Tag: DCMS
Vodafone tests live 5G at Birmingham’s New Street Station
Vodafone has live tested 5G in Birmingham as part of its UK-wide trial, with Birmingham New Street becoming the first train station to use the new mobile technology. Mayor of […]
Delay over online porn age verification checks again
Voices on both sides of the argument for and against incoming age checks for porn sites have expressed mounting frustration, in the wake of news that the measures could be […]
Snapchat admits its age verification tools do not work
Snapchat has admitted its age verification process cannot always stop children under the age of 13 from signing up to the app. Giving evidence to MPs looking into the addictive […]
Social media sites should face compulsory ethics code, demands House of Commons committee
Social media platforms should comply with a compulsory code of ethics overseen by an independent regulator to tackle harmful or illegal content on their sites, a Commons committee has […]
Parliamentary inquiry launched into addictive technologies, including AR and VR
An inquiry into the impact of immersive technologies such as virtual and augmented reality has been launched by a House of Commons select committee. A group of MPs from the […]
Parliament seizes cache of Facebook documents in ‘unprecedented move’
A cache of internal Facebook documents has been dramatically seized using Parliament’s legal powers as MPs probe the Cambridge Analytica data scandal. The documents are said to shed light on […]
