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SBS Australia
01-08-2025
- Entertainment
- SBS Australia
Txwv tis pub me nyuam siv YouTube
Mloog tau tej zaj lus thiab lwm yam xov xwm ua lus Hmoob tau ntawm SBS Hmong. Tom qab lub koom haum eSafety Commissioner tau muaj ib co kev taw qhia rau tsoom fwv Albanese thiaj tau txiav txim siab los txwv. Julie Inman Grant uas yog eSafety Commissioner tau hais tias ''peb yuav tau kub siab txog tej pov thawj uas yeej tau qhia tias muaj tej me nyuam 4 tug ntawm 10 tus twg yeej raug teeb meem los ntawm YouTube. Internet ces zoo li hiav txwv uas muaj dej nqus lawv rau qhov chaw tob, thiab muaj ntses tom neeg uas txawv tej pas daj dej ntawm tsev. Tab sis peb muaj peev xwm tswj tej ntses tom neeg no.'' Muaj qho tus leej niam leej txi uas tau plam lawv tej me nyuam vim YouTube koj pom zoo nrog cov kev txwv tsis pub siv no, thiab hais tias ''cov kev txwv tsis pub qhib siv yog ib yam pib zoo, tab sis tseem xav los kho kom siv tau cov kev txwv no zoo tuaj ntxiv thiab.'' Txawm li cas los kuj muaj ib co neeg li tej YouTubers tsis pom zoo vim yuav ua rau tsis muaj neeg mus saib lawv tej videos lawm. Tsis tas li ntawd los Leo Puglisi uas yog tus tsim lub chaw nthuav xov xwm 6 News kuj qhia tias yuav ua rau tej hluas tsis muaj peev xwm saib tau tej xov xwm raws li qhov tsim nyog lawm thiab vim lawv tsis yog tej neeg uas pheej saib xov xwm ntawm tej chaw li lwm cov neeg ib txwm saib. Ua ke no los Ted O'Brien hais ''Tsim nyog kub siab txog me yaus cov kev nyab xeeb ua ntej. Tab sis zoo li tus tsoom fwv Albanese no yeej tsis qhia meej txog tej no rau neeg Australia ua ntej yuav muaj cov kev xaiv tsa li. Tab sis tam sim no nws ho hloov siab los txwv.'' Sarah Hanson-Young uas yog tus nom tswj cov dej num Communications ntawm pab nom Greens hais tias ''tsim nyog Google ua tej hauj lwm no, tab sis nws tseem raug yuam kom ua, ces thiaj yog peb lub luag hauj lwm yuav tau tsim cai los yuam thiab yuav tsum kom lawv thov ntawv tso cai mas thiaj pub siv lub website no.'' Ces txij tim 10 lub 12 hlis ntuj xyoo 2025 no mus thiaj yuav txwv tsis pub tej hluas hnoob nyoog qes dua 16 xyoo qhib YouTube account siv lawm, tab sis lawv yeej tseem muaj peev xwm siv tau tej teej kawm cov YouTube account coj los pab lawv kawm ntawv.
The Guardian
24-07-2025
- The Guardian
What are the new UK online safety rules and how will they be enforced?
Children's online safety in the UK is having its seatbelt moment. On 25 July social media and other internet platforms will be required to implement safety measures protecting children – or face large fines. It is a significant test for the Online Safety Act, a landmark piece of legislation that covers the likes of Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and Google. Here is a guide to the new rules. Companies within the scope of the act must introduce safety measures to protect children from harmful content. This means all pornography sitesmust have in place rigorous age-checking procedures. Ofcom, the UK communications regulator and the act's enforcer, has found that 8% of eight- to 14-year-olds in the UK – mainly boys – visited an online porn site or app in a month. Social media platforms and large search engines must also prevent children from accessing pornography and material that promotes or encourages suicide, self-harm and eating disorders. This has to be kept off children's feeds entirely. Hundreds of companies are affected by the rules. Platforms will also have to suppress the spread of other forms of material potentially harmful to children including the promotion of dangerous stunts, encouraging the use of harmful substances and enabling bullying. Measures under the codes include: algorithms that recommend content to users must filter out harmful material; all sites and apps must have procedures for taking down dangerous content quickly; and children must have a 'straightforward' way to report concerns. Adherence is not mandatory if companies believe they have valid alternative measures to meet their child safety obligations. The 'riskiest' services, which include big social media platforms, could be required to use 'highly effective' age checks to identify under-18 users. If social media platforms that contain harmful content do not introduce age checks, they will need to ensure there is a 'child appropriate' experience on the site. X has said if it is unable to determine whether a user is 18 or over, they will be defaulted into sensitive content settings and will not be able to view adult material. It is also introducing age estimation technology and ID checks to verify if users are under 18. Meta, the owner of Instagram and Facebook, says it already has a multilayered approach to age checking. This includes its teen account feature – a default setting for anyone under 18 – that it says already provides an 'age appropriate' experience for young users. Mark Jones, a partner at the law firm Payne Hicks Beach, said: 'Ultimately it is going to be for Ofcom to decide whether these measures meet the requirements under the OSA and, if not, to hold the companies to account.' The Molly Rose Foundation, a charity established by the family of the British teenager Molly Russell, who took her own life in 2017 after viewing harmful content online, said the measures did not go far enough. It has called for additional changes such as blocking dangerous online challenges and requiring platforms to proactively search for, and take down, depressive and body image-related content. Age assurance measures for pornography providers supported by Ofcom include: facial age estimation, which assesses a person's likely age through a live photo or video; checking a person's age via their credit card provider, bank or mobile phone network operator; photo ID matching, where a passport or similar ID is checked against a selfie; or a 'digital identity wallet' that contains proof of age. Ria Moody, a lawyer at the law firm Linklaters, said: 'Age assurance measures must be very accurate. Ofcom has said that self-declaration of age, or terms of service saying users must be over 18, are not highly effective measures and so platforms should not rely on these alone.' Pornhub, the most-visited provider of online pornography to the UK, has said it will introduce 'regulator approved age assurance methods' by 25 July. It has yet to say what these methods will be. OnlyFans, another site which carries pornography, already uses facial age verification software. It does not store an image of the user's face but estimates age using data taken from millions of other images. A company called Yoti provides that software and also does so for Instagram. Reddit started checking ages last week for its forums and threads which include mature content. It is using technology made by a company called Persona, which verifies age through an uploaded selfie or a photo of government ID. Reddit doesn't have access to the photos but stores the verification status to avoid users having to repeat the process too often. Software allows a website or app to set a 'challenge' age – such as 20 or 25 – to limit the number of underage people who slip through the net. When Yoti set a challenge age of 20, fewer than 1% of 13- to 17-year-olds were incorrectly let through. An equally direct method is to require users to show a piece of formal identification such as a passport or a driving licence. Again, the ID details do not need to be stored and can be used solely to verify access. They should, but many smaller sites are expected to try ignoring the rule, fearing that it will damage demand for their services. Industry insiders say that those ignoring the rules may wait to see how Ofcom responds to breaches before deciding how to act. Ofcom can deploy a range of punishments under the act. Companies can be fined up to £18m or 10% of global turnover for breaches, or whichever is greater. In the case of Meta, such a fine would be $16bn. Sites or apps can also receive formal warnings. For extreme breaches, Ofcom can ask a court to prevent the site or app from being available in the UK. Senior managers at tech firms will also be criminally liable for repeated breaches of their duty of care to children and could face up to two years in jail if they ignore enforcement notices from Ofcom.
Forbes
08-07-2025
- Forbes
Is This Spotify Email A Scam? How To Spot The Fakes
Spotify is a common target for email scams If you've received a Spotify email that you're worried is a scam, you've every reason to be susipcious. Spotify is a huge target for scammers. With 678 million registered users, according to the company's latest financials, there's a pretty strong chance that even a randomly targeted email will find its way to a Spotifty customer. A fake Spotify email can be very convincing, looking almost identical to an email you might receive from the company itself. So how do you tell the fake Spotify emails from the genuine ones? Here are some tips to spot the scams. Is This a Fake Spotify Email? Fake Spotify emails can be hard to detect The email above is typical of a phishing scam email that, at first, appears to be genuine. It's using the Spotify color scheme, the company's logo, and the address of the company's headquarters at the foot of the email. There are no obvious spelling or grammar errors, either, which is typical of phishing emails. The period at the end of the 'Final Billing Notice' header is a little odd, but not enough to immediately set alarm bells ringing. However, there are other signs that this email isn't genuine. The first thing to check is the sender's address. Some email software, particularly mobile apps, can hide the sender's address. But click into the full email and examine the header of the message and you'll normally see the full email address spelled out. In this case, the email was sent from 'spot@ They've made a weak attempt to disguise the email address as coming from Spotify, but there's no chance that a legitimate Spotify email would arrive from the domain. Indeed, when I attempted to visit that domain (and I strongly suggest you don't do that yourself), my Vivaldi web browser threw up a warning that 'attackers on the site that you tried visiting might trick you into installing software or revealing things like your passwords, phone or credit card numbers.' The browser reveals the danger lurking behind the fake email domain Genuine Spotify emails arrive from 'no-reply@ Other fake Spotify emails I've received have got much closer to that address, one of them arriving from 'noreply@ So take great care to carefully check the sender's email address, but don't rely on that alone. Another clue that's something not right about the email above is the destination of the link. Whatever you do, do not click on a link in a suspected spam email. However, most PC/Mac email apps let you hover the mouse over a link to reveal its address (it's much harder to do this on mobiles and you shouldn't even attempt it). When I hovered my mouse over the link in the email shown above, it was trying to take me to the ' domain, not That's an immediate red flag. This isn't a 100% accurate method of detecting a fake email. Sometimes links in genuine emails are disguised, perhaps because the sender is using software that's tracking clicks on the links. Nevertheless, the combination of strange email address and unrecognizable link address is a very strong indicator that this email is fake and should be binned. Don't Click On Spotify Email Links Even if the email address and links look fine, there's nothing be to gained from clicking the link in the email. Only risk. If you're concerned your Spotify payment method really has expired, the safest way to check is to visit the Spotify website, log in if necessary, and then click your profile picture in the top-right corner. Now select Account and you can access your billing details, adding a new credit card if necessary. The same applies to any email you receive asking you to click to update payment information. Never click on the email links, just in case, always go to the website of the service in question. What Should I Do If I've Clicked On A Fake Spotify Email? If you think you've clicked on a fake Spotify email, and particularly if you've entered your login details, you should visit the Spotify website and reset your password immediately. If you've entered payment details on what you believe is a fake website, you should contact your payments provider and have the card cancelled to minimize the risk of future fraud. If you think you've received a fake Spotify email, you can forward it to the company at spoof@ Then just delete it from your inbox, or use your email software to report it as spam.
Entrepreneur
16-06-2025
- Entrepreneur
Hitting 'Unsubscribe' to Annoying Emails Isn't Safe Anymore
Hitting "unsubscribe" from an email list seems simple enough. Except, rarely does it ever fully work — we all know we'll be unsubscribing from that same list in a year. Too bad that's no longer the biggest worry. Hitting the leave-me-alone box is now a security risk. Hackers are using the "unsubscribe" button as a means to get you to click and capture your personal information. Related: 'Juice Jacking': TSA Warns Air Travelers to Protect Themselves from This Growing Security Scam TK Keanini, chief technology officer at DNSFilter, told the Wall Street Journal earlier this month that clicking the unsubscribe link can lead to phishing scams and security issues. In fact, DNSFilter estimates that one out of every 644 unsubscribe clicks leads to a "potentially malicious website." There are several ways this can affect an unsuspecting email user. The lowest risk is that hackers now know you are an active email with a person behind it. This will most likely lead to scammers building a file on you to make you are future target for ransomware attacks, getting you to shop on fake websites, or sending you malware. Worst case, the unsubscribe link exposes your device to malware immediately, but one expert told The Journal that it is not the best tactic, fortunately. Too many things would need to align, they said, including that the browser has a vulnerabilty. Related: Instagram's CEO Says He 'Experienced a Sophisticated Phishing Attack' With Google This Week Still, the best way to fight back, experts told The Journal, is to use Apple's "Hide My Email" feature, if you are an Apple customer, or send the emails to spam without hitting unsubscribe. You can also set up a free Gmail or other email account specifically for shopping, newsletters, and spam.
The Verge
10-06-2025
- The Verge
Posted Jun 10, 2025 at 6:36 AM EDT
Is 4chan doing enough to protect kids? That's what UK regulator Ofcom is investigating under Online Safety Act rules, alongside complaints about 'the potential for illegal content and activity' on the platform. Anyone familiar with the controversial web forum could have this probe wrapped up by lunch, but let's see how long it takes them.
