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Age checks are quietly becoming normal on American apps, not just adult sites. Here's what's actually changing, what it means for your family's data, and one th
A student secretly filmed a teacher on a school trip in Jeju, then used AI to turn that footage into fake explicit images. It's a preview of how deepfake phishi
Meta just agreed to accuracy minimums for age-check technology, which means the "enter your birthday" honor system is finally on its way out, and something more
An age check badge on a website is not proof of anything. A new report on Australia's adult-content rules shows why the promise of "verified" doesn't always mat
A photographer in Bentonville, Arkansas allegedly used AI to turn real photos of his young clients into fake sexual images, and the case is a warning about how
Australia's new adult-site rules are pushing some platforms to block Australians entirely or verify with ID and face scans, but the sites that skip verification
Roblox is reportedly moving toward national ID checks for age verification, a sign that "enter your birthday" is dying across the internet, and your family's ID
A cloned voice that sounds exactly like your mom, your son, your sister is now enough to empty a bank account. Here's what's happening to remittance money, and
A retired Australian psychologist lost $180,000 to an AI girlfriend named "Melanie", who had six fingers in every video call. His story shows why obvious red fl
A man accused of making deepfakes of students told police it felt "like X-ray vision." Here's what that case reveals about who's actually at risk, and what the
Czech police opened 35 criminal cases in six months over AI-made intimate images. Here's what that number really tells us, and what it means for you.
UK police are rolling out live facial-recognition vans from ten to fifty, scanning millions of faces with no specific law on the books yet, and independent rese
