Fractal
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I am leaving X.
The app is capable of creating pornographic images of children, there is absolutely no question: I cannot, in good conscience, remain on the platform.
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The app is capable of creating pornographic images of children, there is absolutely no question: I cannot, in good conscience, remain on the platform.
Follow me on Instagram: @ tonyvaughanmp
Follow me on Bluesky: @ tonyvaughanmp.bsky.social
Follow me on Facbook: Tonyvaughanlabour
January 14, 2026 at 9:57 AM
I am leaving X.
The app is capable of creating pornographic images of children, there is absolutely no question: I cannot, in good conscience, remain on the platform.
Follow me on Instagram: @ tonyvaughanmp
Follow me on Bluesky: @ tonyvaughanmp.bsky.social
Follow me on Facbook: Tonyvaughanlabour
The app is capable of creating pornographic images of children, there is absolutely no question: I cannot, in good conscience, remain on the platform.
Follow me on Instagram: @ tonyvaughanmp
Follow me on Bluesky: @ tonyvaughanmp.bsky.social
Follow me on Facbook: Tonyvaughanlabour
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Ban social media for under-16s, top teaching union urges UK government
Ban social media for under-16s, top teaching union urges UK government
NASUWT says evidence growing that unregulated access affects behaviour in school and harms mental health
One of the UK’s biggest teaching unions has called on the government to ban social media for under-16s over concerns about mental health and concentration.
The Teachers’ Union (NASUWT) wants legislation to be tightened so big tech firms would face penalties for allowing children to access their platforms. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 11, 2026 at 12:15 AM
Ban social media for under-16s, top teaching union urges UK government
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The government has urged the regulator Ofcom to use all its powers – up to and including an effective ban – against X over concerns about unlawful AI images created on the site
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Ofcom urged to use 'banning' powers over X AI deepfakes
It follows an ongoing backlash against the use of X's AI Grok to digitally remove clothing from images.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 9, 2026 at 7:36 AM
The government has urged the regulator Ofcom to use all its powers – up to and including an effective ban – against X over concerns about unlawful AI images created on the site
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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“Grok’s latest behaviour is disgusting, degrading and cannot be allowed to pass without consequence – but it is also an opportunity for Keir Starmer and European leaders. Musk and X have crossed a Rubicon.”
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-s...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-s...
Shut down Musk’s AI porn
Grok is churning out sexual images on an industrial scale – some of teenage girls – and pleading free speech. If the UK and Europe don’t act now, they never will
www.thenewworld.co.uk
January 7, 2026 at 7:08 AM
“Grok’s latest behaviour is disgusting, degrading and cannot be allowed to pass without consequence – but it is also an opportunity for Keir Starmer and European leaders. Musk and X have crossed a Rubicon.”
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-s...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-s...
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In what Reuters called a "mass digital undressing spree,” Elon Musk is provoking outrage after his Grok chatbot responded to user prompts to remove clothing from images of women and to create "sexualized images of children" and post them on X. I spoke to Stanford HAI's Riana Pfefferkorn about it:
The Policy Implications of Grok's 'Mass Digital Undressing Spree' | TechPolicy.Press
A conversation with Riana Pfefferkorn, a policy fellow at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI.
www.techpolicy.press
January 4, 2026 at 3:08 PM
In what Reuters called a "mass digital undressing spree,” Elon Musk is provoking outrage after his Grok chatbot responded to user prompts to remove clothing from images of women and to create "sexualized images of children" and post them on X. I spoke to Stanford HAI's Riana Pfefferkorn about it:
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New: @ajvicens.bsky.social spoke to one of the women — a Brazilian musician — digitally stripped of her clothing by xAI’s Grok. When she saw the chatbot being asked to virtually strip her down to a bikini, she thought there was no way it would comply. She was wrong.
www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
Elon Musk's Grok AI floods X with sexualized photos of women and minors
When contacted by Reuters for comment by email, xAI replied with the message "Legacy Media Lies."
www.reuters.com
January 3, 2026 at 3:00 AM
New: @ajvicens.bsky.social spoke to one of the women — a Brazilian musician — digitally stripped of her clothing by xAI’s Grok. When she saw the chatbot being asked to virtually strip her down to a bikini, she thought there was no way it would comply. She was wrong.
www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
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Internal Meta documents outline tactics to reduce the visibility of scam ads to regulators on its Ad Library, plus a playbook to resist universal advertiser verification unless forced by law, a Reuters investigation found reut.rs/49lSd8w
December 31, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Internal Meta documents outline tactics to reduce the visibility of scam ads to regulators on its Ad Library, plus a playbook to resist universal advertiser verification unless forced by law, a Reuters investigation found reut.rs/49lSd8w
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Hen cages and pig farrowing crates to be outlawed in England
Hen cages and pig farrowing crates to be outlawed in England
Humane slaughter requirements for farmed fish and end to puppy farming also in new package of animal welfare laws
Caged hens will be a thing of the past in England, the government has announced, as it launches a package of new animal welfare laws.
Pig farrowing crates, which campaigners have said are cruel, will also be banned under the welfare changes. These cramped crates are used to stop pigs from rolling over and crushing their young, but once in them sows cannot turn over or move around at all. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Hen cages and pig farrowing crates to be outlawed in England
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I compiled my data relating to the frontline movements in the year 2025.
- Russians gained around 4,075 square kilometer (1,573 square miles) over this period of time. This is around 0.67% of Ukraine's total size.
- Ukraine holds 79.4% of its territory.
- Russians gained around 4,075 square kilometer (1,573 square miles) over this period of time. This is around 0.67% of Ukraine's total size.
- Ukraine holds 79.4% of its territory.
January 1, 2026 at 7:42 PM
I compiled my data relating to the frontline movements in the year 2025.
- Russians gained around 4,075 square kilometer (1,573 square miles) over this period of time. This is around 0.67% of Ukraine's total size.
- Ukraine holds 79.4% of its territory.
- Russians gained around 4,075 square kilometer (1,573 square miles) over this period of time. This is around 0.67% of Ukraine's total size.
- Ukraine holds 79.4% of its territory.
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Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, documents seen by Reuters show. And the social media giant internally estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
November 6, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, documents seen by Reuters show. And the social media giant internally estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
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Meta made about $3 billion in China last year from ads for scams, illegal gambling, pornography and other banned content, according to internal Meta documents reviewed by Reuters.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
December 16, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Meta made about $3 billion in China last year from ads for scams, illegal gambling, pornography and other banned content, according to internal Meta documents reviewed by Reuters.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
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Well done. Social media companies must be held accountable.
https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-slaps-e120m-fine-on-x-straining-ties-with-us/
https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-slaps-e120m-fine-on-x-straining-ties-with-us/
EU slaps €120M fine on Elon Musk’s X, straining ties with US
US vice president says EU should not be ‘attacking American companies over garbage.’
www.politico.eu
December 5, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Well done. Social media companies must be held accountable.
https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-slaps-e120m-fine-on-x-straining-ties-with-us/
https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-slaps-e120m-fine-on-x-straining-ties-with-us/
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Factory farming is the greatest moral crisis of our time. Cruelty at an unfathomable scale. Opposing it should be the moral baseline, yet most happily pay for it to happen again and again. #AnimalRights
Check out this new Tedx Talk from Lewis Bollard: (approx. 12 mins) www.ted.com/talks/lewis_...
Check out this new Tedx Talk from Lewis Bollard: (approx. 12 mins) www.ted.com/talks/lewis_...
How to end factory farming
Factory farming is the greatest moral crisis we ignore, says farm animal welfare champion Lewis Bollard. He exposes the truth behind the "all natural" labels on your groceries and shows how technology...
www.ted.com
September 5, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Factory farming is the greatest moral crisis of our time. Cruelty at an unfathomable scale. Opposing it should be the moral baseline, yet most happily pay for it to happen again and again. #AnimalRights
Check out this new Tedx Talk from Lewis Bollard: (approx. 12 mins) www.ted.com/talks/lewis_...
Check out this new Tedx Talk from Lewis Bollard: (approx. 12 mins) www.ted.com/talks/lewis_...
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Another weekend in Europe's war. It's the 184th weekend of Russia trying to bomb Ukraine out of existence.
But as we start Day 1291, Ukraine is battered but free, Russia is economically crippled and not winning.
Every day I produce THE daily thread, please support if you can (link in my bio)
But as we start Day 1291, Ukraine is battered but free, Russia is economically crippled and not winning.
Every day I produce THE daily thread, please support if you can (link in my bio)
September 6, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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More evidence of US becoming authoritarian regime. If the "King" doesn't approve of what a federal employee says/does, they will be fired w/o cause.
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump seeks to fire official overseeing jobs data after weak employment report
President Donald Trump said Friday that he has directed his team to fire the head of the agency that produces the monthly jobs figures, after a weak report showed hiring slowed and was much weaker in ...
apnews.com
August 1, 2025 at 6:59 PM
More evidence of US becoming authoritarian regime. If the "King" doesn't approve of what a federal employee says/does, they will be fired w/o cause.
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
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Speeding up the commute with this gripping and desperately sad podcast. A ‘good education’ doesn’t always win against the emotional pull of medical misinformation. Kudos to Paloma’s brothers for their public service in sharing their family tragedy with such eloquence www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand...
BBC Sounds - Marianna in Conspiracyland - Available Episodes
Listen to the latest episodes of Marianna in Conspiracyland on BBC Sounds.
www.bbc.co.uk
July 15, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Speeding up the commute with this gripping and desperately sad podcast. A ‘good education’ doesn’t always win against the emotional pull of medical misinformation. Kudos to Paloma’s brothers for their public service in sharing their family tragedy with such eloquence www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand...
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Even wars have rules - Israel now stands accused of the gravest of war crimes
..by BBC’s Middle East Editor Jeremy Bowen
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
..by BBC’s Middle East Editor Jeremy Bowen
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Israel is accused of the gravest war crimes in Gaza
Distinguished lawyers, senior humanitarians and diplomats tell Jeremy Bowen why they are increasingly concerned about the catastrophe inside Gaza.
www.bbc.co.uk
June 8, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Even wars have rules - Israel now stands accused of the gravest of war crimes
..by BBC’s Middle East Editor Jeremy Bowen
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
..by BBC’s Middle East Editor Jeremy Bowen
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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We’re in the last few months of being able to easily discern between real and AI footage.
After that, we can rely only on our priors and evaluation of source through robust epistemological enquiry. Luckily humans are really good at that…
After that, we can rely only on our priors and evaluation of source through robust epistemological enquiry. Luckily humans are really good at that…
May 30, 2025 at 6:33 AM
We’re in the last few months of being able to easily discern between real and AI footage.
After that, we can rely only on our priors and evaluation of source through robust epistemological enquiry. Luckily humans are really good at that…
After that, we can rely only on our priors and evaluation of source through robust epistemological enquiry. Luckily humans are really good at that…
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90% of people diagnosed with pancreatic cancer die from the disease. That's why the medical community is excited about the results of a small trial in which nearly half of the pancreatic cancer patients who received an mRNA vaccine for the disease remained relapse-free three years later.
A Vaccine For Pancreatic Cancer Continues To Show Promise
In a small trial, nearly half of pancreatic cancer patients who received an mRNA vaccine for the disease had no relapse three years later.
www.sciencefriday.com
March 16, 2025 at 2:09 PM
90% of people diagnosed with pancreatic cancer die from the disease. That's why the medical community is excited about the results of a small trial in which nearly half of the pancreatic cancer patients who received an mRNA vaccine for the disease remained relapse-free three years later.