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UK government says its Online Safety Bill will return to the parliament in December and will be expanded to criminalize nonconsensual "deepfake" pornography (Alex Hern/The Guardian)

November 25, 2022

[ad_1] Alex Hern / The Guardian: UK government says its Online Safety Bill will return to the parliament in December…

Apple restores Russia's top social network VKontakte, Mail.ru, and other VK apps, weeks after removing them over UK sanctions; it is unclear why they are back (Alex Hern/The Guardian)

October 18, 2022

[ad_1] Alex Hern / The Guardian: Apple restores Russia’s top social network VKontakte, Mail.ru, and other VK apps, weeks after…

Digital Youth Index study: young LGBTQ+ people in the UK are more than twice as likely to face hate speech online compared to those identifying as heterosexual (Alex Hern/The Guardian)

October 17, 2022

[ad_1] Alex Hern / The Guardian: Digital Youth Index study: young LGBTQ+ people in the UK are more than twice…

Analysis: $7.6B of Tether has been withdrawn since Thursday, nearly twice its cash reserves at the end of 2021; Tether also holds $60B in "cash-like" assets (Alex Hern/The Guardian)

May 16, 2022

[ad_1] Alex Hern / The Guardian: Analysis: $7.6B of Tether has been withdrawn since Thursday, nearly twice its cash reserves…

Snap CEO Evan Spiegel dismisses Meta's metaverse ambitions as "ambiguous and hypothetical" and says the word "metaverse" is never uttered in Snap's offices (Alex Hern/The Guardian)

April 28, 2022

[ad_1] Alex Hern / The Guardian: Snap CEO Evan Spiegel dismisses Meta’s metaverse ambitions as “ambiguous and hypothetical” and says…

Apple to debut an opt-in child safety feature for iPhones in UK that scans messages for nudity, with some controversial aspects, like notifying parents, removed (Alex Hern/The Guardian)

April 20, 2022

[ad_1] Alex Hern / The Guardian: Apple to debut an opt-in child safety feature for iPhones in UK that scans…