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Facebook India bosses grilled over alleged bias

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‘Police log more than 10,000 online child sex crimes in a year for first time’

Indian children play online game PUBG on their mobile phones in Hyderabad

India bans PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds mobile game and 117 other Chinese apps

Revolutionary quantum breakthrough paves way for safer online communication

‘Game-changing’ quantum breakthrough paves way for safer online communication

Messenger

Facebook imposes forwarding limit on Messenger to slow spread of misinformation

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Tech giants given 12 months to meet new child privacy protection rules

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Facebook removes Russian-based fake accounts targeting UK politics

Domestic abuse support

Royal Mail Group develops online ‘safe spaces’ portal for domestic abuse victims

Apple product launch

EE mobile plan includes all Apple streaming services ahead of 5G iPhone launch

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What are the child protection measures tech firms must follow by next year?

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Apple and Google reveal contact tracing notification system built into phones

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Rise in defamation cases ‘linked to social media disputes’

Ciaran Martin

Rise in Covid-19 scams ‘vindicate National Cyber Security Centre creation’

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Third of mobile owners ‘still overpaying out-of-contract despite pledge’

The LG PuriCare Wearable Air Purifier

LG creates battery-powered face mask it calls a ‘wearable air purifier’

Susie Dent joins with Amazon's Alexa to add hundreds of British words

Countdown’s Susie Dent helps Amazon’s Alexa understand more UK regional dialects

TikTok Sale

Walmart may team up with Microsoft in bid for US arm of TikTok

Amazon Halo Band launches

Amazon launches wellness band that can read emotions from your voice