Online abuse and Nigeria’s digital weak points · Global Voices

Online abuse and Nigeria’s digital weak points · Global Voices

A screenshot from X (formerly Twitter) showing some X users using the AI chatbot Grok to sexualize women. By Victory Brown This post is part of Global Voices’ April 2026 Spotlight series, “Human perspectives on AI.” This series will offer insight into how AI is being used in global majority countries, how its use and…

AI misuse drives alarming surge in online child abuse content in 2025

AI misuse drives alarming surge in online child abuse content in 2025

AI misuse drives alarming surge in online child abuse content in 2025 The rapid evolution in artificial intelligence has come with its dilemma of misusing the tools. According to safety watchdog, the AI misuse has fuelled alarming surge in child sexual abuse content found online in 2025. According to the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF), the…

Detecting and analyzing prompt abuse in AI tools

Detecting and analyzing prompt abuse in AI tools

This second post in our AI Application Security series is all about moving from planning to practice. AI Application Series 1: Security considerations when adopting AI tools established how AI adoption expands the attack surface and our threat-modelling guidance on the Microsoft security blog provided a structured approach to identifying risks before they reach production. Now we turn to what comes after you’ve threat-modelled your AI application, how you detect and…

PropellerAds Pushes for Reducing Abuse within Digital Advertising With AI-Driven Fraud Defense

PropellerAds Pushes for Reducing Abuse within Digital Advertising With AI-Driven Fraud Defense

Limassol, Cyprus, January 24, 2026 — Digital advertising continues to grow, but so do the risks that come with it. Industry estimates place global digital ad spend at over $650 billion in 2025, with performance-driven formats accounting for a large share of that growth. Alongside expansion, fraud has become one of the sector’s most persistent…

AI videos of child sexual abuse surged in 2025; Grok faces probe

AI videos of child sexual abuse surged in 2025; Grok faces probe

By Anugrah Kumar, Christian Post Contributor Tuesday, January 20, 2026This photograph taken on Jan. 13, 2025, in Toulouse shows screens displaying the logo of Grok, a generative artificial intelligence chatbot developed by xAI, the American company specializing in artificial intelligence and its founder South African businessman Elon Musk. | Lionel Bonaventure/AFP via Getty Images Artificial…