Big Tech face UK legal duty to prevent fraudulent scams online March 8, 2022 The government are set to introduce new legal duty on big tech to prevent paid-for fraudulent ads appearing on their services. The change will improve protections against fake ads, including where criminals impersonate celebrities or companies to steal people’s personal data, peddle dodgy financial investments or break into bank accounts. As part of the government’s [...]
TikTok rolls out 10 minute videos as it closes in on YouTube March 1, 2022 TikTok is set to roll out videos of up to 10 minutes in length, as the Chinese tech firm closes in on competitors like YouTube.
Schools sound alarm over ‘Tinder for teens’ app February 20, 2022 Schools and campaigners have warned against a new social media platform, Yubo, which an investigation has shown is exposing children to abuse. The “Tinder for teens” app allows children aged 13 to 17 to match with dates and join video calls of hundreds of people. A Sunday Times investigation found that there was no age [...]
Police watchdog tells Met to revisit complaint by Caroline Flack’s mother February 14, 2022 The police watchdog told the Metropolitan Police to revisit Caroline Flack’s mother’s complaint that her daughter’s fame impacted police behaviour two years after the Love Island host’s death. A spokesman for the Met told the BBC that the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) has instructed the police to reinvestigate an aspect of the old [...]
These are the pictures Chinese officials ordered a Finnish athlete to delete from social media February 14, 2022 When water flooded the athlete’s village last week, and was floing out of light fixtures at the Olympic Village, Finnish skier Katri Lylynpera took to social media to post a number of pictures. The pictures exposed electrical equipment and water pouring down from the ceiling. She wrote “help” next to one of the pictures, and [...]
Mark Zuckerberg and team consider shutting down Facebook and Instagram in Europe if Meta can not process Europeans’ data on US servers February 10, 2022 If Meta is not given the option to transfer, store and process data from its European users on US-based servers, Facebook and Instagram may be shut down across Europe, the social media giants’ owner reportedly warned in its annual report. The key issue for Meta is transatlantic data transfers, regulated via the so-called Privacy Shield [...]
Twitter dodges Wall Street tech tumble despite missing analyst expectations February 10, 2022 Twitter appears to have avoided the wrath of Wall Street despite reporting a weaker-than-expected quarterly ad revenue and user growth this afternoon. The social media giant said it had made “meaningful progress” toward its goal of reaching 315 million users and $7.5bn (£5.5bn) in annual revenue by the end of 2023. Although ad revenue for [...]
Meta’s threat to close down Facebook and Instagram in Europe backfires as EU leaders embrace shutdown: ‘Life would be very good without’ February 9, 2022 European leaders have responded to Meta's indirect warning to shut down its Facebook and Instagram operations across Europe if the social media giant is no longer able to process Europeans' data on US servers.
Rise of ‘Tinder Swindlers’: Romance scams on the up as victims get younger February 8, 2022 The number of people who fell victim to a romance scam increased by more than 16 per cent over the last year, according to new data from Lloyds Bank. The average amount lost per victim is now £8,655, slightly more than the previous year (£8,610). Though victims between the ages of 55 and 64 still [...]
LadBible makes confident maiden update with annual growth hitting 80 per cent February 8, 2022 LadBible Group Media, the digital youth publisher, has issued its maiden trading update this morning, with revenue hitting at least £54m, ahead of expectations and representing annual growth of around 80 per cent. Managing brands including LADbible, SPORTbible and Tyla, direct revenue growth was driven by a significant increase in content marketing and direct display [...]