One of the designers behind Twitter’s voice tweets has apologised for failing to make the feature accessible to deaf and hard of hearing people. The social network launched a test
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Victims of domestic and sexual abuse are being granted free access to support websites on smartphones during the coronavirus pandemic. Charities fear lockdown has resulted in vulnerable people spending concentrated
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The Prime Minister has been urged by the NSPCC to get on with regulation of social networks, as the number of online grooming crimes topped 10,000. Under freedom of information
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The creators of a website paying tribute to health and care workers who have died with Covid-19 are appealing to people to share their memories of them. So far, 181
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International e-commerce giant eBay has built a new pilot e-portal for NHS staff to order protective equipment used to tackle the coronavirus outbreak safely. The firm said it had built
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A new web app is allowing frontline health workers to report shortages of personal protective equipment (PPE). Recently launched Frontline.Live is being used by NHS staff and other essential workers
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Facebook is providing more than 2,000 of its Portal video call devices to care home residents and patients to help them connect with loved ones during the coronavirus pandemic. The
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Children stuck at home using the internet during lockdown is brewing a “perfect storm” for offenders to abuse online, the NSPCC has warned. The children’s charity is concerned that predators
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More than a million people have sought advice on coronavirus from a dedicated NHS online service in the first few days since its launch. An update to 111 online was
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Welsh social care regulator, Social Care Wales, has launched a new dashboard showing local authority spend on social care. This new dashboard is available in English and Welsh, as part
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