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Instagram begins blurring nudity in messages to protect teens and fight sexual extortion
LONDON (AP) — Instagram says it's deploying new tools to protect young people and combat sexual extortion, including a feature that will automatically blur nudity in direct messages. The social media platform said in a blog post Thursday that it's testing out the features as part...
2 Nigerian brothers plead guilty to sexual extortion after death of Michigan teen
MARQUETTE, Mich. (AP) — Two brothers from Nigeria pleaded guilty Wednesday to sexually extorting teenage boys and young men in Michigan and across the country, including one who took his own life, a federal prosecutor said. Samuel Ogoshi, 22, and Samson Ogoshi, 20, of Lagos,...
Editorial Roundup: Illinois
Chicago Sun-Times. March 18, 2024. Editorial: Here’s a step lawmakers can take to protect children from online abuse Third-party software can help parents and guardians intervene if their children are victims of cyberbullying or other online harm. But not all social...
US sanctions spyware company and executives who targeted American journalists, government officials
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Treasury Department announced Tuesday it has sanctioned two people and a Greece-based commercial spyware company headed by a former Israeli military officer that developed, operated and distributed technology used to target U.S. government officials, journalists and policy...
Journalists, lawyers and activists hacked with Pegasus spyware in Jordan, forensic probe finds
Israeli-made Pegasus spyware was used in Jordan to hack the cellphones of at least 30 people, including journalists, lawyers, human rights and political activists, the digital rights group Access Now said Thursday. The hacking with spyware made by Israel's NSO Group occurred from...
