Aug 23, 2022 | tech ethics
In the UK we are right in the middle of the two week period where 16 and 18 year olds get the results of the public exams that will determine so much of their future prospects. For the past two years it has underlined problems of algorithmic accountability,...
Aug 8, 2022 | children online, social media
The recent tragic case of Archie Battersbee in the UK who suffered irreversible brain damage after, his parents believe, taking part in one of TikTok’s deadly challenges has highlighted once again some of the dangerous games circulating on Gen Z’s...
Aug 2, 2022 | AI, social media
We’ve all become used to a few key data points about ourselves determining our credit worthiness; our job, our salary, where we live. But lack of algorithmic transparency in the artificial intelligence (AI) used in financial services means that information as...
Jul 25, 2022 | children online, social media
More teens than ever are shunning traditional news outlets like the BBC in favour of getting their news from social media platform like TikTok and Instagram, according to new research from Ofcom. Ofcom’s News consumption in the UK 2021/22 report shows that, for the...
Jul 19, 2022 | social media
Technology is radically changing accepted standards for beauty thanks to filters, retouching and apps which make available the kind of image distortion tools formerly reserved only for art editors on beauty magazines. As a result the very concept of...
