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Unregulated experts can cause harm to children in family courts

Unregulated experts appointed by family courts in England and Wales have caused harm to children by separating them from their mothers and forcing them to live with and have contact with fathers accused of violence and abuse, ...

'X-odus' creates growing challenges for brand marketing

Call it an X-odus: In the week following the election, more than 1 million mostly left-leaning people joined Bluesky, a social media network founded by Twitter founder Jack Dorsey. Meta's Threads also has reported growth ...

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AI affects everyone—including Indigenous people

Since artificial intelligence (AI) became mainstream over the past two years, many of the risks it poses have been widely documented. As well as fueling deep fake porn, threatening personal privacy and accelerating the climate ...