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Independent reviewer says need to protect against online threats is now as important as need for robust armed forcesThe UK’s independent reviewer of terrorism laws has criticised the government’s latest national security strategy for failing to take on…
Existence of phrase – to describe content intended to make you angry – shows people are aware of manipulation tactics used online, says Oxford Dictionary publisherGood news for those who find their blood pressure rising as they scroll through their onl…
Harms include threats to release intimate pictures as charity warns against parents sharing photos or details of children onlineNearly one in 10 UK parents say their child has been blackmailed online, with harms ranging from threatening to release inti…
Study shows small changes to tone of posts in ‘for you’ feed increase unfavourable feelings towards political opponentsSmall changes to the tone of posts fed to users of X can increase feelings of political polarisation as much in a week as would have …
MEPs pass resolution to help parents tackle growing dangers of addictive internet platforms Children under 16 should be banned from using social media unless their parents decide otherwise, the European parliament has said.MEPs passed a resolution on a…
Royal Borough of Kensington and Westminster city council investigate whether data has been compromised as Hammersmith and Fulham reports hack to the ICOThree London councils have reported a cyber-attack, sparking the roll out of emergency plans as they…
New guidance from UK regulator aims to combat misogynist abuse and ‘revenge porn’Social media platforms are being urged to limit internet “pile-ons” under new guidelines to protect women and girls online.The guidance from Ofcom, the UK communications r…
Users posing as rightwing Americans are operating internationally, per the platform’s transparency featureMany of the most influential personalities in the “Make America great again” (Maga) movement on X are based outside of the US, including Russia, N…
Cloudflare outage causes slow sites, login trouble and dashboard errors as users report problems even after the company says service is restored.
US company that defends millions of websites against malicious attacks suffers unidentified problemCloudflare outage – live updatesA key piece of the internet’s usually hidden infrastructure suffered a global outage on Tuesday, causing error messages t…