A new computer program promises to help screen jury candidates by analyzing their social media

A new computer program promises to screen jury candidates for bias by analyzing their social media accounts, assigning points for occupation, political affiliation, and even ethnicity An attorney has worked with a software company to develop a new program The program will help lawyers screen jurors by analyzing their social media The program will evaluate … Read more

Essex tourism board is to launch a social media film to challenge stereotypes

The only way is upmarket! Essex tourism board is to launch a social media film featuring ‘ambassadors’ to challenge decades-old stereotypes about the county Tourism board in Essex to launch film featuring ‘ambassadors’ on social media  County of Essex wants to prove it has more to offer than fake tans and cosmetics But one local … Read more

Pope says to give up TROLLING people on social media for Lent

Pope says to give up TROLLING people on social media for Lent Pope Francis said ‘verbal violence’ was being ‘amplified by the internet’ He said Lent was a time to ‘give up useless words, gossip, rumours, tittle-tattle’ The Pope himself has been targeted by trolls on social media like Twitter  By James Mills for MailOnline … Read more

London media agency OMD shuts its doors as staff member is being tested for coronavirus

Coronavirus panic forces London advertising agency OMD to close as worker returns from Australia with flu-like symptoms Employee had returned to the UK after being on a business trip in Australia Returned and shown flu like symptoms after catching a connection in Singapore  Those working at the Fitzrovia office have been told to work from … Read more

Italian media voices fears of ‘nervous breakdown’ over coronavirus  

Italian newspapers have today voiced fears of a ‘nervous breakdown’ amid panic over coronavirus as they remarked that ‘we are now the Chinese’.   Newspaper La Stampa proclaimed ‘the gravest health emergency in the history of the Republic’ today as the paper’s editor warned of ‘uncertainty harming the nation’.  Many media outlets have asked why Italy, … Read more