Fighting the Negative Impact of Social Media!
Picture this: you’re in bed, and it’s late. Really late. You’re lying in the dark, the only light in the room your phone screen illuminating your face. You’ve been scrolling for hours, but you can’t sleep, and this is preferable […]
Everyone that has ever used the internet has probably come across scams trying to steal our data and/or money. Whilst many are confident that they could spot scams when they see them, many others lack the knowledge and experience required […]
You may be familiar with the fig leaf used to censor the nether regions of Greek marble sculptures. They were applied to art pieces in the 1500s when the Catholic church in Italy deemed nudity to be obscene, instead of […]
News from the USA this week involves legislation being introduced in various states to limit children’s access to social media. As evidence mounts of the harm social media causes children, governments seem to finally be stepping up to try and […]
The chat across the internet for the past few weeks or so has been of AI (artificial intelligence). From chatbots to the controversial AI generated art, the social, technological and economic implications have been debated to no end. I’ve previously […]
A popular trend online is for us Millenials to show off photos from our awkward teenage phases. Maybe we thought inch-thick orange foundation and racoon eyeliner was an essential part of any look. Perhaps our fringe covered the majority of […]
Once seen as a niche for those unlucky in love, online dating has exploded in popularity since the launch of Tinder in 2012. With the stigma of meeting your partner online gone, almost every singleton got onboard. Now it seems […]
So I’ll be travelling to Japan for the first time next month. As with any country or city that I haven’t visited before, I’ve been looking up what to do, where to eat, what to see, etc. Of course, this […]
Both the EU and the UK will have new laws regulating social media platforms coming in to effect shortly. In the EU, the DSA’s focus will be on how social media and digital platforms deal with illegal content, misinformation and […]
Happy New Year! Welcome to 2023 everyone. The New Year is a time for reflection and reset. We consider where we are in life, what we want to achieve, and what we want to change about ourselves. So, with the […]