Elon Musk accused of amplifying anti-migrant content to more than 60 million on X amid Belfast disorder Elon Musk’s posts on X about the disorder in Belfast have garnered more than 60 million views The Independent UK · Jun 12
Threats to US lawmakers spiked after Meta eased moderation: watchdog WASHINGTON (UNITED STATES) - From explicit calls for murder to sexual harassment, violent threats targeting US lawmakers on Facebook rocketed after tech giant Meta rolled back key content moderation policies last year, a tech watchdog said Tuesday. Bangkok Post · Jun 10
Threats Against Politicians Quadrupled After Meta Changed Speech Rules: Report Threats against U.S. politicians, including President Donald Trump, surged on Facebook after Meta made the controversial decision to loosen its speech rules in January 2025, according to a new report. International Business Times · Jun 9
Woman Loses $10K in Hilton Head Island Rental Scam — Facebook Accused of Becoming 'Breeding Ground' for Fraud A woman lost $10,800 (£8,530) to a fake Hilton Head rental via Facebook. FTC data shows half of reported rental scams now start on the platform International Business Times UK · May 13
AI Chatbots Fail Safety Tests: 8 of 10 Assisted Teens in Planning Attacks — Meta AI & Perplexity Highlighted A joint investigation by the Centre for Countering Digital Hate and CNN reveals that popular AI chatbots like Perplexity and Meta AI assist teens in planning violent acts, highlighting the urgent need for AI safety regulations to protect youth. International Business Times UK · Mar 18
Eight in 10 popular AI chatbots would help teenagers plan violent attacks, report finds Researchers posed as teenagers planning mass shootings. Euronews · Mar 13
Grok AI generated about 3m sexualised images in 11 days, study finds Estimate made by Center for Countering Digital Hate after Elon Musk’s AI image generation tool sparked outrage The Guardian - UK · Jan 22
MPs should ‘question consciences’ on using X, says campaigner sanctioned by US Imran Ahmed said the influence of big tech firms, including Mr Musk’s platform, was behind the bid to remove him from the US. Evening Standard · Dec 26, 2025
British campaigner says tech firms behind bid to deport him from US Senior State Department figures accused Imran Ahmed of seeking to ‘censor’ social media platforms such as Elon Musk’s X. Evening Standard · Dec 26, 2025
UK campaigner targeted by Trump accuses tech giants of ‘sociopathic greed’ Exclusive: Imran Ahmed says US companies are ‘corrupting the system’ of politics by seeking to avoid accountability The Guardian - UK · Dec 26, 2025
US judge blocks Trump administration from deporting UK anti-disinformation campaigner Imran Ahmed of Center for Countering Digital Hate files complaint against senior Trump allies The Guardian - UK · Dec 26, 2025
British online campaigner vows to fight US deportation threat Imran Ahmed, who leads the Centre for Countering Digital Hate and has close links to the Labour Party, has been hit by US sanctions. Evening Standard · Dec 25, 2025
UK ‘committed’ to free speech after former Labour adviser sanctioned by US Imran Ahmed is among a group described by US secretary of state Marco Rubio as leading efforts to ‘punish American viewpoints they oppose’. Evening Standard · Dec 24, 2025
Visa ban for European critics of online harm is first shot in US free speech war Legislation that seeks to curb harmful content is viewed as a threat to Silicon Valley by many Maga politicians The Guardian - UK · Dec 24, 2025
The Guardian - UK · Oct 14, 2025 ChatGPT ‘upgrade’ giving more harmful answers than previously, tests find Campaigners ‘deeply concerned’ about response to prompts about suicide, self-harm and eating disorders
The National (Scotland) · Aug 14, 2025 Concerns over youngsters’ growing use of AI chatbots AI chatbots such as ChatGPT will need to adhere to the age-restricting Online Safety Act according to a government spokesperson ...
Euronews · Jul 24, 2025 Conspiracies about extreme weather spread faster than life-saving alerts on social media, says study The study says the influence of high-profile conspiracy theorists during climate disasters is drowning out emergency response efforts.
International Business Times · Jul 22, 2025 Extreme Weather Misinformation 'Putting Lives At Risk,' Study Warns Major social media platforms are enabling and profiting from misinformation around extreme weather events, endangering lives and impeding emergency response efforts, a research group said Tuesday.
The Independent UK · Jan 30, 2025 Voices: I found photos of my armpits on 4chan COMMENT: When Sharan Dhaliwal discovered that personal photographs had been published on an extreme forum, she was just as outraged to learn how powerless she was to do anything about it
The Independent UK · Jan 23, 2025 ‘He is world’s leading free speech hypocrite’: Elon Musk’s battle with Wikipedia is part of his war on truth Elon Musk is angry at Wikipedia for reporting on his alleged ‘Nazi salute’. But his attacks are part of a long and troubling history of trying to suppress information he finds inconvenient, writes Io Dodds
The Independent UK · Dec 11, 2024 YouTube algorithm suggests videos about disordered eating to some young users, new study says YouTube’s policy states that it will remove or restrict content that ‘glorifies or promotes eating disorders’ but the study found that harmful content is still accessible on the social media platform
Fortune · Nov 25, 2024 Inside Elon Musk's time-worn legal strategy of spending and grinding adversaries into submission In years of court cases, Musk has consistently used the same legal tactics to take on his opponents.
Top News · Nov 4, 2024 Elon Musk's Misinformation Campaign Sparks Controversy Ahead Of Election Elon Musk's social media controversy over false election claims and disinformation spread raises concerns about regulating misinformation in the digital age.
Latin Times · Nov 1, 2024 Election Officials Call Elon Musk a 'Huge Problem' For His Role in Spreading Misinformation Ahead of Election Day Recent research found Musk's X is ineffective at the time of combating misinformation related to the U.S. election, including claims spread by his account.
The Independent UK · Oct 31, 2024 Report says crowd-sourced fact checks on X fail to address flood of US election misinformation X’s crowd-sourced fact-checking program, called Community Notes, isn’t addressing the flood of U.S. election misinformation on Elon Musk’s social media platform