Facebook begins to Merge Instagram and Messenger Chat
- Facebook has begun merging Instagram’s messaging feature with Facebook Messenger
- Instagram users will begin seeing prompts that ‘there is a new way to message on Instagram’
- If users ‘opt-in’ the regular ‘Direct Message’ Icon will be replaced with the Facebook Messenger Logo
- It is not yet possible to message Facebook users from Instagram
- Facebook acquired Instagram in 2012 for $1billion, they also acquired Whatsapp in 2014 for $19 billion
Domestic Abuse Surged During Lockdown
- A joint investigation by BBC’s Panorama and Women’s Aid surveyed the impact of the pandemic of domestic violence
- They reported that one call related to domestic violence was made to police every 30 seconds in the first seven weeks of lockdown
- Calls included reports of kidnap, arson, revenge porn and poisoning
- Three-quarters of victims said the lockdown has made it harder for them to escape their abusers
The program will be screened tonight at 7.30 pm – visit Women’s Aid for more information
Facebook Algorithm found to ‘actively promote’ Holocaust Denial
- An investigation by the Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) – a UK based counter-extremist organisation has found that searching ‘holocaust’ on Facebook brought up searches of ‘denial pages’
- These pages were found to promote the sale of denialist publications
- Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been challenged by Holocaust survivors to remove such material from the site
- Researchers found that Holocaust denial content is easily accessible across Twitter, Reddit and Youtube
- This week a coalition of UK faith leaders will call on the government to toughen their stand on social media companies and their failure to tackle hatred online
Pressure Mounts on Government to Solve Exam Crisis
- Ministers across the UK are facing calls to resolve the exam grades crisis, days before the publication of GCSE results on Thursday
- There are concerns about the use of an algorithm to decide grades for students across the UK, who were not able to sit exams due to the ongoing pandemic
- Northern Ireland and Scotland have will rely on teacher assessed grades, but England has not yet done the same
- The government has defended the approach they has used to determine grades
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