TikTok: Chinese owned firm updates rulebook to include ‘human rights’ commitment as western security fears build TikTok TikTok has rolled out updated rules and standards for content and users as it faces increasing pressure from western authorities over concerns that material on the Chinese-owned video-sharing app could be used to push false information. The company released a reorganised set of community guidelines that include eight principles to guide content moderation decisions. “These [...]
Broadband firms urged to cancel ‘exorbitant’ mid-contract price hikes for vulnerable customers Broadband firms have been urged to cancel “exorbitant” mid-contract price rises for vulnerable customers less than two weeks before they are due to take effect. Millions of broadband and mobile phone customers can expect to face monthly bill increases of at least 14 per cent from April. Providers often link their annual price rises to [...]
Now the BBC has told staff to delete TikTok from any corporate devices The BBC has urged staff to delete TikTok from any corporate devices unless they are using it for editorial and marketing reasons. Guidance sent to staff at the broadcaster on Sunday, as first reported by Deadline, said: “We don’t recommend installing TikTok on a BBC corporate device unless there is a justified business reason. If [...]
Vodafone Business CEO steps down as mobile giant battles European sales slowdown March 16, 2023 The chief executive of Vodafone Business will leave the mobile giant at end of this year, it has been announced. Vinod Kumar will continue to run the business until 31 December before pursuing a portfolio career. This comes after the dramatic stepping-down of Vodafone Group’s former CEO Nick Read in December 2022, with Margherita Della [...]
Daily Mail publisher DMGT appoints new chief executive weeks after announcing plans to make ‘some reductions’ in staff March 14, 2023 The Daily Mail’s parent company has announced Tim Collier as its new chief executive. Collier joined the Daily Mail and General Trust (DMGT) in 2017 as its chief financial officer, being at the centre of its decision to go private in 2012. He previously worked as CFO of Thomson Reuters Financial and Risk Business. Earlier [...]
Unfriended: Facebook owner Meta to cut 10,000 job and close of 5,000 vacancies as tech crunch continues March 14, 2023 Facebook owner Meta will sack 10,000 of its staff and close 5,000 vacancies as the tech sector continues to slim down in a bid to cut losses. In a post on facebook, CEO Mark Zuckerberg made the announcement, saying it was being done with a view to both helping it “improve our financial performance” and [...]
Elon Musk: Gary Lineker takes aim at Twitter boss after son gets threatening messages March 14, 2023 Gary Lineker has questioned Twitter owner Elon Musk after a threatening message was sent to his son in the wake of the sports presenter’s row with the BBC. The former footballer, who was reinstated as host of Match Of The Day (MOTD) on Monday, re-shared a private message which said his eldest son, George, should [...]
Gary Lineker to return as host of Match of the Day: BBC apologises for ‘confusion by grey areas’ March 13, 2023 Match Of The Day host Gary Lineker will continue as a BBC presenter after the corporation apologised for a “difficult period for staff, contributors, presenters, and most importantly, our audiences”. A host of sports presenters and pundits pulled out of BBC shows at the weekend after the former England striker was told to step back [...]
Does the BBC’s Gary Lineker row show that the government has a problem with football? March 12, 2023 The weather forecast finished and then suddenly there it was: the BBC’s hurried replacement for Match of the Day following its spectacular bungling of the Gary Lineker row. Shorn of its theme tune, opening title, studio, presenter, pundits, commentators and about an hour of running time, this was bleak and surreal; a sort of post-apocalyptic [...]
Musk says sorry to sacked Twitter worker after exchange claiming he does ‘no actual work’ went viral March 8, 2023 Twitter owner Elon Musk has apologised to a sacked worker after their exchange on the social media platform went viral. Icelandic entrepreneur Halli Thorleifsson had sent a direct public tweet to the billionaire after he was locked out of his work’s computer system, telling Musk he could not get HR to respond to him. Musk [...]