AI content farms are taking over the internet, and NewsGuard analysts track their spread. Read more about AI content farms, and how they are proliferating:

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Parentzone; 'The Online Safety Bill should mean user-led safety tools will have a greater role to play in how we go online.

It's widely hoped they will make digital safer for families. However, they’re far from a perfect solution.

In our new report, we raise concerns about the effectiveness of user-led safety tools.'

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“Terms of Service; Didn't Read” (short: ToS;DR) is a project started in June 2012 to help fix the “biggest lie on the web”: almost no one really reads the terms of service we agree to all the time.

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Russell Brand was once considered a "hero of the left," criticizing Fox News and corporate media for their sensational and fear-driven coverage.

Now, he's gone full conspiracy theorist, buddying up with the same right-wingers he used to criticize.

His evolution is a great example of "grift drift" -- how so-called "free thinkers" get pulled towards extremism in order to get views and make money.

Educational Resources
To help schools, youth groups, police services, libraries and others run fun and engaging activities for Safer Internet Day here are education resources.

Free to download, these engaging resources are tailored for 3-18 year olds and are designed to support educators in delivering messages about the campaign theme of change online.

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This is not limited to audio and video tools. Text-generation tools like ChatGPT and Google’s Bard have incredibly poor defenses against producing misinformation