UK Online Harms Bill, coming next year, will propose fines of up to 10% of annual turnover for breaching duty of care rules

UK Online Harms Bill, coming next year, will propose fines of up to 10% of annual turnover for breaching duty of care rules

The U.K. is moving ahead with a populist but controversial plan to regulate a wide range of illegal and/or harmful content almost anywhere online such stuff might pose a risk to children. The government has set out its final response to the consultation it kicked off back in April 2019 — committing to introduce an […]

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Twitter acquires screen-sharing social app Squad

Twitter acquires screen-sharing social app Squad

Today, Twitter announced that it is acquiring Squad and that the team from the screen-sharing social app will be joining Twitter’s ranks. Squad’s co-founders, CEO Esther Crawford and CTO Ethan Sutin, and the rest of the team will be coming aboard inside Twitter’s design, engineering and product departments, Twitter tells us. Crawford specifically notes that […]

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COVID-19 made our tech addiction worse: It’s time to do something about it 

COVID-19 made our tech addiction worse: It’s time to do something about it 

Stuart Wall Contributor Share on Twitter Stu Wall is a technology executive and entrepreneur who founded Signpost, a cloud-based customer communication platform that helps small businesses scale. The coronavirus pandemic accelerated America’s addiction to technology, and it’s making us sad, anxious and unproductive. Companies like Facebook, TikTok and Snapchat earn more advertising revenue the more […]

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