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Social Media Hazards
USA: Child predators using Discord chatting platform to groom, abduct and sextort
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Discord, a popular chatting platform among teens, is being used in hidden communities and chat rooms by some adults to groom children before abducting...
EU warns Zuckerberg to protect kids on Instagram or face ‘heavy sanctions’
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The European Union (EU) has warned Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg to take immediate action on protecting kids on Instagram or face "heavy...
Zuckerberg-owned Instagram algorithms promoting pedophiles, Musk says extremely concerning
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Meta-owned Instagram's recommendation algorithms are allegedly promoting networks of pedophiles who commission and sell child sexual abuse content on the popular image sharing platform,...
Another social media romance ends in murder
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A 25-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly killing his fiance on the day the two were supposed to get married.
Komal Kashyap, 22, had...
US school sues YouTube, TikTok, Snapchat for intentionally delivering harmful & addictive content to youth
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A US-based school has filed a lawsuit against YouTube, TikTok and Snapchat, alleging they are purposefully designed to be addictive, having "carefully cultivated" a...
How YouTube is grooming children with LGBTQ+ propaganda and destroying their innocence
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I made an account and what I found was disgusting. I made an account for 9-12 and one of first videos they recommend “kids...
Pakistani criminals sell weapons on social media
Criminals in Pakistan are using social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter etcetera to sell weapons and ammunition throughout the country as well as...
The new age is eroding the capacity to think
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Human beings have been given the rare gift of 'discretion' which can be defined as the 'pause' one makes to allow for application of...
Out-on-bail Salim, Aman and Raja stab college student Shuganto Sharma to death over Instagram reel: Barabanki, UP
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A 20-year-old college student was allegedly stabbed to death in full public view near Palhari Crossing in Uttar Pradesh's Barabanki, following a physical confrontation...
WhatsApp phone numbers of about 500 mn users leaked: Report
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WhatsApp phone numbers of 487 million users have been stolen and put on sale on a "well-known" hacking community forum, the media reported.
According to...