March 21, 2022
How Russian accounts manipulate Twitter
Olena Kurilo became the face of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Bloodied and bandaged, the 53-year-old teacher said she couldn't believe what had happened to her and her town of Chuhuiv. Her picture was on the front pages of newspapers across the…
March 21, 2022
Scottish mental health charity SAMH targeted in cyber attack
A Scottish mental health charity says it has been the victim of a "sophisticated and criminal" cybersecurity attack. Police are investigating the incident which has affected emails and phone lines at SAMH, the Scottish Association for Mental…
March 18, 2022
Meta allowing parents to limit teen’s virtual exploration
New tools will allow parents to stop teenagers accessing inappropriate games and experiences via Meta's virtual reality (VR) headset.Questions have been raised about whether it was doing enough to protect children from inappropriate content.…
March 15, 2022
Ukraine now using facial recognition tool to detect russian infiltrators
A system that searches a database of billions of facial images could help Ukraine uncover Russian infiltrators, fight misinformation and identify the dead, a company has said.Facial recognition firm Clearview AI has offered its services to Ukraine's…
March 13, 2022
Reselling PlayStations keeps a roof over my head
A sudden drop in income, a mounting medical debt and a family to feed left Sheraz (not his real name) struggling to find another way of making money. During the pandemic his wife lost her job as a beautician, and the government's pandemic support…
March 11, 2022
Instagram banned in Russia over ‘calls to violence’
Russia's state media watchdog Roskomnadzor says Instagram will be blocked in the country due to "calls for violence" against Russian soldiers. Instagram owner Meta said it would let its users in some countries call for violence against Russian…
March 6, 2022
Facebook has hit out at a ban on its platforms introduced in Russia
Russia's communications regulator said the ban was a response to restrictions placed on its media there. It said there had been 26 cases of "discrimination" against Russian media by Facebook since October 2020. There were also reports that the use…
March 5, 2022
The TikToker spreading viral videos
Marta Vasyuta is a regular 20-year-old Ukrainian. And like many people of her age she's on TikTok. Until last week she had a few hundred followers on the video-sharing app. She posted videos from nights out, and lip-synced to her favourite music.…
March 3, 2022
EA removes Russian teams from Fifa 22 game
Games publisher Electronic Arts will remove the Russian national team and all other Russian teams from Fifa 22 and associated games, it has announced.It was doing so to "stand in solidarity with the Ukrainian people", the company tweeted.It comes as…
March 1, 2022
Meta disrupts social media misinformation campaigns targeting Ukrainians
A pair of social media misinformation campaigns exploiting tensions in Russia and Ukraine were identified and disabled on Facebook over the weekend, according to two senior leaders at the social network's parent company Meta. One operation thwarted…