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Instagram to nudge people to be respectful to others; adds Hidden Words feature

Throughout the month, local nonprofits are hosting events to help those living with the disease and their caregivers

Violence against women is a serious problem and women in the public limelight disproportionately deal with online toxicity.

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Bad stuff is happening, and... youre the new tobacco, whether you like it or not. and youve got to stop selling the tobacco. >> reporter: 15-year-old mason bogard died after apparently attempting a choking challenge he saw online. his mother, joann. >> i think now is the time for congress to pass the legislation so that we can hold them-- big tech accountable for these things that theyre letting slide through. theyre harming our kids. >> reporter: ahead of the hearing, instagram announced new sa...

If the last 18 months were chronicled and placed inside a time capsule and studied 100 years from now, the fork in the road for the human race will be the politicization of a four-inch piece of fabric with two strings attached to it. red state governors have made masks in schools their latest slash-and-burn cultural issue, depriving kids, parents, schools and teachers of one of the best known safety tools as the coronavirus pandemic threatens a third school year in the deep south. governors in t...

Was a response to chinas continuing assault on hong kongs autonomy and the repression of political and press freedoms. apple has revealed new safety tools will be introduced in the united states, which can scan photos and messages on peoples phones to check for material showing child sex abuse. the company insists the measures will protect users privacy, but some security experts are concerned. venues across italy are introducing an obligatory covid "green pass" from today, meaning access will o...

It now covers more than 300,000 acres. extra flights have been scheduled from mexico to help hundreds of britons return to the uk ahead of new quarantine rules which come into force on sunday morning. anyone arriving after aam will need to pay for the hotel where they self—isolate. the country is being added to the red list as part of changes to the uks traffic light system. president biden has announced that hong kong residents who are currently in america will be granted temporary safe haven...

Developments reported at the meeting this morning — accusations here of real sort of atrocities. one ambassador from afghanistan itself, talking about people being stoned, people having their hands chopped off, children flogged, he says. these are all allegations he levels at the taliban forces surrounding these six urban centres around the country. and, of course, the assassinations continue. we had another one this morning, dawa khan menapal, whos the sort of chief spokesman for the afghan g...

In new safety tools that it says can scan devices for images of child sexual abuse as theyre uploaded to online storage, so they can be reported to police. the new software — which is being introduced first in the united states — will search for matches of already known images. some security experts, however, say the measures could be used by authoritarian governments to scan phones for other content such as political material. greece is facing a resurgence of wildfires, as strong winds have...