Content Moderation

TIDAL will cut off monetization for AI-generated music and deploy automated tools to remove AI content that impersonates artists or groups.

YouTube is rolling out its AI-powered likeness detection technology to celebrities and their representatives to identify and remove deepfake content.

English Wikipedia editors voted to explicitly ban the use of large language models for writing or rewriting articles, allowing limited use only for copyediting.

OpenAI identified and banned the ChatGPT account of Tumbler Ridge school shooter Jesse Van Rootselaar in June 2025 for violent content but did not alert Canadian police, reigniting AI safety debates.

Internal Meta testing shows chatbot failed to protect minors from exploitation nearly 70% of time, disclosed in New Mexico lawsuit documents.

India introduces strict new rules requiring social media platforms to remove unlawful content within three hours and label all AI-generated material starting February 20.

Women in rural India working as AI content moderators describe lasting psychological trauma from viewing hours of violent and pornographic material daily.

Social media enters a controversial third phase dominated by AI-generated content, with Meta and YouTube embracing AI tools while users mount a growing backlash against fake and low-quality 'slop'.

Research from the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) estimates that Elon Musk's Grok AI was used to create approximately 3 million sexualized images, including thousands depicting children, over an 11-day period, raising severe safety concerns.

A study by AI Forensics reveals that Elon Musk's AI platform, Grok, continues to generate a high volume of sexually explicit images, bypassing recently implemented safeguards and content restrictions.

Elon Musk's Grok AI chatbot faces international backlash as Malaysia, Indonesia, and Philippines ban the platform over non-consensual explicit image generation. Pentagon adoption raises security concerns.