The Digital Watchtower
The Digital Watchtower, ToxSecAlerting you to threats and troubling trends across the cyberspace. Particularly in gaming, AI, technology, etc.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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| Issues | 48 | Founded | 8 months ago | Last Issue | 41 hours ago |
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News Round-Up: Meta lobbies for immunity from lawsuits, Norway imposes school AI-use ban, Ireland u-16 social media ban expected, EU survey on social media harms, Anti-AI bill in Missouri (21-06-2026)
Meta lobbies Congress for protection from child-harm lawsuits
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Meta Platforms has lobbied the U.S. Congress for legal immunity from child-harm claims tied to it’s social media products such as Instagram.
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Meta have already lost t...
News Round-Up: OpenAI sued over suicide of woman, also subpeonaed ahead of IPO, Canada and UK social media ban update, Anthropic CEO calls for AI regulation, Roblox sued over child safety (14-06-2026)
Canadian mother sues OpenAI, alleging ChatGPT led her daughter to kill herself
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A Canadian woman sues OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman following death of 24-year-old daughter.
- The lawsuit alleges that ChatGPT encouraged the woman to d...
How Games Trick Kids Into Spending Billions
In my piece on the gamblification of childhood, I covered how loot boxes and pack mechanics train children to gamble. This piece is about something different. This is about how the entire pricing architecture of modern games is designed to...
News Round-Up: Florida sues OpenAI, UK considers voice comms ban for children in games, age verification changes and proposals, Meta expands teen safety changes globally (07-06-2026)
Florida sues OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, accusing them of putting profit over safety
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Florida Attorney General sues OpenAI accusing the company of putting profit over safety.
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The lawsuit accuses OpenAI of deceptive and unfa...
News Round-Up: UN pushes for online child safety, UK social media ban update, Roblox casinos found active, AI-enabled fraud targets investors, Irish man fined over AI CSAM, AI chatbot harm (31-05-26)
UN urges ‘urgent’ action to protect children online
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United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Turk has called for urgent action to protect children online, demanding it be made a “priority”.
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UN human rights office releas...
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The Digital Watchtower exists because harmful technology moves faster than the headlines that cover it. Follow to stay up-to-date with the latest threats you need to look out for.
Security Engineer | M.S. Cybersecurity, CISSP | AWS, NSA, USMC.
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