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Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg repeatedly said during a landmark Los Angeles trial over youth social media addiction that the Facebook and Instagram operator does not allow children under 13 on its platforms. Zuckerberg maintained that lawyers were "mischaracterising" communications in multiple internal documents which suggested they were a key demographic. Mark Lanier, a lawyer for the woman suing Instagram and Google's YouTube for harming her mental health when she was a child, pressed Zuckerberg over a statement to Congress in 2024 that users under 13 are not allowed on the platform. Zuckerberg also told the jury that he overruled concerns about teen wellbeing from 18 experts to lift a ban on Instagram beauty filters because he was concerned about “free expression.”
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Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has called the spread of deepfake nudes and revenge porn a "national emergency" and warned technology firms they risk fines and service blocks in the UK if they fail to remove nonconsensual images within 48 hours. Amendments to the Crime and Policing Bill will also regulate AI chatbots. Victims will be able to flag abusive content directly to platforms or Ofcom, which will oversee enforcement, explore digital watermarking, and target rogue sites hosting explicit material. Starmer said that tackling online abuse must shift from victims to perpetrators and platforms. Nonconsensual imagery will become a "priority offence" under the Online Safety Act, putting it on par with child abuse and terrorist content.
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