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Protothema: How Greece’s under-15 social media ban will work on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok. “Greece’s new restrictions on children’s access to social media will come into effect on 1 January 2027, Minister of State Akis Skertsos, Health Minister Adonis Georgiadis and Digital Governance and Artificial Intelligence Minister Dimitris Papastergiou announced. According to Skertsos, the […]

A new security flaw has been discovered in common software that could allow unauthorized access to your devices. To stay safe, make sure all your apps and operating systems are updated to the latest versions available to
Source: SANS Internet Storm Center (ISC)
Read: https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/33418
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#Cyzo #CyberSecurity #SoftwareUpdate #OnlineSafety #TechNews

ESafety says it can't prevent Australians from seeing execution live stream
By Evelyn Manfield

The office of eSafety says it does not have the power to proactively block the live streaming of a US execution in Australia, but online services have the responsibility to protect users from harmful material.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-13/esafety-cant-block-us-execution-live-stream-in-australia/107258064

#OnlineSafety #GovernmentandPolitics #InformationandCommunication #EvelynManfield

Staying safe online is a daily habit. Recent security updates remind us that keeping your software current is the easiest way to protect your personal information from potential digital threats.
Source: SANS Internet Storm Center (ISC)
Read: https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/33416
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#Cyzo #CyberSecurity #SoftwareUpdate #OnlineSafety #TechTips

https://www.europesays.com/unitedstates/32960/ Greens demand right to sue big tech as Labor prepares online safety laws and trust tax changes #alp #AnikaWells #AnthonyAlbanese #ato #AustralianTaxOffice #BigTech #Coalition #DigitalDutyOfCare #Greens #JimChalmers #Jobs #Jobs&Labor #labor #OnlineSafety #OnlineSafetyLaws #SarahHansonYoung #SarahHenderson #TaxBills #TechCompanies #TheSenate #TimWilson

Greens demand right to sue big tech as Labor prepares online safety laws and trust tax changes

Labor is poised to walk back controversial ministerial powers in new digital safety laws amid demands from the…
#Australia #alp #anikawells #AnthonyAlbanese #ATO #AU #AustralianTaxOffice #Austrlia #bigtech #coalition #digitaldutyofcare #greens #JimChalmers #labor #Onlinesafety #Onlinesafetylaws #SarahHanson-Young #SarahHenderson #taxbills #techcompanies #theSenate #TimWilson
https://www.europesays.com/australia/118410/

Greens call to block 'shocking and barbaric' US execution live stream
By Evelyn Manfield

It comes after US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said he would make sure the public could watch the December 3 execution of Nidal Malik Hasan.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-12/greens-want-to-block-us-execution-live-stream/107253928

#OnlineSafety #FederalGovernment #WorldPolitics #EvelynManfield

Explaining digital content labels: Digital content labels are Google's maturity ratings for ad inventory, DL-G to DL-MA, used to keep ads off unsuitable pages, apps and videos across its tools. https://ppc.land/digital-content-labels/ #DigitalMarketing #AdTech #ContentLabeling #GoogleAds #OnlineSafety

The company behind the AI tool Claude has temporarily blocked its models from accessing the live internet after discovering they were acting in ways that were not intended during internal testing.
Source: The Hacker News
Read: https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/anthropic-cuts-live-internet-access-for.html
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#Cyzo #CyberSecurity #ArtificialIntelligence #OnlineSafety #TechNews

New York Times: Inside Mark Zuckerberg’s Decision to Pull the Trigger on Meta’s A.I. Agent. “A 14-person start-up called Instinct had created an A.I. agent, which are bots that can operate apps and software on behalf of users, and it was taking off. Meta was developing a similar product called Muse, but had delayed releasing it over safety concerns. Fearful of losing a competitive edge, Mr. […]

TechCrunch: Anthropic can’t reliably control its AI agents. It’s cutting off its internal evals from the live internet instead. “Anthropic said its models exploited websites on the internet, including some run by U.S. government agencies, and it will turn off live internet access for all of its internal evaluations until the frontier lab is sure it can monitor and control its AI agents.”

The FBI has arrested the founder of a firm that helps companies pay off hackers. This case highlights the complex risks involved when dealing with digital extortionists and the importance of strong security.
Source: Krebs on Security
Read: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/10/fbi-arrests-founder-of-ransomware-negotiation-firm/
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Reuters: Florida asks court to force Meta to change Facebook, Instagram for teens. “Florida ​asked a state judge on Wednesday to order changes to Instagram and Facebook to better ‌protect young users, pressing ahead with a lawsuit accusing parent Meta Platforms of harming teens after most states resolved similar claims through a sweeping settlement.”

UK-wide 'stop using' squishy toy alert as public warned of needle injury risk

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/uk-wide-stop-using-squishy-37754457

CNBC: OpenAI defends decision to fire researchers: ‘These decisions were not about raising safety concerns or speaking out’. “OpenAI on Friday defended its decision to fire three safety researchers, saying they had committed a ‘significant breach of trust.’ The AI lab said in a post on X that its decision to part ways with Jasmine Wang, Tomek Korbak and Mikita Balesni, was not about the […]

The Guardian: California issues investigative subpoena to OpenAI over rogue agents’ hacking. “California’s attorney general has issued an investigative subpoena to OpenAI, starting an investigation into the startup ⁠as ​part of a broader inquiry into potential cybersecurity vulnerabilities and incidents related ⁠to its AI models, his office said on Thursday.”

New York’s lawsuit alleges that thousands of children and teenagers in a TikTok test believed they had reset their recommendations, but continued to see the same suggestions.

The feature, called Algo Refresh, is meant to reset recommendations.

The claim concerns participants in that test; it does not establish that the test caused specific harm.

TikTok told Reuters it regularly tests new features to see how they work i…

https://en.hacks.gr/i-nea-yorki-katigorei-to-tiktok-oti-leitoyrgia-asfaleias-den-allaxe-tis-protaseis-chiliadon-paidion/

#TikTok #AlgoRefresh #ChildSafety #OnlineSafety

Reuters: TikTok gave teens, children placebo safety feature in experiment, New York alleges. “TikTok ran an experiment on thousands of ​users who tried to turn on a safety feature on the platform, giving them non-functional versions of the tool, according to ‌allegations in New York’s lawsuit against the company unsealed on Wednesday.”

Futurism: Meta Is Refusing to Remove AI-Generated Facebook Videos of Graphic Child Abuse, Including a Baby Roasting in an Oven. “Last month, we reported that Facebook was hosting enormous numbers of graphic AI-generated videos of physical child abuse that showed kids being beaten, burned, dragged by their hair, locked in cages, and more. In response to our questions, Facebook’s parent company […]

Reuters: OpenAI says teens use ChatGPT for under 15 minutes a day as worries over risks grow. “Teens spend under 15 minutes a day on average on ChatGPT, while less than 2% of them interact with the chatbot for over three straight hours, OpenAI ​said, as technology companies face scrutiny over the risks AI chatbots pose to children. Sam Altman’s ‌AI company released the figures in its first […]

University of Exeter: Focus on social media engagement – not just screen time – essential to help protect mental health. “The research indicates that associations between social media use and depressive and anxiety symptoms depend not only on how frequently or how long individuals engage, but also on the cognitive, emotional, and behavioural quality of that engagement.”

https://www.europesays.com/africa/463475/ Uganda launches online safety campaign #CyberBullying #DrAminahZawedde #internet #JulianneRwakakokoMweheire #OnlineSafety #Uganda #UgandaCommunicationsCommission #Unicef

Staying safe online means keeping your software current. New security updates are out today to fix vulnerabilities that could leave your devices exposed. Take a moment to check your settings and install any pending updat
Source: SANS Internet Storm Center (ISC)
Read: https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/33408
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WTSP: Some online Christian universities are based out of the same Florida home. Are the degrees valid?. “A network of online Christian universities raises questions about state oversight. Our team of reporters found the same man helped start more than a dozen schools in Florida, and the state says seven of them do not have the proper exemption. The question our 10 Investigates team set out to […]

There are better ways to protect children online:

⚫️ Tackle business models that reward engagement maximisation

⚫️ Restrict intrusive profiling and behavioural advertising

⚫️ Mandate giving people control over recommender systems and feeds

⚫️ Support social media models that put people in control

#ageverification #privacy #freedomofexpression #onlinesafety #socialmediaban #ukpolitics #ukpol #digitalrights

The UK social media ban is coming.

That means every adult having to show their ID to get online.

Age verification puts privacy at risk. Curbs freedom of expression. And simply doesn't work to keep kids safe online.

The government needs to change course. But the clock is ticking.

Sign the petition ⬇️

https://action.openrightsgroup.org/say-no-id-online-access

#ageverification #privacy #freedomofexpression #onlinesafety #socialmediaban #ukpolitics #ukpol #digitalrights

Mashable: Meta’s Muse reportedly keeps files on everyone you love. “Muse is reportedly compiling data on users’ family, friends, partners, colleagues, ‘collaborators,’ and other people they follow online. Furthermore, a “Relationships” loop runs every hour in the background on a user’s computer, which updates each person’s page, according to researchers with FutureSociety.”

New York Times: Dying Patients Are Inundated by Misinformation. My Dad Was One of Them.. “As my dad was, patients today are inundated with misinformation spread by alternative-medicine practitioners, social media influencers and public figures. They are willing to experiment with unproven therapies, often at great physical or financial risk, in part because they want more personalized and […]

Most people don’t have a cybersecurity problem because they’re bad with technology..

Stop Doing Dumb Shit Online: A Non-Technical Guide to Staying Safe, by Rex Calloway

Free until October 9th

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HLXXP74H

#onlinesafety

ABC News: Visual investigation: Online resellers using AI to pretend to be mom-and-pop stores. “Scores of online companies are increasingly turning to generative AI technology to deceive consumers, falsely portraying themselves as struggling small businesses to charge a premium for lower quality products, an ABC News visual investigation found. ABC News has identified dozens of similar online […]

Reuters: Tate brothers used ‘lover boy’ model to exploit women, Britain says. ” Social media influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate used a ‘lover boy’ model to lure women with the ‌promise of romantic relationships before coercing them to create online pornography, British law enforcement said in court documents made public on Monday in the US.”

Financial Times: Insurance claims to test Altman and Amodei liability for ‘rogue’ AI. “Insurers are preparing for multimillion-dollar claims stemming from AI agents going ‘rogue’, with growing concern that top executives such as OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Anthropic’s Dario Amodei could be held liable for the actions of their models.”

A contractor was removed after a security flaw led to a data leak involving FBI employee information. This serves as a reminder that even large organizations rely on keeping all their software updated to stay safe.
Source: The Hacker News
Read: https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/fbi-removes-accenture-contractor-after.html
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#Cyzo #CyberSecurity #DataBreach #OnlineSafety #TechNews

https://winbuzzer.com/2026/10/05/meta-tiktok-and-x-challenge-uk-online-safety-data-demands-xcxwbn/

UK regulator Ofcom faces court challenges from Meta, TikTok and X over demands for counts of removed posts and users exposed to harmful content.

#Ofcom #UK #SocialMedia #ChildSafety #Meta #X #TikTok #OnlineSafety