Our research found high rates of tech-based abuse – so our team is designing a new AI tool to detect and document toxic comments.

Even OpenAI is worried about people developing intimate relationships with the new human-like version of its language model-cum-chatbot. But it should have known the risks.

There’s ever-evolving ways for children and young people to be harmed online. Here’s what kids think about the harms they experience and how to prevent them.

Children under 14 would be banned from social media, while teens aged 14–15 would need parental consent. But this law will be challenging to implement.

Meta wants Apple and Google to force parents to approve apps on their child’s phone. A better solution would be for the tech giants to cooperate.

The government says the online safety framework infringed on free speech. But some of the world’s biggest tech companies have said they aren’t opposed to some form of regulation.

The Australian government will test tools to shield kids from inappropriate material online. Even though there’s no one easy fix, these checks could help.

All you wanted was to sell your sofa online. So why are so many ‘buyers’ suddenly insisting on using your PayID?

New EU rules require social media platforms to take down flagged posts within 24 hours – and modelling shows that’s fast enough to have a dramatic effect on the spread of harmful content.