Undisclosed ads on TikTok skirt ban on profiling minors

European Union laws restrict adverts on TikTok targeting children Sipa US / Alamy The European Union recently introduced strict laws to stop social media platforms from targeting children with personalised advertisements. But a study of TikTok reveals a massive loophole: teens are still being bombarded with highly targeted commercial content disguised as everyday posts. The…

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London, San Francisco and Beijing achieve ‘remarkable reductions’ in air pollution | Air pollution

London, San Francisco and Beijing achieve ‘remarkable reductions’ in air pollution | Air pollution

London, San Francisco and Beijing are among 19 global cities that have achieved “remarkable reductions” in air pollution, analysis has found, having slashed levels of two airway-aggravating pollutants by more than 20% since 2010. The analysis found interventions such as cycle lanes, uptake of electric cars and restrictions on polluting vehicles had helped to drive…

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Palantir’s NHS England contract ‘opens door to government abuse of power’, health bosses told | Palantir

Palantir’s NHS England contract ‘opens door to government abuse of power’, health bosses told | Palantir

Palantir’s NHS contract opens the door to the Big Brother-style data-sharing that Reform UK would use for a version of US immigration raids, health bosses have been told. Palantir Technologies – the data analytics company founded by Peter Thiel and Alex Karp – won a £330m NHS England contract to deliver the Federated Data Platform…

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