Tumblr introduces self-labelled mature content feature
- Tumblr is adding a new filtering feature called “community labels.”
- The platform is asking users to tag their own content, as a form of self-moderation.
- This content falls under three headings which are drug and alcohol addiction, violence “similar to what you might see in an age-restricted movie,” and “sexual themes” including “erotic writing or imagery.”
- For more on this, please visit the Verge website.
Pornhub in partner with charities trials chatbot for child sex abuse material seekers to find help
- The adult website, Pornhub, will now generate a pop-up if a user inputs any one of 28,000 key words linked to child sexual abuse material.
- The bot will encourage the user to seek help from Stop It Now!, a helpline aimed at supporting offenders and preventing people watching online child abuse.
- This is the first time a chatbot has been used to target potential abusers.
- For more on this story, visit the Guardian website.
Voice assistants could be hindering children’s development
- New research suggests that voice assistants, such as Alexa, Google and Siri have a long-term impact on children’s social and cognitive development.
- Young children learn speech from copying, and there are worries that a child will copy the listening assistant’s speech patterns i.e., lack of tone, intonation, volume or emphasis.
- There are concerns that children will be learning very narrow forms of questioning and always in the form of a demand, without saying please or thank you.
- For more on this, please visit the Guardian website.
