Month: March 2021

Survey finds Asian Americans saw biggest jump in severe harassment, while LGBTQ+ respondents face highest rate overall Asian Americans and Black Americans experienced major rises in online hate in the past year, a new report has found, despite recent steps that social media firms have taken to address harassment. A survey released on Wednesday by …

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This week an investment bank announced Zoom-free Fridays – and they are far from the first to question the stress and fatigue that comes with 24/7 screen time Name: Zoom refuseniks. Age: One year old, give or take. Continue reading… This week an investment bank announced Zoom-free Fridays – and they are far from the …

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Nintendo Switch; CapcomFlush with flash new tricks, simpler action and a bulging roster of hostile creatures, the latest instalment of the enduring series is an absurd delight After you’ve felled a hard-scaled, fire-breathing dragon in Monster Hunter Rise, you can pose for a photo with your loyal cat and dog (taken by an owl, no …

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Calls for changes to classification system after award-winning role-playing game said to offend standards of ‘morality’ The banning of video game Disco Elysium from sale in Australia has renewed calls for the Australian government to overhaul the classification system to move away from the “moral panic” associated with video games. On Friday afternoon, the Australian …

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Nintendo Switch; Marvelous Interactive/XSEEDBetter visuals for the farm-sim improve the interaction but slow loading undermines the laid-back flow In this latest in a long line of farming-life games, you are once again thrust into the role of a young person who leaves the big city for an idyllic life of agricultural self-sufficiency, growing crops, chopping …

Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town review – limited earthly delights Read More »

The head of Facebook, and his Google and Twitter counterparts, could face a rough ride at the scene of the insurrectionists’ crime Mark Zuckerberg, the head of Facebook, could be in for a rough ride on Thursday when he testifies to Congress for the first time about the 6 January insurrection at the Capitol in …

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Latest top-spec handset has Hasselblad-branded camera, great screen and long battery life OnePlus’s latest 9 Pro Android phone takes the firm’s winning formula of slick speed and adds knowhow from the Swedish renowned camera manufacturer Hasselblad to try to improve things in the photography department. The £829 phone tops the Chinese brand’s line for 2021 …

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Exclusive: users are allowed to praise mass killers and ‘violent non-state actors’ in certain situations Facebook users are permitted to praise mass murderers and “violent non-state actors” in certain situations, according to internal guidelines that underline how the tech corporation is striving to operate in repressive regimes. The leak also reveals that Facebook maintains a …

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Exclusive: public figures considered to be permissible targets for otherwise-banned abuse, leaked moderator guidelines show Facebook’s bullying and harassment policy explicitly allows for “public figures” to be targeted in ways otherwise banned on the site, including “calls for [their] death”, according to a tranche of internal moderator guidelines leaked to the Guardian. Public figures are …

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New lawsuit filed by Reporters without Borders says platform allows ‘disinformation and hate speech to flourish on its network’ Facebook has failed to live up to its promises of creating a “safe” and “error-free” online environment, according to a new lawsuit filed by the press freedom not-for-profit Reporters without Borders. Continue reading… New lawsuit filed …

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