The Week That Was: IT and Media news week 35
AI-produced fake nude pictures on social media is a growing problem. Deepfake intimate images create severe harm and removing them is the only effective way to protect people impacted, Meta’s Oversight Board says. They disproportionately affect women and girls. The Board wants Meta to introduce stricter rules for manipulated sex pictures. In two cases of explicit AI images that resemble female public figures from India and the US, the Board says that both posts should have been removed from Meta’s platforms.
17% of cyberattacks and data leaks will by 2027 involve generative AI. Since the release of GenAI, attackers are increasingly using tools along with large language models (LLMs) to carry out large-scale attacks, marketing research firm Gartner says in a forecast. Worldwide end-user spending on information security is projected to total $212 billion in 2025, an increase of 15.1% from 2024.
At least half of Israeli adults say certain kinds of social media posts related to the war should not be allowed, such as content that is graphic, incites violence or expresses support for Hamas, according to a new survey by US-based Pew Research Centre. Most Israeli adults do not post or share about political and social issues online – including the war between Israel and Hamas. The survey was made in March/April.
The number of women on board of directors in the EU has improved but there are still fewer women executives than women non-executives and this is the case in the majority of member states (18 of 27), data from EU-agency European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) shows. It took a decade from proposal to implementation, but the EU-s directive on improving gender balance among directors of listed companies must by December 28 be implemented in EU member states’ national legislation.
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