Google is facing mounting pressure to remove an app from its app store that advises gay people on controversial conversion therapy. The Living Hope Ministries app, made by a US
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A link has been found between excessive use of social media and behaviour seen in drug addicts. US scientists conducting a gambling experiment found that the worst performers tended to
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A new app that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to help deaf children and their parents learn to read together has launched in the UK. Chinese technology giant Huawei has created
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An “epidemic” of online child abuse must be tackled with new data laws, Security Minister Ben Wallace has told MPs. He said there had been a 700% rise in child
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Experts have devised an anti-grooming tool in a boost for Home Secretary Sajid Javid’s drive to combat online child abuse. Engineers from some of the world’s biggest tech firms, including
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Fresh concerns about patient data have been raised after Google announced plans to bring the health division of its DeepMind artificial intelligence company more closely under its control. The move
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A report from the Children’s Commissioner for England has called on internet firms and toy companies to be more transparent in what data they are collecting from children. It says
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Young people say they are more likely to turn to online platforms for mental health support than medical professionals, family or friends, according to a survey. A poll found that
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Tougher laws are needed to protect victims of online and social media-based abuse, a report by the Law Commission has said. The study, commissioned by the Department for Digital, Culture,
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Anyone with a credit card can buy a “lethal combination” of drugs online, health inspectors have said as they called for the public to be better informed about the dangers
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