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Meta is deploying AI that scans photos and videos for physical cues to assess whether a user is under 13 on Instagram and Facebook. Teen Account on Instagram (Source: Meta) …

Meta Account gives users of Meta apps and devices a simpler way to access and manage their accounts. Accounts Center will automatically be updated to a Meta Account as part of …

Governments are moving to block children under 16 from social media in the name of safety. But once these measures move from policy to practice, they raise a harder question: …

With deepfakes becoming more common, YouTube has expanded access to its AI-driven likeness detection system to a pilot group of government officials, journalists and political …

AI models are being folded into fraud and influence operations that follow long standing tactics. A February 2026 update to OpenAI’s Disrupting Malicious Uses of Our Models …

In this Help Net Security interview, Oscar Rodriguez, VP Trust Product at LinkedIn, discusses how verification is becoming a portable trust signal across the internet. He …

Regulatory limits on explicit targeting have not stopped algorithmic profiling on the web. Ad optimization systems still adapt which ads appear based on users’ private …

Many CISOs already assume that social media creates new openings for password guessing, but new research helps show what that risk looks like in practice. The findings reveal …

AI is changing how scams are built, shared, and trusted. A new global survey from Bitdefender shows how far the problem has spread. AI is helping scams evolve faster than …

LinkedIn is making major changes to its User Agreement and Privacy Policy, effective November 3, 2025. Among the most notable updates, the company will now use member data by …

LinkedIn is rolling out new verification rules to make it easier to confirm that people and companies are who they claim to be. The company will now require workplace …

In this Help Net Security interview, Seth Ruden, Senior Director of Global Advisory at BioCatch, discusses how financial institutions are addressing fraud. He explains how …