Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionWATCH: Sir Nick Clegg defends Instagram over suicide images New Facebook vice-president Sir Nick Clegg has told the BBC the firm will do “whatever it takes” to make its social media platforms safer for young people. Sir Nick was responding to the case of 14-year-old Molly Russell, …
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption James Charles, who has millions of fans, appeared at Birmingham’s Bullring on Saturday A YouTuber whose visit to a store sparked city centre gridlock has said the 8,000-fan turnout was “surprisingly normal”. James Charles was speaking on LBC after overhearing presenter James O’Brien say he was baffled at the …
Image copyright EPA Image caption Singapore issued a photo of US national Mikhy Farrera-Brochez, who they believe is behind the leak Confidential data about more than 14,000 people diagnosed with HIV, including foreign visitors, has been stolen in Singapore and leaked online. Authorities revealed details about the 2016 health data breach on Monday. They believe …
New head of global affairs for Facebook, Sir Nick Clegg, has told the BBC the firm will do “whatever it takes” to make its social media platforms safer for young people. Sir Nick was responding to the case of 14-year-old Molly Russell, who took her own life after viewing distressing self-harm images on Instagram. Speaking …
Would you break international laws for your favourite YouTube vlogger? Two teenagers did just that. They hacked tens of thousands of home and office printers in support of YouTube’s biggest star, PewDiePie. The hackers are now in hiding from the police and internet vengeance. They tell us how they did it, and whether it was …
Image copyright Getty Images “I was made redundant four months into my maternity leave. “I was the bread winner, I had no legal cover and so was advised to sign a ‘hush agreement’, I felt I had no choice.” These are the words of a mother who contacted the BBC after we published our article …
Image copyright AFP/Getty Image caption Can the US and China bridge their divisions? Top trade officials from the US and China are meeting in Washington as a deadline to strike a deal approaches. This is the second round of talks since Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping met in Argentina last year and agreed to …
Image caption Stack Newcastle is a temporary food and retail village More than a dozen food, retail or office complexes made from shipping containers have opened across Britain within the past three years. The figures, from research by Radio 4’s You and Yours programme, demonstrate the growing popularity of so-called container communities. Organisers say they …
Image copyright Getty Images Facebook’s popularity among children fell during 2018, according to the media regulator Ofcom. It has published its annual report looking at the types of services and devices children in the UK are using. Its report suggests 72% of 12- to 15-year-olds with a social media account use Facebook, down from 74% …
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The global smartphone market is contracting Sales of the Apple iPhone have fallen hitting the tech giant’s financial performance. The firm’s revenue fell 5% from a year ago to about $84.3bn (£64.5bn) in the most recent quarter, with iPhone sales down 15% to about $52bn. The stumble had been …