Paramedic is suspended for mocking patients on Facebook after ridiculing one for calling 999 over a paper cut and another who was left suffering ‘chest pains’ after playing on Wii game NHS paramedic has been suspended after he mocked patients on Facebook Samuel Heenan made a string of social media posts about 999 call outs … Read more
Tory councillor who shared Facebook meme saying ‘white slaves were sold for centuries’ is facing misconduct probe Pauline Culley broke Darlington Borough Council’s code of conduct last year The councillor since 2014 shared a meme that read ‘white slaves were sold’ Opposition councillors said meme suggested black suffering was insignificant By Emer Scully For Mailonline … Read more
Police launch search for missing walker, 25, who vanished after she took selfie at the top of Ben Nevis at 5am Walker Sarah Buick, 24, is missing after climbing Ben Nevis, Scottish Highlands She took a selfie at the summit of the 1,345 metre mountain at 5am on Tuesday Police Scotland has issued an urgent … Read more
WhatsApp is giving users ‘several more weeks’ to agree to a controversial privacy update or risk losing access to the app’s functionality. Until a few days ago, WhatsApp users had until this Saturday (May 15) to accept the update, which is related to policy changes necessary to allow users to message businesses on the app. But now … Read more
Facebook’s own oversight board has called out the social media giant, saying that ‘Facebook seeks to avoid its responsibilities’ over extremist content promotion. The board, which some have dubbed Facebook’s ‘supreme court’, rules on whether some individual pieces of content should be displayed on the site. The oversight board hit the news on Wednesday after it … Read more
Facebook users have shared stories of receiving bans after jokingly calling their friend ‘crazy’, sharing a Smithsonian magazine story and labelling someone ‘sad’. The social media platform is understood to have internal guidelines which are not made public on moderation. In documents seen by The Wall Street Journal moderators are told the sentences that are and … Read more
Surf’s up! Giant cloud that looks like an enormous tsunami hurtling towards homes is seen across Wales leaving onlookers baffled The bizarre cloud formation was spotted towering thousands of feet high above Wales including Llandudno Resident Maria Taylor took to Facebook to share photos of the sweeping cloud bank at the West Shore The formation is … Read more
A trove of leaked Facebook moderator memos has revealed how users are allowed to call for the death of public figures and can praise mass murders based on company’s own vague definitions of what constitutes a ‘crime‘. More than 300 pages of internal Facebook moderation guidelines in effect as of last December were obtained by … Read more
Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp are back online after an hour outage that frustrated users across the world Instagram, WhatsApp, Facebook and Messenger are back online after an outage All four of the social media apps stopped working worldwide about 5:30pm GMT The outages were first reported earlier this evening by website Downdetector By Ryan Morrison … Read more
Facebook may soon be creating an Instagram designed primarily for children, a development coming just days after Instagram vowed to do more to protect children. The app would be for children under the age of 13. Users of Instagram currently need to be at least 13 years old to register for the app, though there’s … Read more