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YouTube still recommending eating disorder videos, researchers claim
21+ hour, 27+ min ago (1237+ words) YouTube is still recommending eating disorder videos to teenage users a year after new rules were introduced to curb harmful online content, according to new research. The Centre for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) set up a simulated account for a…...
China cracks down on violence and misogyny in viral micro dramas
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (503+ words) Micro dramas come in the form of serialised, made-for-mobile clips Chinese authorities have ordered a crackdown on materialistic, violent and sexualised content in locally made micro dramas. Provincial authorities are required to inspect the work of micro drama filmmakers as…...
CBeebies - Tiny Tunes, Series 1, Little Bo Peep
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (48+ words) Lisa and the children make paper sheep and sign and sing Little Bo Peep. Lisa and the children craft paper sheep, learn British Sign Language signs for sheep, where and home, then sing and sign Little Bo Peep Has Lost…...
Wellington chip shop's TikTok success with battered experiments
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (703+ words) Ban Vanezi and Ban Prokopiou said people came from all over to make their requests A pair of cousins who run a fish and chip shop have found TikTok fame with their unusual creations. When Ban Vanezi and Ban Prokopiou…...
Holding the line: Storytelling, gender and safety in the age of AI
4+ mon, 4+ day ago (447+ words) Our senior gender advisor Becky Palmstrom looks at how new technology is reshaping women’s rights – and where we go from here It’s a stark figure: 31 years after the Beijing Declaration pledging action on the rights of girls and women, in…...
Parasocial is named as Cambridge Dictionary Word of the Year
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (347+ words) "Parasocial" is the Cambridge Dictionary's Word of the Year, defined as a relationship felt by someone between themselves and a famous person they do not know. Its examples include the parasocial interest displayed by fans when singer Taylor Swift and…...
How a Cheshire woman conquered Spotify with her 'weird' podcast
10+ mon, 4+ week ago (892+ words) Chyaz Samuel started her podcast about strange-but-true stories in 2022 "I don't think there's really a blueprint for how it should feel when something like that happens, but it was probably one of the most surreal moments of my life." YouTuber,…...
BBC Radio 4 - Word of Mouth, The Language of the Manosphere
10+ mon, 1+ week ago (189+ words) Dr Jessica Aiston talks to Michael Rosen about her research into the language of online misogyny How did terms like “down the rabbit hole” and “gaslighting” enter the English language? How do other languages adapt expressions like these? Find out…...
Josh Johnson doesn't think TikTok will kill TV
11+ mon, 4+ day ago (1228+ words) Two decades ago, a comedian's "big break" might have been getting a network TV sitcom. Today, many comics can find just as many viewers on YouTube or TikTok as they could have on television. I would have thought that modern…...