Here is today’s coffee time article by April Glaser, Joan Donovan and Jenna Ruddock at The Guardian. It is from last week but I thought it was worth highlighting as the power that these mega-companies wield far exceeds most elected (and unelected) governments. How Silicon Valley’s Russia crackdown proves its …
Volunteers in the cyber war
As part of our “weekend read” section, here is a piece by Chris Stokel-Walker and Dan Milmo at The Guardian looking at the hacker volunteers, fighting what they consider a white hat action against Russia. ‘It’s the right thing to do’: the 300,000 volunteer hackers coming together to fight Russia …
It’s here – The UK’s “one size fits all” Online Safety Bill
UK introduces exhaustive Online Safety Bill – BBC News Tech bosses face jail if they hamper Ofcom investigations from next year | Technology | The Guardian Basically it is a good bill. But do not think it will stop all the bad things as the government is promising us. It …
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Go and read this – “reasons to be cheerful”
Are you doomscrolling because of the Ukraine Russia conflict or Covid-19? The Guardian has the solution for you: Stop doomscrolling! The 50 cheeriest social media accounts – from dancing academics to seal pups | Social media | The Guardian
What do we use the internet for? Obviously for dressing our dogs correctly!
Here is something frivolous to read on a Sunday morning whilst the BBC bombard you with political talking heads who cannot help contradicting themselves sentence after sentence. Stuart Heritage at The Gaudian has worked out what we use the internet for – and it is not pornography or cats (that …
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