harmful content

Tech companies must ‘tame’ aggressive algorithms under Ofcom’s online safety rules

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Social media platforms must take action to prevent their algorithms from recommending harmful content to children, and put in place robust age verification measures to protect them, Ofcom says. The regulator has published its draft codes of practice for child safety, which sets out how it expects online services to meet their new legal responsibilities … Read more

Social media CEOs brace for Senate spotlight on child safety: What to expect

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(Bloomberg) — Some of the tech industry’s most prominent and powerful leaders will descend on Capitol Hill Wednesday for a Senate hearing focused on protecting children online. Most read from Bloomberg CEOs of Meta Platforms Inc., Congress has increasingly scrutinized social media platforms as mounting evidence suggests that overuse and the spread of harmful content … Read more