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Twitter fights trolls, changes its default image setting

Twitter said it will abandon its egg-shaped default profile picture as users increasingly associate the avatar with abusive online behaviour.

Spain

More than 100 arrested in child pornography raids in Spain

More than 100 people have been arrested by police in Spain as part of an investigation into child pornography.

Russia

Warning over suicide 'game'

'Blue Whale' suicide 'game' causes concern in Europe following a recent rise in cases

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UK interior minister calls for end to WhatsApp 'hiding place' for terror suspects

Amber Rudd, the UK Home Secretary, has accused Facebook-owned communications company WhatsApp of giving terror suspects a "place to hide".

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Business Series

Google promises changes over advert row

Google promised better controls for its websites, particularly YouTube, after complaints companies' adverts have appeared next to hate-filled videos.

Business Series

Google apologies over extremist content

Google has apologised for allowing ads to appear alongside offensive videos on YouTube as more high-profile firms pulled their advertising.

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Inditex see profits rise on bigger sales to emerging markets and online growth

Zara owner Inditex, the world's biggest clothing retailer, has reported a 10 percent jump in annual net profit.

Germany

Suspect in German child murder cases confesses

The suspect had handed himself in on Thursday following a three-day manhunt triggered by the discovery of a young boy's body in a basement in Herne.

United Kingdom

Kids interrupt BBC news interview and make the internet LOL

They say never mix children and live television. Here's why.

Germany

Germany : Police hunt suspect who bragged about killing a child

A manhunt is underway in Germany after a video emerged of a teenager boasting about stabbing his nine-year-old neighbour to death.

United Kingdom

Euroviews. How you can fight Twitter's 357,000 'Star Wars bots'. And more

United Kingdom

Uber in London to appeal driver "literacy" ruling

London transport regulators want to force private drivers to prove the level of their reading and writing skills in English

USA

Turkeys encircling dead cat baffles internet

A bizarre video featuring a flock of turkeys walking almost ritualistically in a circle around a dead cat has raised a lot of questions since the video was posted online on Thursday (March…

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Snapchat shares soar despite disappearing message app's invisible profits

Wall Street investors snap up shares of mobile phone messaging app Snapchat making it worth tens of billions even though it's never turned a profit.

Spain

Mobile privacy explained by kids

As we spend more and more of our lives using our mobile phones and they get connected to almost anything from houses to cars to fridges, privacy has become one of the main concerns raised at the Mobil

Economy

Our 5G future - faster, more connected, but still years away

It does not even exist yet as a working system but 5G is this year's hot topic at the Mobile World Congress technology show in Barcelona.

Business Series

Yahoo pays the price for massive data breaches in Verizon deal

Verizon - which is buying Yahoo's core internet business - has cut the purchase price to reflect the financial impact of two massive cyber attacks.

New Zealand

It’s time to pay the sisters the same as the misters!

A new online video campaign designed to raise awareness about the issue of pay equality in New Zealand hit the internet on February 15.

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Facebook further blurs the line between social media and TV

Facebook is launching an app for smart TVs so the social network's users can watch its videos on a bigger screen.

Economy

EU portability means Netflix and travel

European Commission agrees new portability rules to end 'geo-blocking' so Europeans travelling within the EU will be able to access digital content.