Facebook to hire 10,000 workers in EU to build ‘the metaverse’
The new computing platform will encompass augmented and virtual reality.
World News|Oct 18, 2021
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MPs’ staff ‘taking the brunt’ of threats against politicians
A former MP’s assistant said she had suffered nightmares and left politics because of dealing with constant death threats.
UK News|Oct 15, 2021
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Child safety groups call on Facebook to be more transparent
A global coalition of campaigners has said the social network must publish its research and product risk assessments to regain the trust of parents.
UK News|Oct 15, 2021
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Calls for greater police presence on social media to tackle misinformation
Marc Jones, chairman of the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners, said police had a ‘duty to make people feel safe, as well as be safe’.
UK News|Oct 14, 2021
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Families of Reading terror attack victims welcome failed Court of Appeal bid
Mr Justice Sweeney sentenced Khairi Saadallah to a whole-life order in January, saying it was a ‘rare and exceptional’ case.
UK News|Oct 14, 2021
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Facebook whistleblower’s claims to be checked to see if tech giant broke UK law
Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham says she has written to former Facebook employee Frances Haugen.
UK News|Oct 14, 2021
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Mosque attack suspect had video of New Zealand mass killing on phone, court told
Sam Imrie had three versions of the 2019 attack on a mosque in Christchurch in which 51 people were murdered, a police officer said.
UK News|Oct 13, 2021
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Young people exposed to ‘widespread’ anti-Semitism on social media, report says
New research from Hope Not Hate warns that anti-Semitism is ‘rife’ online and is reaching young people via TikTok and Instagram.
UK News|Oct 12, 2021
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Mosque attack suspect told mother he had ‘done something stupid’, court hears
Sam Imrie, 24, is accused of nine charges, three of which fall under the Terrorism Act.
UK News|Oct 11, 2021
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Facebook announces Instagram safeguarding controls
Facebook plans new safeguarding controls for children, but critics have called the announcement ‘crisis comms’ and a ‘public relations exercise’.
UK News|Oct 10, 2021
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Facebook unveils new controls for children using its platforms
Critics say the plans lack detail and are sceptical the new features will be effective.
World News|Oct 10, 2021
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Pigs killed as fire breaks out at farm
Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service said five fire trucks and two water carriers were sent to battle the blaze near Wallingford.
UK News|Oct 9, 2021
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Chris Packham and 100 children to deliver Buckingham Palace petition
The Wild Card campaign’s petition urges the royal family to re-wild their estates.
UK News|Oct 9, 2021
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Facebook and Instagram suffer outage for second time in a week
The social media giants apologised to users via Twitter.
UK News|Oct 8, 2021
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Nearly 140 countries reach deal on corporate minimum tax
The agreement foresees countries enacting a global minimum corporate tax of 15% on the biggest, internationally active companies.
World News|Oct 8, 2021
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