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- 1Freedom United warns traffickers exploit social media to sell children●# News : Freedom United warns # traffickers are using # socialmedia to groom and sell children while # BigTech hides beh
Anti-trafficking organisation Freedom United warns that traffickers are using social media platforms to groom and sell children, while major technology companies avoid liability under Section 230 of US law, which shields platforms from responsibility for content posted by users. The campaign group argues the legal framework lets BigTech evade accountability for enabling child trafficking, and is pressing for stronger children's rights protections and reform of platform immunity rules.
- 2Big tech ramps up guarantees backing AI debt●“ #BigTech companies are rapidly expanding their use of #guarantees to back debt for #AI #datacentres and #chips , issui
Major technology companies are increasingly using guarantees to back debt for AI data centres and chips, issuing up to $300bn in commitments in under a year while recording little of that exposure on their balance sheets. The scale of off-balance-sheet support is drawing scrutiny, with analysts questioning how much financial risk the firms are carrying beyond what their accounts show.