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TikTok could be causing a rise in tics – but it’s probably FND, not Tourettes
More teenagers have developed tics since the start of the pandemic but they don’t have Tourettes, says professor Jon Stone who researches functional neurological disorder (FND).
Story from: i News
29 Jul 2022
Why we need a Children’s Online Safety Bill
There is an obvious solution to regulating the internet – put young people first.
Story from: The New Statesman
26 Jul 2022
The delay to the online safety bill won’t make it any easier to please everyone
The Conservatives have kicked the sprawling document, which aimed for a political Goldilocks zone and ended up a hot mess, firmly down the road
Story from: The Guardian
16 Jul 2022
Instagram: Video selfies trial to verify age of teens
Instagram is exploring new ways for teenagers to verify their age and comply with platform rules.
Story from: BBC News
24 Jun 2022
New data laws to boost British business, protect consumers and seize the benefits of Brexit
Data Reform Bill will increase financial penalties for those pestering people with nuisance calls and minimise number of annoying cookie pop-ups people see on the internet.
Story from: Gov.uk
17 Jun 2022
Digital fingerprints of a million child abuse images made
A new system for classifying images will help stop them being shared online, a UK charity says.
Story from: BBC News
06 Jun 2022
Clearview AI fined in UK for illegally storing facial images
Facial recognition company Clearview AI has been fined more than £7.5m by the UK's privacy watchdog and told to delete the data of UK residents.
Story from: BBC News
23 May 2022
YouTube removes more than 9,000 channels relating to Ukraine war
YouTube has taken down more than 70,000 videos and 9,000 channels related to the war in Ukraine for violating content guidelines ...
Story from: The Guardian
22 May 2022
EMILY CLARKSON SAYS SHE GETS ‘CYBERFLASHED RELENTLESSLY’ ON INSTAGRAM
Emily Clarkson, daughter of Jeremy Clarkson, has said she gets “cyberflashed relentlessly” on Instagram and criticised the social media platform for not doing enough to stop the behaviour.
Story from: The Independent
15 May 2022
Tackling online child abuse is 'a kind of warfare'
An investigator who helps to get images of child abuse removed from the internet has warned of worrying trends and compared her job to fighting a war.
Story from: BBC News
25 Apr 2022
Rise of the five-year-old 'TikTots'
Children as young as five use social media, despite most platforms having rules users must be over the age of 13.
Story from: BBC News
29 Mar 2022
Russian Kaspersky antivirus software could be used by Kremlin to hack into computers, governments warn
Anti-virus software could be particularly sensitive because of their ‘high level of invasiveness’
Story from: The Independent
21 Mar 2022
World-first online safety laws introduced in Parliament
New measures include tougher and quicker criminal sanctions for tech bosses and new criminal offences for falsifying and destroying data
Story from: Gov.uk
17 Mar 2022
UK introduces exhaustive Online Safety Bill
The government is to introduce its long-awaited Online Safety Bill in Parliament on Thursday.
Story from: BBC News
16 Mar 2022
Details of UK online safety bill to be unveiled
Details of UK online safety bill to be unveiled in bid to take on Big Tech
Story from: Financial Times
16 Mar 2022
Germany advises citizens to uninstall Kaspersky antivirus
Nation's cybersecurity agency has doubts about Russian firm's reliability
Story from: The Register
15 Mar 2022
Cyberflashing to be criminalised under new Online Safety Bill
Cyberflashing will become a criminal offence, punishable by up to two years in jail, under new laws to be introduced in the government’s upcoming online safety bill, which it has said will be rolled out “as soon as possible”.
Story from: i News
15 Mar 2022
Online Safety Bill tweaked to target scam ads
Social media sites and search engines could soon have to stop paid-for scam adverts appearing by law. The updated proposal is part of the Online Safety Bill, a piece of landmark legislation trying to determine how sites deal with harmful content.
Story from: BBC News
09 Mar 2022
UK targets online scams in latest internet safety drive
Social media and search engines would have to prevent and remove fraudulent ads
Story from: Financial Times
08 Mar 2022
The Quiet Way Advertisers Are Tracking Your Browsing
Cookies are on the way out—but not enough is being done about browser fingerprinting. So what is it?
Story from: Wired
26 Feb 2022
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