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Making The Internet Safer – We Have To Change The Business Models – Regulating Content Won’t Do The Job
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Making The Internet Safer – We Have To Change The Business Models – Regulating Content Won’t Do The Job

An upheaval of the law governing what can be published online is taking place in the shape of the online safety bill. The bill, which is currently making its way through parliament, has the hyperbolic ambition “to make the UK the safest place in the world to be online”, and proposes to do this through a complex system of regulation. It calls for platforms, search engines and social media to regularly assess the risks of harms stemming from their services and take measures to mitigate them. The regulator, Ofcom, will carry out its own risk assessments, establish risk profiles for different platforms (such as YouTube, Instagram or Tinder), and publish guidance in the form of “codes of practice”. The act will apply even where the platform provider is abroad. This means that all platforms ta...
Dedicated Online Seller Models All of His Dresses Himself
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Dedicated Online Seller Models All of His Dresses Himself

A lot of people are reluctant to buy affordable clothes from Chinese online marketplaces like Alibaba, because, many times, the pictures advertised by the sellers don’t match the actual products. Well, one dedicated seller decided to reassure potential customers that what they see is what they’ll get, by modelling his elegant dresses himself. Talk about going above and beyond, right? Photos of the male Chinese seller modelling several of his elegant gowns went viral on Reddit a few days ago. They were allegedly posted by a customer of his who requested real-life photos of the dresses and got a lot more than she bargained for. User 10lbsofmum claimed “I found a shop that sold prom dresses and wedding dresses so I asked for real photos rather than stock photos and the seller sent me these o...
Positive Black Role Models – Where Are They and Why Are They Important in Today’s Society?
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Positive Black Role Models – Where Are They and Why Are They Important in Today’s Society?

It is very important that we have different ways to show positive black role models. This is not just important for adults, it is vital for young children to see that the colour of their skin is a good and natural part of them. Examples of Good Role Models in Through Play We need to educate children from a very young age about their personal identity. Once way that we can do this is through play and the toys that they get to play with. Choosing A Doll for Your Child when you are considering the purchase of dolls for your child, you should try to get toys with colours that represent the different skin colours of the world. There are some fantastic dolls of colour that are out there on the market. You not limited to purchasing just the Sindys and the Barbie dolls. One lovely example tha...