European Commission charges TikTok with DSA violations over infinite scroll, autoplay and push notifications that fuel compulsive behavior among minors and vulnerable users.

European Commission charges TikTok with DSA violations over infinite scroll, autoplay and push notifications that fuel compulsive behavior among minors and vulnerable users.

Preliminary EU ruling says app shifts brains of users into ‘autopilot mode’, with concerns for children and vulnerable adults

Background: This study aims to detect self-harm or suicide (SH-S) ideation language used by youth (aged 13-21 y) in their private Instagram (Meta) conversations. While automated #MentalHealth tools have shown promise, there remains a gap in understanding how nuanced youth language around SH-S can be effectively identified. Objective: Our work aimed to develop interpretable models that go beyond binary classification to recognize the spectrum of SH-S expressions. Methods: We analyzed a dataset of Instagram private conversations donated by youth. A range of traditional machine learning models (support vector machine, random forest, Naive Bayes, and extreme gradient boosting) and transformer-based architectures (Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers and Distilled Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers) were trained and evaluated. In addition to raw text, we incorporated contextual, psycholinguistic (linguistic injury word count), sentiment (Valence Aware Dictionary and Sentiment Reasoner), and lexical (term frequency–inverse document frequency) features to improve detection accuracy. We further explored how increasing conversational context—from message-level to subconversation level—affected model performance. Results: Distilled Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers demonstrated a good performance in identifying the presence of SH-S behaviors within individual messages, achieving an accuracy of 99%. However, when tasked with a more fine-grained classification—differentiating among “self” (personal accounts of SH-S), “other” (references to SH-S experiences involving others), and “hyperbole” (sarcastic, humorous, or exaggerated mentions not indicative of genuine risk)—the model’s accuracy declined to 89%. Notably, by expanding the input window to include a broader conversational context, the model’s performance on these granular categories improved to 91%, highlighting the importance of contextual understanding when distinguishing between subtle variations in SH-S discourse. Conclusions: Our findings underscore the importance of designing SH-S automatic detection systems sensitive to the dynamic language of youth and #SocialMedia #SoMe #hcsm. Contextual and sentiment-aware models improve detection and provide a nuanced understanding of SH-S risk expression. This research lays the foundation for developing inclusive and ethically grounded interventions, while also calling for future work to validate these models across platforms and populations.

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Ashley St. Clair sues xAI, claiming Grok generated explicit images of her without consent; court asked to bar chatbot from such edits.

KUALA LUMPUR: The temporary ban on the Grok artificial intelligence (AI) function on the X application will only be lifted if the issue related to the production of harmful content can be fully resolved by the platform concerned. Communications Minister Datuk Fahmi Fadzil said that Party X must thoroughly prove that content in the form of videos or images that could be misused is no longer being produced before the temporary ban is fully lifted. “If they succeed in deactivating and preventing the production of materials that are considered harmful or harmful online, then the government will temporarily lift the […]

KUALA TERENGGANU: A retired male bank officer lost RM91,550 after being deceived by a syndicate offering part-time work on a social media site. Kuala Terengganu District Police Chief, ACP Azli Mohd Noor said that on Jan 5, the 57-year-old victim saw an advertisement for a job offer as a sales agent on Facebook. He said that the interested victim clicked on the link, before receiving a WhatsApp message from the suspect. “The victim was placed in the “AurionVilla” WhatsApp group and taught the detailed instructions on how to complete the task, namely making a hotel reservation through an online platform. […]

X Corp, led by Elon Musk, acts against illegal content, including CSAM, after MeitY directs compliance with India’s IT and child protection laws.

KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Border Control and Protection Agency (AKPS) has denied the authenticity of two videos going viral on social media TikTok which feature a face and voice resembling its Director-General Datuk Seri Mohd Shuhaily Mohd Zain. AKPS in a statement also advised the public to be wary of the video in question, which uses deepfake technology to imitate Mohd Shuhaily’s identity for fraudulent purposes, supposedly expressing support for the provision of certain assistance. “The public is reminded not to be fooled and misled by content produced using artificial intelligence (AI) such as deepfake, which is increasingly easy to […]

TikTok is full of risky challenges and misleading weight loss hacks. Here’s what science says about the dangers and how to protect your health.

A rising TikTok creator from Mali, Mariam Cisse (@marimacisse57), was kidnapped and executed by suspected jihadists earlier this month — in front… The post Brutal! TikTok Star In Mali Executed By Suspected Jihadists During Livestream appeared first on Shine My Crown.

The appeal was made by a Senator based in South Kildare