'The new site collects every website you’ve been on, everything you’ve searched and many of the things you’ve done with your phone'
'The new site collects every website you’ve been on, everything you’ve searched and many of the things you’ve done with your phone'
With one in seven people around the world using the Facebook-owned messaging app, what opportunities does it present for reporters in terms of finding stories, as well as distributing them?
Facebook is rolling out a new feature across the UK to help users who feel suicidal.
The Suicide Prevention tool has been developed in connection with the Samaritans.
It aims to try and provide advice and support for those struggling to cope, as well as for their friends and family.
People can now report posts they are worried about in a more direct way.
'If you think about it, our smartphones know more about us than our closest friends. We store passwords, surf the web, and text everyone from our family to our 💋lovahs💋 on our devices, and for that reason, we password protect the hell out of ’em.
So with that in mind, would you ever just hand your phone, right now, to your ex?'
When it comes to digital citizenship, privacy and respect, should you ever want to look at someone's messages and shares?
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The UK’s data protection watchdog has warned that retailers can track every move of their customers using their phones and target them using facial recognition software.
Vast amounts of personal, behavioural and academic data about children are being collected, processed and used by schools, local authorities, and the government every year.
But a recent review by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) in the UK of 50 websites and apps used by children found that only a third had “effective controls in place to limit the collection of personal information from children”.
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