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Not enough evidence obsessive gaming is clinically unhealthy, scientists say.
18 October 2019, ITV News
There is little evidence to suggest that gaming addiction is a clinically unhealthy habit for young people, scientists claim, calling existing fears “exaggerated”.
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UK vulnerable to malicious meddling in election, warns study
16 October 2019, The Guardian
Britain needs to take concerted action to reduce the risk of malicious actors in the UK and abroad from contaminating the results of a looming general election, according to a new study that warns of the risks of public “abuse and deception”.
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Fight fake news by tracking political parties’ social media, says Oxford study
11 October 2019, Sky News
The election watchdog is being encouraged to adopt new rules to curb the spread of disinformation.
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UK Tech 100: The 100 most influential people shaping British technology in 2019
10 October 2019, Business Insider
Associate Professor Sandra Wachter, Senior Research Fellow, Oxford Internet Institute, named #36 of YJK Tech 100.
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At Least 70 Countries Have Had Disinformation Campaigns, Study Finds
26 September 2019, New York Times
At Least 70 Countries Have Had Disinformation Campaigns, Study Finds.
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Viral visuals driving social media manipulation on YouTube, Instagram: researchers
26 September 2019, reuters
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-facebook-disinformation/viral-visuals-driving-social-media-manipulation-on-youtube-instagram-researchers-idUSKBN1WB0ED
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China becomes a ‘global disinformation superpower’ says report into online propaganda
26 September 2019, Sky News
More than 70 countries are now sharing misinformation online and politicians are using propaganda tools to garner support.
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What China could gain from a digital yuan
19 September 2019, Quartz.com
If recent reports are to be believed, China’s central bank is on the brink of launching a digital version of the yuan.
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– The New York Times, Real-Time Surveillance Will Test the British Tolerance for Cameras
17 September 2019, New York Times
Facial recognition technology is drawing scrutiny in a country more accustomed to surveillance than any other Western democracy.
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Over-65s shun internet as Oxford University study finds rising privacy concerns
10 September 2019, Daily Telegraph
The over-65s are staying offline because of rising privacy fears, an Oxford University study has found, as it emerged that more than half of people in that age bracket still do not use the internet.
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Almost one-fifth of Britons ‘do not use internet’
9 September 2019, BBC News
Almost 20% of British people are not using the internet, a survey suggests. The detailed in-home survey of almost 2,000 Britons found that 18% described themselves as non-users.
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Online privacy fears put growing numbers of people off using the internet with one in TEN now saying they avoid the web because of concerns
9 September 2019, Mail Online
Online privacy fears put growing numbers of people off using the internet with one in TEN now saying they avoid the web because of concerns.
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Fears over privacy are widening the ‘digital divide’, experts suggest
9 September 2019, Metro
Privacy has become the new watchword as users get more savvy about how their online data is being used. But it turns out privacy fears may actually be preventing people from getting to grips with the internet.
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The ghost work powering tech magic
2 September 2019, BBC News
Armies of workers help power the technological wizardry that is reshaping our lives – but they are invisible and their jobs are precarious.
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The Week in Tech: Are You Ready for Facebook’s Future?
30 August 2019, New York Times
We got a glimpse of what the social network’s privacy-first focus might look like in practice. You may not love it.
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One More Way to Die: Delivering Food in Cape Town’s Gig Economy
24 August 2019, New York Times
CAPE TOWN — He had delivered his last food order for the evening and was driving home from Pinelands, a suburb in Cape Town, when an oncoming car swung in front of him, knocking him off his motorbike.
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A.I. is disrupting multiple sectors simultaneously, expert says
21 August 2019, CNBC
Sandra Wachter, associate professor for the Oxford Internet Institute, said new jobs will emerge due to artificial intelligence.
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How internet that’s beamed from space could create new jobs
19 August 2019, BBC.com
Four billion people lack internet access. Satellite internet could change that. But will the jobs created be good ones?
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What Would Happen If the Whole Internet Just Shut Down All of a Sudden?
19 August 2019, Gizmodo
A world in which the internet suddenly stops: surely the TV show’s already in development.
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Politicians blame video games for the El Paso shooting. It’s an old claim that’s not backed by research
5 August 2019, The Washington Post
Hours after a mass shooting in Dayton, Ohio, brought the weekend death total to 29, following a Saturday massacre in El Paso, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) offered his take on what helped fuel the latest round of unspeakable violence.