Online safety
Reform Party says they would repeal ‘dystopian’ Online Safety Act

Reform Party says they would repeal ‘dystopian’ Online Safety Act

Nigel Farage and Zia Yusuf will find other ways to protect children, while admitting to not knowing how Reform UK has promised it would repeal the Online Safety Act, claiming that the measures taken to push social media companies to limit false and potentially harmful content make the UK “a borderline dystopian state”. Nigel Farage […]

8 months ago

People who watch adult content in the UK could have faces scanned under new rules

People who watch adult content in the UK could have faces scanned under new rules

There are concerns over the age at which children are accessing online pornography Porn users could have their faces scanned to make sure they are old enough to access adult content, it has been suggested. In draft guidance from the media watchdog Ofcom set out a number of ways that adult websites could stop children […]

2 years ago

Billions of Facebook users to be locked out of app if new feature isn’t used

Billions of Facebook users to be locked out of app if new feature isn’t used

You should have received an email about it Facebook is set to lock billions of users out of their accounts if they don’t set up a new security feature. Recently, Meta sent out emails to its users telling them to enable Facebook Protect. Some people may have glanced at this and assumed it was some […]

4 years ago

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