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Online safety: Child abuse and exploitation in eXtended Reality

Picture of Steve Pettifer By and Filed Under: All posts, British Politics, Digital Futures Posted:

In 2020 a team led by Professor Emma Barrett and Professor Steve Pettifer was commissioned by GCHQ to examine how child exploitation and abuse may evolve in light of the latest emerging technology trend: the widespread adoption of immersive ‘eXtended Reality’ (XR) technologies, including Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality. Their report synthesises research on online […]

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No quick fix: the long-term needs of sexual assault survivors

Picture of Laura WattsDavid GaddPicture of Filippo Varese By , , , and Filed Under: All posts, British Politics, Health and Social Care Posted:

Around 1 in 5 women will experience sexual assault at some point in their life. The results can be devastating for victims and survivors. They not only have to deal with the psychological trauma of the assault, but often suffer physical harm and social consequences, including financial ones, as a result. The impact of these […]

Why victims of cyber crime deserve ‘Cyber CPR’

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COVID-19 has seen an increased vulnerability to cyber crime. In this blog, originally from our On Digital Trust publication, Professor Emma Barrett, Professor Danny Dresner, and Dr David Buil-Gil outline why victims of cyber crime need greater protection, including a raft of ‘CPR’ measures designed to help them recover quickly. Cyber crimes cost billions of […]

Democracy at risk? Detecting and deterring the flow of disinformation in elections

Rachel Gibson By Filed Under: Digital Futures Posted:

On 21 July, Ministers published a report that found the UK Government failed to counter Russian interference in the 2016 Brexit referendum, despite a mounting body of evidence of global efforts to use and abuse digital platforms to influence democratic outcomes. As a result, how can we be sure that what we are being told […]

Locked down by inequality: Why place matters for older people during COVID-19

Camilla LewisTine BuffelPatty Doran author headshot By , , , and Filed Under: Health and Care, Health and Social Care Posted:

Older people have borne the brunt of deaths from COVID-19, whether in hospital or in care homes. At the same time, the coronavirus emergency sits alongside a crisis in many of the communities in which older people live. In this blog, Chris Phillipson, Camilla Lewis, Tine Buffel, Patty Doran and Sophie Yarker examine how the […]

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