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UK to require ID or face scan before you can make social media accounts

16 June 2026 at 15:38
Opening a new social media account in the UK will soon mean proving you're over 16 with an ID upload or a facial age scan, under a government ban on under-16s taking effect in spring 2027. Security experts warn the age checks are easy to circumvent and create new data-breach risks. [...]

DOJ seizes CFAKE, SOCFAKE deepfake nude sites under TAKE IT DOWN Act

15 June 2026 at 22:56
The U.S. Department of Justice announced Friday that it has seized the CFAKE.com and SOCFAKE.com websites, which allegedly hosted nonconsensual AI-generated nude images and videos of women, in what appears to be the first publicly announced domain seizure under the TAKE IT DOWN Act. [...]
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