Instagram to notify parents if teens repeatedly search for suicide-related termsInstagram is introducing new alerts for parents. If a teen repeatedly searches for terms related to suicide or self-harm, parents will be n...
26 Feb, 2026, 07.58 PM IST
Inside AI’s child-safety debate: Where OpenAI, Meta, Google, Character.AI standOpenAI, Google, Meta, Character.AI, and others face scrutiny over AI’s impact on minors. OpenAI added teen-specific safeguards, including a...
22 Sep, 2025, 11.32 AM IST
Chinese actor Zhang Yiyang stabs 16-year-old girlfriend to death after she snubs him, gets executed by firing squad in first-ever celebrity death sentenceZhang Yiyang, a Chinese actor, faced execution for the murder of his girlfriend. The crime occurred in 2022, and the execution happened in ...
23 Jul, 2025, 07.46 AM IST
Facing teen suicide suits, Character. AI rolls out safety measuresIn a Florida lawsuit filed in October, a mother claimed the platform bears responsibility for her 14-year-old son's suicide. The teen, Sewe...
13 Dec, 2024, 10.07 AM IST
Florida teen dies by suicide after AI chatbot convinced him Game of Thrones Daenerys Targaryen loved himA Florida teenager, Sewell Setzer III, committed suicide after interacting with an AI chatbot named Daenerys Targaryen on Character.AI. The...
24 Oct, 2024, 02.31 PM IST
Mother sues AI chatbot company Character. AI, Google sued over son's suicideIn a lawsuit filed Tuesday in Orlando, Florida federal court, Megan Garcia said Character. AI targeted her son, Sewell Setzer, with "anthro...
24 Oct, 2024, 08.09 AM IST
Overwatch 2 Pride Event 2024: Everything we know so farThe Overwatch 2 Pride Event 2024 starts on June 1 and includes map changes, Twitch drops, and a new comic. Midtown will have Pride decorati...
01 Jun, 2024, 02.14 AM IST
Hoax bomb threats prompt evacuations at Kentucky schoolsOver 24 hours, at least four Kentucky schools received false bomb threats believed to be a Valentine's Day prank. Lockdowns implemented, la...
16 Feb, 2024, 08.02 PM IST
Twitter's 'suicide prevention feature' is still active, says Elon MuskReuters have been informed by Twitter’s head of safety Ella Irwin that the #ThereIsHelp feature has been “temporarily removed” as the compa...
24 Dec, 2022, 11.46 PM IST
Twitter restores suicide prevention featureTwitter head of trust and safety Ella Irwin confirmed the removal and called it temporary. "We have been fixing and revamping our prompts. ...
24 Dec, 2022, 09.23 PM IST
Twitter removes suicide prevention feature, says it's under revampThe removal of the feature, known as #ThereIsHelp, had not been previously reported. It had shown at the top of specific searches contacts ...
24 Dec, 2022, 08.01 AM IST
Instagram launches a Parents Guide in Tamil to inform guardians of safety measures on platformThe Guide has inputs from key organisations working actively on the rights and safety of children.
29 Jul, 2021, 06.44 PM IST
Sushant death probe: ED summons Goa businessman with drug link, Rhea may be quizzed by NCBThe ED has intimated the NCB about the purported drugs-linked chats.
28 Aug, 2020, 06.11 PM IST
Facebook says AI getting better at spying unwanted contentPeople at Facebook continue to try to share video of a horrific mosque attacks in Christchurch, New Zealand, with social network systems bl...
14 Nov, 2019, 06.11 PM IST
Stephen Hawking would consider assisted suicide if he was a burdenStephen Hawking has said that he would consider assisted suicide - but only if he were in great pain, felt like a burden to loved ones or h...
03 Jun, 2015, 02.30 PM IST
Soon, Delhi Metro to have trains that run without driversA total of 68 stations on the upcoming lines would also have Platform Screen Doors for greater safety and to prevent suicide attempts.
20 Apr, 2015, 12.15 PM IST
Computer-based approach could reduce suicide riskThe team has developed a fully computerised treatment that does not require a mental health specialist, only access to a computer.
06 Dec, 2014, 10.31 AM IST