Jul 11, 2022 | AI, social media
Hate speech, online harassment and trolling are a big problem for users of social media. 30-40% of people in the UK have witnessed online abuse, and 10-20% of people have been personally targeted according to a 2019 report from The Alan Turing Institute. Methods to...
Jul 4, 2022 | children online, tech ethics
TikTok has been recently redoubling its efforts on rebutting concerns that it is a national security risk. Critics of the app have consistently voiced their skepticism that the Chinese government does not influence the app in some ways, and that it can request private...
Jun 27, 2022 | cybercrime
The overturning of the 1973 landmark Roe v. Wade by the US Supreme Court last Friday comes with a host of digital privacy concerns for US women seeking healthcare. US women may not be aware that their phone’s data, social media, browsing and location history,...
Jun 20, 2022 | cybercrime
The hype around cryptocurrency (crypto) and NFTs (non-fungible tokens) reached fever pitch last year, stoked by crypto influencers and celebrity enthusiasts alike. Elon Musk is a vocal supporter of Bitcoin and Kim Kardashian, Floyd Mayweather and basketball player...
Jun 13, 2022 | attention economy
My latest book ‘My Brain Has Too Many Tabs Open’ has now launched in a Greek language edition, following on the heels of the Thai edition earlier on this year. My Brain Has Too Many Tabs Open – Greek edition Digital wellbeing in ten languages The...
