Meta’s Instagram showed paid ads promoting escort services and sex work, CBS News investigation finds

Meta's Instagram showed paid ads promoting escort services and sex work, CBS News investigation finds

Meta has removed paid advertisements for channels on the Telegram messaging app that promoted escort and sex work services in the U.S. and other countries from its Instagram platform. CBS News found multiple paid advertisements on Meta’s Instagram stories feature that promoted opportunities to meet women alongside URL links that led to the Telegram platform. Several such ads … Read more

AI-generated videos are fueling falsehoods about Iran-Israel conflict, researchers say

AI-generated videos are fueling falsehoods about Iran-Israel conflict, researchers say

In recent days, videos generated by artificial intelligence have surfaced online purporting to show dramatic scenes from the Iran-Israel conflict, including an AI-generated woman reporting from a burning prison in Tehran and fake footage of high-rise buildings reduced to rubble in Tel Aviv. Other fabricated visuals depict a downed Israeli military aircraft. These clips, some … Read more

16 billion login credentials from Google and other sites leaked online, report says

16 billion login credentials from Google and other sites leaked online, report says

Sixteen billion login credentials have been leaked and compiled into datasets online, giving criminals “unprecedented access” to accounts consumers use each day, according to researchers at cybersecurity outlet Cybernews. According to a report published this week, Cybernews researchers have recently discovered 30 exposed datasets that each contain a vast amount of login information — amounting to a … Read more