I am sure it is situations like this that motivates the good politicians to back the Government’s draft Online Safety Bill. Metaverse app allows kids into virtual strip clubs – BBC News But in reality, as someone who has been in technology for many years, I cannot see how their …
Here is a positive move the Government could make to improve child safety online
Go after Roblox (and any other Big Tech) and make them shut this type of activity down: Roblox: The children’s game with a sex problem – BBC News It still does not mean I think the Draft Online Safety Bill will solve all these problems.
Draft Online Safety Bill – the ups and the downs
Now I thought the provisions in the bill addressing online hate were a good thing – where as imposing restrictions on encrypted communications on ordinary citizens, so reducing their security, in order to catch criminals, are not. But this is not an open and shut case for me – I …
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Meta will have an impact on lives – guaranteed
Here is a longer read for Sunday – it is by Kari Paul and Dan Milmo, journalists I quite like, writing for The Guardian, about Meta. ‘Every move scrutinized’: Facebook’s rocky road to the metaverse | Meta | The Guardian Time to look at the facts yourself and make your …
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AirTags – at last Apple does something positive for privacy
Apple is taking steps to make the use of its AirTags for illicit purposes harder. Although displaying a warning when the device is first set up, about the use of the devices for unauthorised tracking may be illegal in some countries, will probably be completely useless as a deterrent if …
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