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Messaging platform Discord has said the official ID photos of around 70,000 users have been stolen by hackers. The app, which is popular with gamers and teenagers, said the hackers targeted a firm responsible for verifying the ages of its users. Discord said its own platform was not breached. The …

Discord, a messaging platform popular with gamers, says official ID photos of around 70,000 users have potentially been leaked after a cyber-attack. The platform, which has more than 200 million users worldwide, says hackers had targeted a firm that helped to verify the ages of its users but the Discord …

PA Media Police Scotland is investigating messages allegedly sent by now senior police officers Historical phone messages and social media posts – allegedly sent by now senior police officers – have been reported to Police Scotland. One WhatsApp message, seen by BBC Scotland News, sent between officers’ personal phones appears …

Andrew Matthews/PA Georgia Harrison said she would “continue to evoke change for women everywhere” A reality TV celebrity who has campaigned for safety for women and girls after becoming a victim of an ex-partner sharing sex videos online has been formally appointed MBE at a ceremony at Windsor Castle. Georgia …

When OpenAI released its new AI-generated video app Sora last week, it launched with an opt-out policy for copyright holders — media companies would need to expressly indicate they didn’t want their AI-generated characters running rampant on the app. But after days of Nazi SpongeBob, criminal Pikachu, and Sora-philosophizing Rick …

A senior official of the Japan Football Association (JFA) has been handed a suspended jail term of 18 months in France after he was caught looking at images that show child sex abuse while on a plane, the organisation said on Tuesday. Technical director Masanaga Kageyama was detained last week …

A man who described himself as Cheshire’s very own Kardashian and tricked victims out of thousands of pounds for designer handbags has been jailed. Jack Watkin, 26, formerly of Wilmslow Road, Alderley Edge funded his fantasy Instagram influencer lifestyle by defrauding businesses and individuals to a total value of more …

Alex PopeNorthamptonshire Marie Lally Marie Lally said parents should control what their children were looking at on their phones A primary school has said its children are arriving through the gates calmer and more focused after introducing a smartphone ban last month. Marie Lally, co-head teacher at Earls Barton Primary …

Angus CrawfordBBC News Investigations Getty Images TikTok’s algorithm recommends pornography and highly sexualised content to children’s accounts, according to a new report by a human rights campaign group. Researchers created fake child accounts and activated safety settings but still received sexually explicit search suggestions. The suggested search terms led to …

The man who was photographed as a baby on the cover of Nirvana’s classic album Nevermind has failed in his attempts to sue the band for distributing child pornography. A four-month-old Spencer Elden was pictured swimming naked underwater on the 1991 LP’s famous cover. He sued the rock band and …

A lawsuit against Nirvana – filed by a man who claimed his depiction as a naked four-month-old baby on their album cover was child pornography – has been dismissed for the second time. A photo of Spencer Elden swimming towards a dollar bill on a fishhook had appeared on the …

PA Media David Corrigan was jailed for seven years at the High Court in Edinburgh A man who sexually abused a woman almost 60 years ago has been jailed. David Corrigan attacked three victims in Paisley, Renfrewshire, over a near 40-year period between 1966 and 2005. The 71-year-old admitted three …

At Kabul International Airport, there are dozens of confused looking families. Many are holding flowers, waiting and hoping their loved ones will touch down. Others came here hoping to take-off but are now sitting bewildered in the hot sun. After the Taliban imposed a nationwide shutdown of the internet, no …

Image-hosting platform Imgur has blocked people in the UK from accessing its content. Imgur is used by millions to make and share images such as memes across the web, particularly on Reddit and in online forums. But UK users trying to access Imgur on Tuesday were met with an error …

The prime suspect in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann has been released from German prison. German drifter Christian B, 48, who cannot be fully identified under German privacy laws, is thought by investigators to have kidnapped and murdered Madeleine, but he hasn’t been charged and denies any involvement. He was …

Sean “Diddy” Combs and his lawyers returned to New York federal court on Thursday to ask a judge to vacate his prostitution convictions or grant a new trial. Judge Arun Subramanian adjourned the hearing and did not immediately rule on the defence’s request. The American music producer, who was accused …

Fans of digital ID cards argue that they will speed the UK into a digital future by giving everyone a way to prove who they are. What’s confusing about this argument is that we can do that already. We have physical ID cards in the form of passports and driving …

Primary school pupils in Glasgow have been blocked from accessing YouTube on school iPads due to a number of children watching violent content on the devices. Glasgow City Council informed parents of the decision by letter, and said it needed to ensure viewable content was “age and stage appropriate.” Around …

The leader of Mexico-based evangelical megachurch La Luz del Mundo (Light of the World) has pleaded not guilty to sex trafficking charges in a court in New York. Naasón Joaquín García, 56, is already serving a 16-year-sentence after he admitted in court in California to sexually abusing girls from his …