Robert Booth

PTSD, depression and anxiety: why former Facebook moderators in Kenya are taking legal action Ex-staff at outsourcing company Samasource claim they vetted unspeakably graphic videos in harsh conditions

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More than 140 Kenya Facebook moderators diagnosed with severe PTSD Exclusive: Diagnoses part of lawsuit being brought against parent company Meta and outsourcer Samasource Kenya

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More than 140 Kenya Facebook moderators diagnosed with severe PTSD

Paul McCartney warns AI ‘could take over’ as UK debates copyright laws Former Beatle speaks out amid fears the rise of AI threatens income streams for music, news and book publishers

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Losing our voice? Fears AI tone-shifting tech could flatten communication As Apple Intelligence rollout continues, linguists say tools to rewrite texts and emails add ‘extra layer of inauthenticity’

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“The ultimate superficiality” - Fears AI tone-shifting tech - such as Apple Intelligence could flatten our voices

Revealed: bias found in AI system used to detect UK benefits fraud - FoIA releases obtained by @publiclawproject.bsky.social anyone with more info on AI and the public sector get in touch

UK government failing to list use of AI on mandatory register Technology secretary admits government departments are not being transparent over way they use AI and algorithms

Is the UK “flying blind” about the deployment of AI in the public sector? It is too difficult to find out what algorithms are being used, where and with what effect. So any insiders
who might shed light, please do get in touch in confidence.

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TikTok to block teenagers from beauty filters over mental health concerns Social media platform under pressure to improve security as it announces plans to block under-13s from signing up

TikTok nibbles into child safety problem on beauty filters and age limits.

“It will not escape attention these shifts are announced largely to comply with EU+UK regs” says @andyburrows.bsky.social “This makes the case for more ambitious regulation, not less.”

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Violence on social media making teenagers afraid to go out, study finds Quarter of teens who see violence online are being served clips via algorithms, survey in England and Wales finds

TikTok is the most likely place for teenagers to encounter real-life violent content, followed by X, according to the survey by the Youth Endowment Fund of more than 10,000 13- to 17-year-olds. www.theguardian.com/media/2024/n...

‘You get desensitised to it’: how social media fuels fear of violence Young people in Birmingham attest that violent content on apps is having a real-world impact

Iniko, a 19 year old in Handsworth told me: “The fearmongering on social media puts you in a fight or flight state so when you leave the house now you are either on the front foot or on the back foot.”

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Violence on social media making teenagers afraid to go out, study finds Quarter of teens who see violence online are being served clips via algorithms, survey in England and Wales finds

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Hundreds of thousands of teenagers are afraid to go out because of the violence they see on their social media feeds - lots of which is being fed to them unbidden.

Hundreds of thousands of teenagers are afraid to go out because of the violence they see on their social media feeds - lots of which is being fed to them unbidden.