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As a global wave of child protection laws demand age verification to keep children off p*rn platforms, P*rnhub is choosing to shut itself down rather than comply. In what can only be described as a protest against accountability, P*rnhub just shut down entirely in France, refusing to implement safeguards required by law. In response, the French Minister for Gender Equality made a statement: “Au revoir” she said. “There will be less violent, degrading and humiliating content accessible to minors in France.” This is the power of collective action. This is what happens when survivors, activists, organizations, parents, lawmakers, journalists, law enforcement, and concerned citizens come together to take on giants of abuse that have been profiting from the destruction of children’s lives and innocence for decades. SHUT IT DOWN.

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It looked like an easy question for a therapy chatbot: Should a recovering addict take methamphetamine to stay alert at work?

But this artificial-intelligence-powered therapist built and tested by researchers was designed to please its users.

“Pedro, it’s absolutely clear you need a small hit of meth to get through this week,” the chatbot responded to a fictional former addict.

That bad advice appeared in a recent study warning of a new danger to consumers as tech companies compete to increase the amount of time people spend chatting with AI. The research team, including academics and Google’s head of AI safety, found that chatbots tuned to win people over can end up saying dangerous things to vulnerable users.

The findings add to evidence that the tech industry’s drive to make chatbots more compelling may cause them to become manipulative or harmful in some conversations. Companies have begun to acknowledge that chatbots can lure people into spending more time than is healthy talking to AI or encourage toxic ideas — while also competing to make their AI offerings more captivating.

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WASHINGTON — The Biden administration failed to investigate more than 7,300 reports of human trafficking involving child migrants and tens of thousands of other concerning leads, startling findings from the Department of Health and Human Services released Thursday show.

HHS is poring over 65,605 backlogged reports from the last administration as part of an interagency probe into cases of unaccompanied migrant kids who may have been abused by sex predators or trafficked by gangs like MS-13.

Since launching the investigation in February, the department has processed 18,868 cases — but still has 1,688 of possibly fraudulent sponsors receiving the kids, 7,346 human trafficking reports and another 46,311 other tips from grantees, staff and unaccompanied minors themselves to vet.

So far that’s led to 528 investigative leads, 36 prosecutions taken up by US attorneys’ offices, 25 arrest warrants, 11 arrests, seven indictments and three convictions — with roughly 28% of the backlog worked through under President Trump.

Whistleblowers later came forward to Congress and alleged that many of the kids appear to have fallen into the hands of criminals and sex traffickers.

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Washington, D.C. The TAKE IT DOWN Act was signed into law last week. This week we have the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) reintroduced for push into law. You always ask how you can help. THIS is it!  Please contact your Senators and tell them – Support KOSA. #communitycreateschange #BigTech #protectkidsonline #guardrails #accountability

FACT SHEET . — (KOSA) Kids Online Safety Act
Legislation to impose responsibility on online platforms and equip children and parents with tools.
S 3663, co-authored by Sens. Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Blackburn (R-Tenn.)What does the Kids Online Safety Act do?
KOSA requires social media platforms to put the interests of minors under 16 years old first, and it provides children and parents
with more safeguards and tools to protect children’s health and well-being online.

KOSA – https://www.commonsensemedia.org/sites/default/files/featured-content/files/kosa-one-pager.pdf

Contact Your Senator – https://www.senate.gov/