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Just five people prosecuted for encouraging self-harm online
21 Dec 2025 19:06 GMT
Only five people have been prosecuted for encouraging or assisting self-harm in the 18 months since the Online Safety Act came into effect, The Times has found.
The government heralded the offence as a crucial measure to protect vulnerable people, despite …
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Christine Hunschofsky proposes limits on AI companion chatbots to protect kids from self-harm
19 Dec 2025 22:14 GMT
Rep. Christine Hunschofsky is pushing for regulations on emotionally responsive “companion chatbots,” arguing that rapid advances in artificial intelligence demand clearer rules to protect minors and vulnerable users.
Hunschofsky, a Parkland Democrat, …
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Young woman critically ill after self-harm attempt at Patan High Court
19 Dec 2025 10:25 GMT
LALITPUR: A young woman who harmed herself at the Patan High Court premises in Lalitpur is currently receiving treatment at Patan Hospital’s ICU, police sources confirmed.
The woman, around 30 years old, attempted to take her own life on Thursday. She was …
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New ChatGPT rules target self-harm and sexual role play
18 Dec 2025 23:39 GMT
OpenAI published a blog post announcing an update to ChatGPT’s Model Spec to enhance safety for users aged 13 to 17 amid wrongful-death lawsuits alleging the chatbot coached teens to suicide or failed to address suicidal expressions appropriately.
The …
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Self-harm a rising trend among distressed adolescents and young adults in India, finds TISS Mumbai helpline’s data
18 Dec 2025 23:36 GMT
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Psychotherapist Namrata Jain sounds the alarm bells for India’s silent but escalating self-harm epidemic
17 Dec 2025 13:37 GMT
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Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 17: India's mental health crisis is taking a turn for the worse, suggests Mumbai-based eminent psychotherapist Namrata Jain. Along with her team, Namrata has observed growing instances of self-harm across age …
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Business News | Psychotherapist Namrata Jain Sounds the Alarm Bells for India's Silent but Escalating Self-harm Epidemic
17 Dec 2025 13:14 GMT
PNN
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 17: India's mental health crisis is taking a turn for the worse, suggests Mumbai-based eminent psychotherapist Namrata Jain. Along with her team, Namrata has observed growing instances of self-harm across age …
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Russian Soldiers Self-Injure to Avoid Combat on Pokrovsk Front
17 Dec 2025 04:41 GMT
On the Pokrovsk direction, Russian soldiers resort to self-harm to avoid obeying commanders’ orders. This information is spread by the partisan movement ‘ATESh.’
According to ‘ATESh’, in the Donetsk Military Hospital there has been an increase in the …
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Kemi Badenoch confirms Tories would scrap ban on sale of petrol and diesel cars as she warns Labour's Net Zero drive is 'economic self-harm'
14 Dec 2025 02:11 GMT
Kemi Badenoch has confirmed the Conservatives would scrap the 2030 ban on the sale of petrol and diesel cars if they win the next general election.
The leader of the opposition vowed to bring an end to Labour's push for electric vehicles, lambasting …
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Young people 'having intimate and sexual' chats with AI personas and avatars
21 Dec 2025 17:15 GMT
Four in five young people in the UK have used an artificial intelligence companion(Image: Getty Images)
Four in five young people in the UK have used an artificial intelligence companion - with almost one in 10 having intimate or sexual interactions with …
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