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Safiria Leccese is still struggling to accept that she's been caught in a scam. One of Mediaset's most popular female personalities appeared in a video shared online, offering an "easy" personal loan from her studio on Super Partes—the political analysis program on Canale 5 and Retequattro. One video was blocked, while another later appeared on her official social media, explaining the scam. Safiria explained that it wasn't her speaking, but an image of her created by artificial intelligence, and that she felt deeply hurt because so many people had already fallen for the deception created using technology. "We're all in a world of trouble, us and our children," she confessed to the weekly magazine Nuovo. "If politicians and multinationals don't take action, we need to make a digital ID mandatory to open any type of account, forcing people to declare their true identity. This would protect the very young, many adults, and the most vulnerable groups."

The journalist explained to the Cairo Editore weekly that she was able to uncover it thanks to a tip from a parliamentarian who is a frequent guest on the program. By following Super Partes's account, the internet automatically showed him the fake profile. They had stolen both my image and a frame of my broadcast, inventing a profile that falsely belonged to me to ask for money using a very simple system. Unfortunately, within an hour, several people had already fallen for the scam...

She said she felt mortified and immediately contacted the postal police, who immediately put some experts to work on her case. "The absurd thing is that they discovered two other fake profiles that were exploiting my image. They blocked everything, but unfortunately they haven't yet been able to identify the scammers." Now, what worries her most are the numbers surrounding the use of AI. "According to some research, almost half of young people between the ages of 15 and 19 use it as an emotional counselor. Let's not forget that some people have taken their own lives because they were advised to do so in a chat. There are remedies for money scams, but not for those that affect the lives of our children." It's no coincidence that at Super Partes "we often talk about young people's use of social media and artificial intelligence, and about proposed laws regarding both age restrictions and related software. And then there's the international situation and US President Donald Trump."

The owner of Facebook and Instagram faces a multi-billion pound group legal action from British consumers who accuse it of enabling scam adverts which left them facing financial ruin.

Social media platforms are estimated to have raked in more than £430million from UK users last year through hosting fraudulent adverts.

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After public posts by ethical hackers exposed vulnerabilities in the Central Board of Secondary Education's On-Screen Marking platform OnMark, the board on Sunday (May 31, 2026) stated that the identified vulnerabilities "have been contained and other exploitable weaknesses are being ruled out".

The CBSE also said it was "grateful" to alert citizens for pointing out "such weaknesses".

"We have been closely monitoring the vulnerabilities in the OnMark portal of our service provider that are being flagged in the public domain. An expert team of cybersecurity professionals has been deployed ove

This article was produced in collaboration with 404 Media, a new independent technology investigations site.

A Pittsburgh man who allegedly made 11 women's lives hell across more than five states used ChatGPT as his "therapist" and "best friend" that encouraged him to continue running his misogynistic and threat-filled podcast despite the "haters," and to visit more gyms to find women, the Department of Justic

A new accessory is joining the traditional cap-and-gown ensemble as droves of graduates line up to accept their diplomas this spring. Clutched in the hands of students waiting to cross the stage is a QR code, either on paper or a phone, that triggers an announcement of their name.

But the voice playing over the sound system isn't the familiar hum of a principal or faculty member. It's AI.

Artificial technology is spreading all over, including commencements. School officials say the tech can help ensure students names are pronounced correctly and also make ceremonies run more quickly.

But in