Pornography

The French lower house approved a bill on Thursday requiring porn sites to verify a visitor's age. The sites are free to determine how they do this. A government proposal is to use credit card information. According to the proposal, the…

The French lower house approved a bill on Thursday that requires porn sites to verify the age of a visitor. The sites can decide for themselves exactly how they do this. A government proposal is to use credit card information.According…

Dozens of companies have stopped advertising on Facebook. Microsoft, Unilever, Coca Cola and Starbucks, among others, no longer give money to the social network, because they believe that Facebook is doing too little to fight hate and…

Russia has lifted the blockade of the instant messaging service Telegram after two years. According to the telecoms authority, Telegram has shown willingness to counter terrorism and extremism.The Russian telecoms authority Roskomnadzor…

The French parliament has passed a law requiring social media companies to remove terrorist content from their platforms. This must be done no later than one hour after public authorities report it.A total of 355 MEPs voted in favor of…

An American from the state of California has confessed to hacking into Nintendo's network and stealing company data a few years ago. The man thus obtained, among other things, information about the then unreleased Switch console.According…

It appears to be possible to find child pornography with Microsoft's search engine Bing. The New York Times researched this and was able to find dozens of images. Microsoft states that there was an error in the search algorithms.In order…

Verizon Communications has sold the microblogging service Tumblr to Automattic, a company that owns, among other things, WordPress. About two hundred Tumblr employees are part of the acquisition.According to The Wall Street Journal, the…

Facebook has released the source code of the tools it uses to detect child pornography and violent videos and photos, among other things. By posting the source code, other organizations can also start using the tools.These are two…

YouTube is adjusting the algorithm so that users are less likely to find videos that others abuse to exchange child porn tips in the comments. The site also restricts ads on certain videos. Memo from YouTube, click to enlarge In addition,…