Quick Story Summary A leak affecting roughly 17.5 million Instagram accounts (from 2024) is being used to fuel waves of unexpected password reset emails. The exposed dataset reportedly includes emails, phone numbers, and sometimes location-related data—enough to enable targeted scams and account takeover attempts. Researchers say attackers harvested the data via an API-based scraping leak, […]

Quick Story Summary UK officials are weighing tougher action against X after Grok was reportedly used to generate sexualised, non-consensual images of women and children. Ofcom is urgently investigating whether X has breached the Online Safety Act and can escalate enforcement if the platform is found non-compliant. If Ofcom concludes X is failing to prevent […]

Governments around the world are taking a much closer look at social media, especially when it comes to children, privacy, and online influence. One of the most significant moves so far is Australia’s proposed under 16 social media ban, a policy that has already sparked legal challenges and global debate. Communities across the web have […]