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John Edwards, New Zealand's Privacy Commissioner

Hancock CCTV footage raid ‘entirely legitimate’, says potential new UK data tsar

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iRobot guarantees new autonomous robotic vacuum cleaner will avoid pet accidents

Twitter's new Community feature

Twitter tests community spaces for users to discuss common interests

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Twitter tests a ‘soft block’ feature to manage account followers

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Media companies responsible for Facebook comments, Australian court rules

RoboHike

UK future science leaders set for £113m boost to push ideas from lab to reality

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British astronaut Tim Peake honoured as comic book character

Priti Patel

Patel calls on G7 to hold tech giants to account if harmful content continues

Girlguiding Girls’ Attitudes Survey 2021

Girlguiding warns of ‘devastating’ fall in girls’ happiness as online harms rise

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Cookie pop-ups ‘fatigue’ a threat to privacy, warns UK data tsar

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Extremist views widespread in England’s classrooms, say teachers

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Scientists develop stretchy robot worms

Pro-Russian trolls have been using reader comments to wield influence, according to researchers

Western news websites 'infiltrated' by pro-Russian trolls - researchers

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Influence operation by pro-Russian trolls ‘infiltrate comments on UK news sites’

Apple

Apple delays launch of child abuse detection tools

GCHQ

GCHQ uses social media in place of ‘tap on the shoulder’ to recruit cyber spies

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Social media firms ‘not trusted to combat online abuse’

Virgin Galactic crew with Richard Branson

Branson’s Virgin Galactic grounded pending probe into deviation from airspace