Press Coverage

6 May 2020, Computer Weekly

Experts call for greater clarity over how contact-tracing data will be used, while discussing the limitations of the coronavirus app.

6 May 2020, Smart Lighting

Businesses across all sectors are increasingly concerned about the impact of COVID-19, according to the CoRisk Index, a new online tool from the University of Oxford.

5 May 2020, The Evening Standard

During this pandemic, fake news has spread as fast as the virus itself.

4 May 2020, Refinery 29

Video chats require a mix of identity work and preparation which makes them tiring.

4 May 2020, Association of MBAs

Despite stricter policing methods, warnings, fines and in some cases arrests, there is a systematic rejection of the lockdown among some people. How can we explain this phenomenon? Bertrand Venard investigates

1 May 2020, Government Computing

A new online tool called CoRisk-Index from the University of Oxford revealed that businesses across all the sectors are becoming increasingly concerned about the effect of the coronavirus outbreak.

30 April 2020, The Sun

INFLUENCERS and celebrities are the “gateway drug” to fake news, according to a top internet professor.

30 April 2020, The New Statesman Tech

A parliamentary inquiry into how social media platforms are countering the spread of coronavirus-related misinformation saw representatives from Facebook, YouTube and Twitter summoned for interrogation before MPs.

30 April 2020, The Mirror

The social network said they had taken action on tweets that break the firm's rules - including world leaders. But they say this has not included President Trump.

30 April 2020, i News

Prof Philip Howard was giving evidence to the DCMS Committee on fake news

30 April 2020, The Mirror

Experts at Oxford University say research has found 25% of Brits believe the conspiracy theory that Covid-19 virus was created in a lab.

30 April 2020, The Washington Post

As the novel coronavirus pandemic brought business to a halt, the pain rippled outward, blowing up sector after sector. According to a detailed analysis of unemployment claims, no industry was left untouched.

28 April 2020, News 18

The Covid-19 crisis has helped world discover the perils of misinformation, especially when it comes from the top.

23 April 2020, Financial Times

Report outlines ethical recommendations including ‘bounties’ for users who flag discriminatory algorithms.

23 April 2020, NME

You name it, games have been blamed for it. Will the age of coronavirus change how we value video games, forever?

23 April 2020, New Internationalist

Coronavirus is showing that precarity and dangerous working conditions are a choice companies have been making for workers, not a necessary payoff for flexibility and independence, say Fairwork researchers.

17 April 2020, Reuters

From facial recognition to phone tracking, authorities have rolled out a vast range of surveillance tools to trace infections and enforce quarantines during the new coronavirus outbreak.

17 April 2020, BNN Bloomberg

Last month, Bob Diachenko came across an unsecured server storing information on 42 million messaging accounts.

15 April 2020, The State Press

An ASU researcher tries to grasp the reality of how to best handle the social media accounts of those who have died.

14 April 2020, Evening Standard

State-backed media organisations in Russia, China, Iran and Turkey are sharing misleading information on Covid-19 with millions during the pandemic, a report alleges.