Social Media7 min read
We Investigated Character.AI and Found a Horror Show. Now It’s Bankrupt.
Futurism
Updates on Online Safety
Every AI story we track on Online Safety: 18 stories so far, each summarized in our own words and linked to the publisher that reported it.
Pulled from 125 sources
This week
Social Media5 min read
Hindsight puts up to $1M behind its AI content moderation as Google shuts down Perspective API
The Next Web
This month
ChatGPT for Teens Is Not Safe for Kids, Common Sense Media Report Says
Covered by 4 sources
Society & Culture8 min read
Tristan Harris’ Tech Nonprofit Is Laying Off Most Staff and Going ‘Founder-Led’
Wired
Cybersecurity3 min read
Internet Watch Foundation reports huge rise in AI child sexual abuse material
The Guardian
Society & Culture3 min read
Former Google Exec Warns That AI Could Be Causing Terrible Harm to Minors, Even Worse Than Social Media
Futurism
Social Media7 min read
Meta continues to run ads promoting child sexual abuse material in India - report
BBC
Cybersecurity4 min read
Rising number of UK children report seeing explicit deepfakes of themselves
The Guardian
Public Sector3 min read
The UK won’t restrict VPNs after all, and its own research is why
The Next Web
The Guardian view on children and the internet: rolling back big tech’s untrammelled power | Editorial
The Guardian
The Guardian view on policing the internet: Ofcom must push harder on illegal content | Editorial
The Guardian
Amount of AI-generated child sexual abuse material found online surged in 2025
The Guardian
That's everything we have on Online Safety right now