoting steroid use have millions of views, says report criticized by the company A report released by a tech watchdog group says TikTok has become a key marketing channel for vendors that want to promote steroids and other bodybuilding drugs to millions of the app's users
The Independent UK · Aug 30, 2023 Family stuck in Turkey left £3,500 out of pocket to book flight home Mother-of-four Shamila Kauser, from Rochdale, spent £3,500 on a flight home that she is unsure she will be reimbursed for.