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UK and US form children’s online safety working group

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Let’s hope, for the good of the press and all the things that rely on it — civic life, democracy, and so on — that the media execs signing big deals with OpenAI are indeed making the right bet with Big Tech this time around, Jonah Prousky writes.

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Online toxicity in Slovakia spikes by 60% after attempt on Fico's life

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