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11 October 2021
Facebook outage: What went wrong?
In early October billions of people lost connection to Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, resulting in no small amount of chaos (and a bit of peace and quiet). How did this happen?
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6 October 2021
Facebook whistleblower states website is harming children and damaging democracy
In a congressional testimony, a former employee of Facebook has said that the website puts “profits before people”.
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6 August 2021
CNN fires employees for returning to office while unvaccinated
News of the firings came in an internal memo written by CNN Worldwide President Jeff Zucker and was obtained by the Associated Press. Zucker wrote that ‘we have a zero tolerance policy’ on employees returning to the office while unvaccinated.
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8 May 2021
I deleted my social media apps for a week, here’s what I found
Deleting Instagram and Facebook for a week encouraged me to research the science behind our social media usage and its effects on our mental health and self-image.
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30 April 2021
Ofcom report reveals 1.5 million UK households without internet
Over-65s and and households with low incomes or financial vulnerabilities were found to be the most likely to be without internet access. Additionally, 1 in 5 children did not always have access to online learning while schools were closed.
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28 April 2021
Facebook app to introduce Spotify 'miniplayer' for users
The feature will allow users to listen to and shuffle music within the Facebook app and is set to launch in 27 different markets, with Spotify planning to expand into other territories ‘over the coming months’.
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19 April 2021
Facebook prompted to discontinue Instagram for children project
After recently announcing plans to make a child-friendly iteration of Instagram, Facebook has been met with resistance, and a letter sent by the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood signed by 99 organisations and individuals.
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22 March 2021
Facebook to introduce new iteration of Instagram for children under 13
Facebook intends to build a child-friendly version of Instagram to be used by children under the age of 13, allowing them to ‘safely use Instagram for the first time’.
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22 February 2021
WhatsApp to push forward with new privacy policy
After widespread backlash following an announcement of changes to its privacy policy in January, WhatsApp will move forward with the controversial decision and will restrict service of its app to users who do not agree by 15 May.
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18 November 2020
The rising issue of cyberbullying
How cyberbullying has become one of the most prolific forms of bullying and who’s being affected.
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11 July 2020
Social media: The teenager's news platform
Alex and Tayo talk about the changing delivery platform of news, and if social media is an appropriate medium to learn about the world.
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30 March 2020
Interview with Irtiza Nasar, artist, designer and researcher
"Your consent starts only when you understand.”
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21 February 2020
Social media companies are ethically bankrupt, and our mental health is paying the price
Increasingly, social media is promoting and sharing inappropriate and harmful material which has a negative impact upon its audiences. This means that vulnerable people are targeted by harmful sponsored adverts.
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4 November 2019
Building a Labor Movement for Content Moderators
Moderators are now on the frontline of some of the largest platforms in the world, so why are they such an afterthought?
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1 November 2019
Breaking Down Barriers in Tech Whistleblowing
Whistleblowers are increasingly going to be key in holding tech monoliths to account
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16 November 2018
Is our future tech utopia becoming an ‘untopia’?
While previous festivals have had an optimistic view of technology, there seems to be more caution in 2018 - but is that really surprising?
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31 October 2018
Is technology holding journalism hostage? The answer isn’t that clear
Voice was joined by a panel of industry experts to discuss the increased influence of digital technology on journalism
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31 October 2018
Facebook for good: a practical guide to guide Facebook without compromising your privacy
After seeing a post from a Facebook friend complaining about all the animal cruelty posts they were seeing, Danielle Vincent got to thinking more about how Facebook uses our data, and how it manipulates our emotions