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Yahoo
3 hours ago
- Politics
- Yahoo
MAGA Official Says Everyone Investigating Him for Porn Should Resign
Oklahoma state Superintendent Ryan Walters wants the board members who say they caught him watching porn to 'resign in disgrace.' Last week, two school board members told the press they'd seen Walters displaying a pornographic video on a TV in his office during the closed-door portion of a Board of Education meeting at the time. In a video statement shared to X Tuesday night, the Trump fanboy attempting to reshape the Oklahoma school system went on the offensive, claiming the allegations were a 'political attack.' 'These are lies by board members, by a corrupt news media, and perpetuated by the teachers union to try and stop the will of Oklahoma voters, and the Oklahoma parents,' Walters said. 'What we are going to continue to do is move this education reform for the families of Oklahoma.' 'These board members should resign immediately in disgrace over the lies that they have pushed about me to try to destroy my character.' The Oklahoma Office of Management and Enterprise Services (OMES) had opened an investigation into Walters's actions Friday, and on Monday asked the Oklahoma County Sheriff's Office (OCSO) to begin a criminal investigation, according to News4. When he's not going after board members or the media or teachers, Walters's other tactic seems to be straight up lying about what happened. Earlier on Tuesday, Walters claimed that he'd had his name cleared by both OMES and the sheriff's office—but that wasn't true at all. 'That simply isn't the case,' OSCO spokesperson Aaron Brilbeck told News4. 'Our investigation is still ongoing. In fact, I would categorize it as being in its infancy. This is going to be a very thorough investigation. And once the investigation is complete, we're going to be very transparent with our findings.' In his video statement Tuesday night, Walters again claimed that he'd already had 'two independent groups come in and prove there was no wrongdoing going on,' but he offered no further details. Ryan Deatherage and Becky Carson, the two school board members who'd spoken to the press about the incident, released a joint statement Tuesday. 'No board member has accused Superintendent Walters of anything, we only brought attention to inappropriate content on a TV—content that would cause a teacher in our state to lose their license. As the investigation continues, we urge Superintendent Walters to cooperate with law enforcement and refrain from smearing the names, characters and reputations of board members,' they said. Solve the daily Crossword
Telegraph
5 days ago
- Telegraph
The Daily T: ‘I don't want children to watch me on OnlyFans, I'd rather lose money'
Today, the UK is set to introduce age verification checks on porn sites to stop under age people from accessing explicit content. An Ofcom report showed 8 % of children aged 8–14 accessed porn in just one month, showing a desperate need for change. But will these measures actually work or do they risk pushing young people towards darker corners of the internet? For this special episode of The Daily T, Camilla talks through the new rules and the recommendations made by the Independent Pornography Review with Rebecca Goodwin, an adult film star, and Shaun Flores, a mental health advocate and educator who was addicted to porn. We explore how easy it is for teenagers to access adult content, what impact it's having on mental health and relationships, and whether new laws banning acts like strangulation in porn will make a difference. We also discuss porn performer and content creator Bonnie Blue, who has spoken about creating more extreme content to survive in a competitive market - and the uncomfortable questions this raises about what our young people are seeing about sex online.
The Sun
5 days ago
- Politics
- The Sun
Worrying trend sees Brits trying to avoid new adult website block built to protect kids with ID checks from today
BRITS are finding worrying ways to get around strict new rules that block users from accessing porn sites unless they show ID. A long-awaited new law came into effect at midnight, forcing people to prove they're over 18 by sharing an ID document or scanning their face with a camera. The sweeping changes affect websites showing porn, or anything linked to self-harm, suicide, or eating disorders - as well as social media apps showing such content. Websites that fail to implement tougher age checks face being blocked from view in the UK or being hit with hefty fines. The Online Safety Act is designed to protect children from harmful material and will be enforced by the regulator Ofcom. But many claim it's "easily exploitable". It's a "non issue for anyone with the most minimal of computing knowledge" one person wrote on Reddit. Others fear that the move could inadvertently push people to far dodgier websites. Ofcom admits there's no way to stop people using VPNs to get around the block. 'Our research shows that these are not people that are out to find porn – it's being served up to them in their feeds,' Oliver Griffiths, group director for online safety at Ofcom told The Sun. 'And we think that these measures are going to have a really big impact in terms of dealing with that particular problem. "There will be teenagers – dedicated teenagers – who want to find their way to porn, in the same way as people find ways to buy alcohol under 18. They will use VPNs. 'And actually, I think there's a really important reflection here. It's not just us, in terms of making life safer online. 'Parents having a view in terms of whether their kids have got a VPN, and using parental controls and having conversations, feels a really important part of the solution.' Technology Secretary Peter Kyle said a generation of children will not be allowed to grow up 'at the mercy of toxic algorithms' and warned tech firms 'will be held to account' if they fail to act in line with the changes. He told Sky News: 'I have very high expectations of the change that children will experience. 'And let me just say this to parents and children, you will experience a different internet really, for the first time in from today, moving forward than you've had in the past. And that is a big step forward.' Children's charities the NSPCC and Barnardo's are among those who have welcomed the new checks, as well as the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) which hunts and takes down online child abuse material. Meanwhile, a petition with more than 65,000 signatures at the time of publishing is calling for the law to be reversed, arguing the shake-up is "far broader and restrictive than is necessary in a free society". THE SHOCKING STATS Latest figures show the scale of adult content consumption online... Ofcom stats: Around 8% children aged 8-14 in the UK visited an online porn site or app in a month. 15% of 13–14-year-olds accessed online porn in a month. Boys aged 13-14 are the most likely to visit a porn service, significantly more than girls the same age (19% vs 11%). Our research tells us that around three in ten (29%) or 13.8m UK adults use porn online. Pornhub is the most used site in the UK – Ofcom research says 18% (8.4m) visited it in one month. Children's Commissioner stats: Of the 64% who said that they had ever seen online pornography: The average age at which children first see pornography is 13. By age nine, 10% had seen pornography, 27% had seen it by age 11 and half of children who had seen pornography had seen it by age 13. We also find that young people are frequently exposed to violent pornography, depicting coercive, degrading or pain-inducing sex acts; 79% had encountered violent pornography before the age of 18. Pornography is not confined to dedicated adult sites. We found that Twitter was the online platform where young people were most likely to have seen pornography.
Daily Mail
23-07-2025
- Politics
- Daily Mail
Penny Mordaunt reveals she is a victim of 'humiliating and violent' AI-generated deepfake porn - and says she is not the only politician whose face has been used
Penny Mordaunt has revealed that she has been the victim of 'deliberately humiliating and violent' deepfake porn. The former Leader of the House of Commons made the candid confession in an interview with Victoria Derbyshire on Tuesday. She told the BBC Newsnight interviewer that the perpetrators should consider the consequence of their actions and called for tighter controls on social media. The former MP for Portsmouth North also revealed that upsetting instances of abuse such as deepfake porn are a regular occurance. She told the BBC programme: 'Well, not a week has gone by in my parliamentary career when something of this nature hasn't happened.' Non-consensual deepfake pornography is the production of an image using artificial intelligence. The creator combines a photograph and uses AI to remove clothes or create a fake nude photo in the likeness of a real person. Ms Mordaunt explained she had first learned that she had been a victim of a deepfake image following an investigation by Channel 4 presenter Cathy Newman who uncovered 250 famous individuals whose likeness had been stolen. She added: 'My face had been used, AI porn generated, deepfake porn. It happened to a number of parliamentarians.' Other victims included Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner, former education secretary, Gillian Keegan, and Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, Priti Patel. Following her 'humiliating' experience, the former MP has called for tighter controls on social media and online platforms and raised concerns around access by children to deepfake pornogpraphy. 'I would ask the people behind this, don't they realize the consequences in the real world when they do something like that,' she said, 'because although I haven't seen this myself, it was deliberately humiliating and violent and that plays across into the real world. 'It plays across in to people taking actual real world actions against ourselves and that has happened to me, it's happened to a lot of my colleagues. She added: 'The worry for me is actually more with children and we wouldn't want people to see these things on the walk to school. 'If they did, they'd be in therapy. But we have seemed to be perfectly happy for them to see it online. And so I'm with the Australians on this. We need to go much further, and we need to recognize the real harm this is doing to young people.' Victoria Derbyshire clarified that Ms Mordaunt was referring to the social media ban for under-16s in Australia to which the former Minister for Women and Equalities explained that she wanted the government to do more in tackling the harmful act. Ms Mordaunt even called on X owner Elon Musk to step in and improve age verifications to protect children. She said: 'I would ban certain social media platforms. And I think the government needs to have some courage here in addressing these issues with people like Elon Musk. 'That man is taking the human race to Mars. I'm sure he can figure out age verification and what needs to follow from that.' She ex-parliamentarian added that despite the more difficult sides of being in the public eye, she found that her role in Parliament was still generally positive. The creation of deepfake porn is illegal in the UK following a new Online Safety Act which was brought in last year. It includes the sharing or threatening to share intimate photos of someone without their permission and this includes deepfake images.
Daily Mail
22-07-2025
- Business
- Daily Mail
Elon Musk is told to block children from viewing porn on X or face huge fine - after launch of AI chatbot 'girlfriend' to users as young as 12
Elon Musk has been instructed to prevent children from looking at porn on his social media site X or face hefty fines under a new crackdown introduced this week. UK media watchdog Ofcom is bringing in rules from Friday insisting that all firms hosting pornography online should have robust and 'highly effective' age checks. These are aimed at stopping anyone aged under 18 from accessing such content. Billionaire Musk, 54, the world's richest man, has been in charge of X - previously named Twitter - since 2022. He has faced criticism in recent weeks after one of the artificial intelligence brands he owns, xAI, launched a chatbot 'girlfriend' available to users as young as 12. Internet safety experts have warned it could be used to 'manipulate, mislead, and groom children'. Fines for non-compliance with the new Ofcom regulations could be up to £18million or 10 per cent of the platform's qualifying worldwide revenue, whichever is greater - with estimates suggesting as much as £200million for £2billion-revenue X. The crackdown is part of the Online Safety Act 2023 – a set of laws that protects children and adults online. Other threatened punishments include barring a social media company from operating in the UK. X, which officially has a 13-plus age limit for users, is said to be under scrutiny due to the volume of pornographic material shared on the site, the Telegraph reports. The Children's Commissioner Dame Rachel de Souza has previously warned many youngsters are more likely to see pornography on X than on dedicated adult sites. A study suggested 41 per cent of 16-to-21-year-olds told of viewing pornography on Twitter, against 37 per cent for specialist adult sites - followed by 33 per cent doing so on Instagram, 32 per cent on Snapchat and 30 per cent on search engines. The new age restriction rules say internet firms should ensure users adults submit ID or even have their face scanned, depending on what sites they access. Recommended measures include open banking, photo IDs, facial age estimation software and checks by credit card or mobile phone operators. And industry sources have highlighted three options for Mr Musk's X ahead of the new system. The website could bar anyone aged below 18 from signing up, remove all pornographic content from the site or else introduce bespoke age checks for accounts or areas of the platform where such material is shared. A government insider was quoted as saying: 'If X or any other company that hosts pornography has not introduced highly effective age assurance by this Friday deadline, Ofcom has been clear that they will face enforcement action.' When contacted by MailOnline, an Ofcom spokesperson said: 'Society has long protected youngsters from things like alcohol, smoking and gambling. 'By Friday, all sites and apps that allow pornography – whether they're dedicated adult sites or social media apps – must use highly effective age checks to protect children from online material that's not appropriate for them. 'If companies fail to act, they should expect to face enforcement.' MailOnline has contacted X and xAI for comment. There has been criticism in recent days of xAI's new chatbot girlfriend named Ani, described a fully fledged, blonde-haired AI companion with a gothic, anime-style appearance. She has been programmed to act as a 22-year-old and engage at times in flirty banter with the user. Users have reported that the chat bot has an NSFW mode - 'not safe for work' - once Ani has reached 'level three' in its interaction, including the additional option of appearing dressed in slinky lingerie. The character is said a seductive computer-generated voice that pauses and laughs between phrases and regularly initiates flirtatious conversation. Ani was made available to use within the Grok app, which is listed on the App store and can be downloaded by anyone aged 12 and over. Those who have interacted with Ani since it launched earlier last week report Ani describes itself as 'your crazy in-love girlfriend who's gonna make your heart skip'. Ofcom said: 'We are aware of the increasing and fast-developing risk AI poses in the online space, especially to children, and we are working to ensure platforms put appropriate safeguards in place to mitigate these risks.' Matthew Sowemimo, associate head of policy for child safety online at the NSPCC children's charity, said: 'We are really concerned how this technology is being used to produce disturbing content that can manipulate, mislead, and groom children. 'And through our own research and contacts to Childline, we hear how harmful chatbots can be – sometimes giving children false medical advice or steering them towards eating disorders or self-harm. 'It is worrying app stores hosting services like Grok are failing to uphold minimum age limits, and they need to be under greater scrutiny so children are not continually exposed to harm in these spaces.' In its terms of service, Grok advised that the minimum age to use the tool is actually 13, while young people under 18 should receive permission from a parent before using the app. Ofcom has told of 13 adult websites which were 'happy to be named at this stage' and 'represent a broad range of pornography services accessed in the UK' The new Ofcom-regulated age checks being introduced this Friday are also expected of fellow online platforms such as Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp. And various specialist pornography providers have gone public with how they plan to sign up to the new stipulations. Those announcing last month they would comply by this Friday's deadline were PornHub, the most-visited pornographic service in the UK, BoyfriendTV, Cam4, FrolicMe, inxxx, Jerkmate, LiveHDCams, MyDirtyHobby, RedTube, Streamate, Stripchat, Tube8 and YouPorn. Ofcom said these 13 sites were 'happy to be named at this stage' and 'represent a broad range of pornography services accessed in the UK'. Children as young as EIGHT are finding adult content online New research from Ofcom reveals the extent to which children are accessing porn online, and underlines the need for new measures to protect them. It found that eight per cent of children aged 8-14 in the UK visited an online porn site or app in a month – including around 3 per cent of 8–9-year-olds – the youngest children in the study. Ofcom's research tracked the use of websites and apps by 8–14-year-olds across smartphones, tablets and computers over a month. Boys aged 13-14 (19 per cent) were mostly likely to visit a porn service, significantly more than girls the same age (11 per cent). With older teenagers also likely accessing pornography, the total number of under-18s exposed to adult content will be higher still.
