A Wall Street Journal report claimed that Instagram allowed users to search by child-sex abuse hashtags. Meta has given a detailed response after a report in the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) claimed that its Meta platform is being used by paedophile networks to promote and sell content showing child sexual abuse. In its statement to […]
White House official John Kirby denied the report that China is building spy station in Cuba. Washington: The White House denied a report Thursday that China is planning to set up a surveillance base just off US shores in Cuba. The Wall Street Journal reported that Beijing and Havana have entered into a secret agreement […]
The researchers also spotted offers for videos with bestiality and self-harm on Instagram. San Francisco: Instagram is the main platform used by pedophile networks to promote and sell content showing child sexual abuse, according to a report by Stanford University and the Wall Street Journal. “Large networks of accounts that appear to be operated by […]
Zelensky said Russian soldiers were shooting from a distance. (File) Berlin: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky expressed shock at what he said was the failure of the United Nations and the Red Cross to help after the destruction of the massive Kakhovka dam as his prime minister called for aid from international agencies. Although the catastrophe […]
A Meta spokesman acknowledged that the company had received the reports and failed to act on them. Instagram’s recommendation algorithms linked and promoted a “vast network of paedophiles” seeking illegal underage sexual content and activity, according to a Wall Street Journal (WSJ) report. These algorithms also advertised the sale of illicit “child-sex material” on the […]
Washington, United States: US prosecutors have told Donald Trump’s lawyers that he is the target of a probe into his handling of classified documents after leaving the presidency, in a sign he might be indicted, US media reported Wednesday night. The notice came from the office of special counsel Jack Smith, The New York Times, […]
Last week, Erdogan extended his 20-year rule over Turkey after winning 2nd round of presidential polls. Istanbul: Turkish authorities on Tuesday seized and jailed a 16-year-old youth for drawing a moustache on an election campaign poster showing re-elected President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, media reports said. Several media close to the opposition, including daily newspapers BirGun, […]
The range of the Fattah missile is 1,400 kilometres. Tehran, Iran: Iran’s Revolutionary Guards unveiled an intermediate range ballistic missile Tuesday capable of travelling at hypersonic speeds of up to 15 times the speed of sound, state television reported. President Ebrahim Raisi hailed the new missile’s hypersonic capability, saying it would boost Iran’s “power of […]
“The city is flooded,” Vladimir Leontyev, the Russian-installed head of the city said. Moscow: The Russian-occupied city of Nova Kakhovka in southern Ukraine — home to the dam that Moscow and Kyiv have accused each other of targeting — is “flooded”, officials told Russian media Tuesday. “The city is flooded,” Vladimir Leontyev, the Russian-installed head […]
Gita Gopinath called on policymakers to quickly craft rules to govern the technology. Washington: IMF First Deputy Managing Director Gita Gopinath has warned of “substantial disruptions in labour markets” stemming from generative artificial intelligence and called on policymakers to quickly craft rules to govern the technology, the Financial Times reported on Monday. “We need governments, […]
