Telegram will now allow reporting illegal content. Here are all the details.

The app quietly edited the wording to state that it does not monitor private and group chats, as reported by CoinDesk. “There is illegal content in the application. How can I handle this?” A section titled: was added. It was previously stated that the content in chats and group chats remains between the participants. But now the section states that “all Telegram apps have ‘Report’ options,” which will give users a way to flag illegal content for the app’s moderators. Users will just need to tap on the message on Android or press and hold the message on iOS and select the Report option. They can also note links to content they want to report and send them to the service’s takedown email address ([email protected]) they can send an email.

The change came after enforcement chief Pavel Durov posted his first public comments on his channel following his arrest. Durov was arrested at an airport in France in late August as part of the authorities’ investigation into the lack of action in enforcement and failure to prevent criminal activity. He has already been released from custody, but has been cited for “complicity in the distribution of child pornography, illegal drugs and hacking software” on the messaging app and “investigations into illegal activities on the app.” partnership He was accused of “refusing to do so”.

French authorities apparently told Durov that he was arrested because they had not received any response from Telegram regarding their investigation. This is surprising, the app’s founder explained in his post, because Telegram has an official representative in the EU and a public email address.

YouTube will now be able to discover fake voice and facial effects used. Here are all the details.

YouTube is developing new tools to protect artists and creators from unauthorized use of their likes. The new technology, which will detect AI-generated content using a person’s face or singing voice, is in preparation and pilot programs will begin early next year, the company said Thursday. The upcoming face detection technology will enable people from various industries to of their faces It is claimed that it will allow them to “detect and manage” content that uses a depiction of it created by artificial intelligence. YouTube says it is developing tools that allow creators, actors, musicians and athletes to find videos containing deepfake versions of their likeness and choose what to do about those videos. The company has not yet announced a release date for its facial detection tools.

Meanwhile, the “synthetic song identification” technology will be part of Content ID, YouTube’s automatic IP protection system. The company says the tool will allow it to find and manage content that uses AI-generated versions of singing voices.

“We believe that as AI advances, it should enhance human creativity, not replace it,” Amjad Hanif, YouTube’s vice president of creator products, said in a blog post. “We will continue to develop guardrails in future advancements to address concerns and achieve our shared goals.” The feature in question will be coming soon.

Brazilian Supreme Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes has ordered the country’s internet service providers to block social media platform X. Here are all the details.

The New York Times wrote that Elon Musk is considering appointing a legal representative for this case. However, Brazil decided to close X accounts that it considered harmful to the democratic process. The news was published online by the country’s news site Poder 360. In fairness, telecom companies and tech giants were given a deadline to remove X from their app stores and platforms. Apple and Google have five days to remove the social media app from their app stores. Brazil’s telecommunications agency, Anatel, confirmed it had received the order, and ISPs in the country had just 24 hours to comply with the order.

Judge Moraes’ order not only blocks the country’s access to X, but also criminalizes the use of the app via a virtual private network (VPN). Anyone caught accessing X with a VPN could face a daily fine of 50,000 Reais (about $8,900). Judge Moraes Moreover It froze the Brazilian bank accounts of SpaceX’s Starlink internet service provider on Thursday in an effort to further pressure Musk to comply with the court order. Like X, SpaceX is a private company majority owned by Musk, and X has an unpaid fine of $3 million related to his case in the country. A day earlier, Judge Moraes threatened to completely ban the X platform throughout Brazil if the social media company did not appoint a legal representative in the country.