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Open Rights Group

Competition makes for a safer Internet.

We urge UK Ministers to exempt small community sites that are at little risk of hosting harmful content and not force them to collapse under the weight of disproportionate duties.

Write to your MP to #SaveOurSites ⬇️

action.openrightsgroup.org/sav

Open Rights GroupSave our sites - Write to your MPSmall UK websites, user-to-user services and even computer games that are completely safe and well managed, are faced with difficult paperwork, risks assessments, registration and fines thanks to the Online Safety Act. Even personal blogs with comments are forced to undergo these difficult tests and compliance tasks. Getting it wrong or ignoring them could cost an operator their house – as fines can be imposed for failing to do them. As a result, many small websites in the UK are deciding to close down.
#onlinesafetyact#onlinesafety#ofcom
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Open Rights Group

With over 1600 pages of guidance on Online Safety duties, Ofcom (UK) has dealt a sucker punch to small blogs, forums and fedi instances.

Onerous duties with the threat of fines has led to many sites shutting down already.

Only the largest companies that engineer harms can realistically comply.

#SaveOurSites

theguardian.com/technology/202

The Guardian · Ofcom announces new rules for tech firms to keep children safe onlineBy Dan Milmo
#onlinesafetyact#ofcom#onlinesafety
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CNN: Nearly half of teens say social media is bad for youth mental health, report finds. “The impact of social media on young people’s mental health and well-being is a growing topic of concern among parents, educators, health care professionals and regulators. And now, nearly half of US teens say social media has a mostly negative effect on people their age — and almost the same […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/23/cnn-nearly-half-of-teens-say-social-media-is-bad-for-youth-mental-health-report-finds/

#mentalhealth#onlinesafety#publicopinion
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Calishat

#OnlineAdvertising #OnlineSafety

"A new study finds about 10% of websites that claim to comply with online advertising standards (i.e., the Acceptable Ads Standard) are – perhaps unwittingly – running ads that violate those standards. The finding tells researchers that the ad-filtering rules browser extensions use to enforce the standards have flaws advertisers can take advantage of to display non-compliant ads."

news.ncsu.edu/2025/04/15/accep

NC State News · Study Finds Flaws in Tools Used to Enforce Online Ad Standards | NC State NewsResearchers have identified significant design flaws in the rules ad-blocking browser extensions use to enforce acceptable ad standards.
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Calishat

#politics #cryptocurrency #scams #fraud #OnlineSafety

'In case you had any doubts, the golden age of white-collar crime is upon us. The Justice Department announced on Monday that it will stop regulating the digital asset space, instead focusing its efforts on prosecuting crimes that utilize cryptocurrency, like drug and human trafficking.'

gizmodo.com/justice-department

Gizmodo · Justice Department Says It Will Pull Back on Prosecuting Crypto FraudWhat could go wrong?
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Engadget: Roblox parental controls now include a block button. “Roblox is again updating its parental control features in an effort to give parents more visibility into (and control over) their children’s activities on the platform. The company is updating its in-app ‘Safety Center’ to counter concerns that Roblox, which unlike social media apps allows children under 13, puts its youngest […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/09/engadget-roblox-parental-controls-now-include-a-block-button/

#blockingcontent#children#onlinesafety
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Calishat

#scams #fraud #OnlineSafety #influencers

"With online scams growing fast — the FTC says reported scams cost people in the U.S. more than $12.5 billion in 2024, which was a 25% increase on the 2023 figure — it shouldn't be a surprise that opposing them should be big business too. Indeed, this new form of entertainment is enough of a rising tide to lift all boats."

mashable.com/article/scam-bait

Mashable · Scam-baiting stars of YouTube explain their successBy Chris Taylor
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Royal Holloway University of London: Disturbing findings in new study reveal unregulated internet platforms are a breeding ground for racism, misogyny and religious hate. “Platforms such as these remain breeding grounds for extreme ideologies, with the latest study delving into the troubling prevalence of hate speech on 4chan’s politically incorrect discussion board, known as /pol/, using […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/08/royal-holloway-university-of-london-disturbing-findings-in-new-study-reveal-unregulated-internet-platforms-are-a-breeding-ground-for-racism-misogyny-and-religious-hate/

#4chan#hatespeech#onlineextremism
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#finance #investing #Canada #politics #scams #fraud #OnlineSafety

"Fake CBC News articles that link to sketchy investment schemes are flooding social media with sensational headlines about the Canadian election and other recent political developments. ... this latest generation of fake content has been updated to take advantage of new events with surprising speed."

cbc.ca/news/canada/more-fake-c

CBCFake election news ads are luring people into investment schemes. We got some taken down | CBC NewsFake ads that purport to show CBC News articles are once more circulating online — with the end goal of convincing Canadians to sign up for sketchy investment schemes. The CBC’s Visual Investigations unit looks into how the ads have changed and what to watch out for.
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The Conversation: ‘Literally just child gambling’: what kids say about Roblox, lootboxes and money in online games. “In the interviews, we gave children an A$20 debit card to spend however they liked, to help us understand children’s decision-making around spending. While four children purchased non-digital items with their debit card (such as bicycle parts, toys and lollies), 12 […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/26/literally-just-child-gambling-what-kids-say-about-roblox-lootboxes-and-money-in-online-games-the-conversation/

ResearchBuzz: Firehose | Individual posts from ResearchBuzz · ‘Literally just child gambling’: what kids say about Roblox, lootboxes and money in online games (The Conversation) | ResearchBuzz: Firehose
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