• The Protech project are developing a new app called ‘Salus’ which will use AI to identify potential child abuse material and block users from seeing it.
• It will be tested with volunteers who have sought help because they are compelled to view illegal images and want to refrain from doing so.
• The Internet Watch Foundation will help to train the AI technology that has been developed by UK company SafeToNet.
• Members of the project argue that policing alone was not going to stop the downloading of child sexual abuse material.
• One spokesperson claims they are working on the ‘prevention side’ to reduce the demand and accessibility of these images.
• For more on this story, please visit the BBC News website.

• New research from Comparitech found as many as one in four apps aimed at children on the Google Play app do not comply with the Information Commissioner’s age-appropriate design code.
• The vast majority of children’s apps examined violated the guidelines in some way, with the majority collecting personal data of some kind.
• The age-appropriate design code or Children’s Code sets out standards which online services must follow to comply with UK data protection law for children.
• Information collected without consideration for these laws included IP addresses, user’s names, addresses, telephone numbers or geolocations.
• For the full story, please visit the Independent’s website.

• The virtual world project ‘University World’ allows students to use the metaverse to connect across the globe.
• Users will be able to customise their avatar, names and perform a series of pre-determined movements and gestures.
• The project creates a worldwide community for players as users can play minigames to score points and win prizes. An integrated chat feature will also enable players to interact and communicate.
• The project is available in seven countries and is set to be updated with additional features including, educational materials, news and video workshops.
• For the full story, please visit the esports insider website.

• A senior police officer has been shot at a sports complex in Omagh last night.
• It has been reported that he remains in a critical but stable condition.
• He was a high-profile officer who took a leading role in the murder probe of the Natalie McNally case.
• He was coaching a children’s football game at the time of the attack, and was shot multiple times in front of the children, one of which was his son.
• The investigation’s main focus, according to Assistant Chief Constable Mark McEwan, is on “violent dissident republicans”.
• For more on this story, please visit the Irish Examiner website.