• Secondary School Students To Get Lessons On 'Fake News'
    "The Telegraph" is reporting that the Government is due to announce part of the computing curriculum taught in secondary schools is to embrace fake news, helping students find out how it spread through "echo chambers" and how they can find more trustworthy sources of news.
  • Government Persuades Twitter To Take Down Fake Accounts
    The Government has succeeded in getting Twitter accounts claiming to be related to government departments and well-know current or former cabinet ministers taken down. Account claims to be linked to Dominic Raab and Liam Fox were among several deleted pages, according to "The Guardian."
  • Alan Turing To Be On Next GBP50 Note
    The Bank of England has announced that the next face on the GBP50 note will be code-breaker, and some might argue, the father of modern computing, Alan Turing. The BBC reports the new note will be in circulation by the end of 2021 when the Bank will have moved on to issuing polymer, rather than paper, notes.
  • TV Music Streaming Service For Older Users Lines Up Float
    Roxi Music is to float later this year, according to "The Times." The company markets a device that slots into the back of a television, offering games and karaoke as well as a streaming service with millions of songs to choose from. It is designed for older users who may not feel comfortable running music streaming services from a smartphone to a Bluetooth speaker.
  • Google Under Irish Investigation For Data Leaks
    It started out with reports in Belgium that Google contractors had listened in to conversations picked up by smart speakers with voice assistants installed. Now Bloomberg is revealing the Irish Data Protection Commission is investigating the leaks of human conversations which could lead to a large fine for the tech giant.
  • Facebook Fined $5bn For Cambridge Analytica Scandal
    Just when you thought the European Commission was being tough on big tech, along comes a fine to dwarf them all. "The Drum" reports today on the FTC lining up a $5bn fine for Facebook in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
  • Journalist, Who Boris Johnson's Friend Wanted Beaten Up, Speaks Out
    "The Guardian" has an interview with the journalist whose address Boris Johnson famously said he would pass on to a friend under investigation so he could have him beaten up. The article wonders how a politician who offered such as a service could become the next Prime Minister. Boris, of course, never went through with the offer, and the journalist was not attacked.
  • UK To Press Ahead With Digital Sales Tax, Despite US Tariff Implications
    The UK will press ahead with plans for a 2% Digital Sales Tax despite an apparent warning from the US it could lead to retaliatory action, City A.M. reports. A bill mentioning the tax was issued by the Government this morning. American authorities launched an investigation into France's equivalent tax yesterday with a warning that it could lead to retaliatory tariffs.
  • WPP Sells 60% Stake In Kantar To Bain Capital
    WPP has confirmed it is selling a 60% stake in Kantar to Bain Capital for $4bn, "The Drum" reports.
  • VAT On Digital News Is 'Backward,' Says Reuters Institute
    VAT on digital newspapers and magazines is backward step that subsidised the VAT-free print-reading media habits of the old, at the expense of younger audiences. That is according to Rasmus Kleis Nielsen, Director of the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, in a speech at the Defend Media Freedom in London yesterday, reported on in "Press Gazette."
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