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Australia forces porn sites to block under-18s from Monday
AFP, Published on 06/03/2026
» SYDNEY - Australia's online regulator warned porn websites they must block under-18s from Monday under sweeping new restrictions to protect children.
EU opens probe into Musk's Grok over sexual AI deepfakes
AFP, Published on 26/01/2026
» BRUSSELS (BELGIUM) - The EU on Monday hit Elon Musk's X with an investigation over AI chatbot Grok's generation of sexualised deepfake images of women and minors, in the latest step of an international backlash against the tool.
Grok barred from undressing images after global backlash
AFP, Published on 15/01/2026
» SAN FRANCISCO - The social media platform X has announced measures to prevent its AI chatbot Grok from undressing images of real people, following global backlash over its generation of sexualised photos of women and children.
Bolsonaro and son accused of obstructing Brazil coup trial
AFP, Published on 21/08/2025
» BRASíLIA - Brazilian police called Wednesday for former president Jair Bolsonaro and his son Eduardo to be charged with obstruction of justice for attempting to interfere with the ex-leader's trial over plotting an attempted coup.
AI porn victims see Hong Kong unprepared for threat
AFP, Published on 12/08/2025
» HONG KONG - For Hong Kong law student "C", AI-made pornography was a distant danger until a university classmate created graphic images of her and multiple other women.
AI-powered ‘nudify’ apps fuel deadly wave of blackmail
AFP, Published on 17/07/2025
» WASHINGTON - After a Kentucky teenager died by suicide this year, his parents discovered he had received threatening texts demanding $3,000 to suppress an AI-generated nude image of him.
Lee Jae-myung's rise from poverty to the South Korean presidency
AFP, Published on 04/06/2025
» SEOUL - Lawsuits, scandals, armed troops and a knife-wielding attacker all failed to deter Lee Jae-myung's ascendancy from sweatshop worker to the South Korean presidency.
Francis: radical leader who broke the papal mould
AFP, Published on 21/04/2025
» VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis, who died Monday aged 88, will go down in history as a radical pontiff, a champion of underdogs who forged a more compassionate Catholic Church while stopping short of overhauling centuries-old dogma.
Porn stars: Oscar favorite 'Anora' gets sex work right
AFP, Published on 23/02/2025
» NORTHRIDGE (UNITED STATES) - For a film about sex work to win an Oscar is rare. For it to win the respect of sex workers is even rarer.
'Damaging' AI porn scandal at US school scars victims
AFP, Published on 17/01/2025
» WASHINGTON - Her voice tinged with anger, an American mother worried about what the future holds for her teenage daughter, just one of dozens of girls targeted in yet another AI-enabled pornography scandal that has rocked a US school.