IAN HERBERT: If big tech giants do not use AI to unmask trolls then they are as good as condoning it

We’ve spent the last week hearing the social media giants’ assurances about all the work they’re doing to protect players from abuse.  Twitter says the number of accounts it has taken action on in the last years has increased by 105 per cent. Without actually revealing what that figure might be. So I undertook a … Read more

IAN HERBERT: If big tech giants do not use AI to unmask trolls then they are as good as condoning it

We’ve spent the last week hearing the social media giants’ assurances about all the work they’re doing to protect players from abuse.  Twitter says the number of accounts it has taken action on in the last years has increased by 105 per cent. Without actually revealing what that figure might be. So I undertook a … Read more

Police unmask plague prankster as teenage boy

Police have identified a plague doctor prankster who terrified children by walking the streets of Norwich dressed as a 17th century medic as a teenager boy. The teenager had been spotted strolling past homes in Hellesdon dressed in a long, black overcoat with a wide-brimmed hat and a pointed mask with eye openings and a … Read more