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Incident 4911 Report
Replika's AI Experience Reportedly Lacked Protection for Minors, Resulting in Data Ban

2023-02-02

Tests by the Italian Data Protection Authority showed Replika lacking age-verification mechanisms and failing to stop minors from interacting with its AI, which prompted the agency to issue an order blocking personal data processing of Italian users.

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Incident 5391 Report
Snapchat's My AI Reported for Lacking Protection for Children

2023-03-11

Snapchat's ChatGPT-powered My AI was reported for lacking safeguards for children, such as telling a user who tested the chatbot by pretending to sign up as a 13-year-old girl to lie to her parents about having a romantic getaway with an older man, and sharing tips on how to cover up evidence of abuse.

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Incident 5831 Report
Instagram Algorithms Allegedly Promote Accounts Facilitating Child Sex Abuse Content

2023-06-07

An investigation disclosed that Instagram's recommendation algorithms are promoting accounts that facilitate and sell child sexual abuse material (CSAM). The study, conducted by The Wall Street Journal and researchers at Stanford University and the University of Massachusetts Amherst, indicates that Instagram's algorithms not only allow for the discovery of such accounts through keyword searches but also actively recommend them to users within the network. The issue is especially concerning given Instagram's popularity among teenagers.

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Incident 6461 Report
Snapchat's Algorithm Alleged to Link Minor with Sex Offenders

2024-02-22

A judge ruled Snapchat not liable under Section 230 after its algorithm connected a minor with convicted sex offenders on multiple occasions, leading to sexual assaults first in 2019 and again in 2021. The platform's "Quick Add" feature was implicated in facilitating the connections between the minor and the offenders.

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