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Safeguarding children in the metaverse
September 04 2023Top academic experts debated the challenges with addressing online safety in the metaverse
Content Moderators: The fire fighters of the internet
April 04 2023The Centre for Abuse and Trauma Studies (CATS) highlights the damaging impact that child sex abuse material can have on content moderators
Ideal Victimhood, Misogyny, and the Amber Heard Trial
June 28 2022MDX Criminology and Sociology lecturer Dr Daniel Sailofsky fears that the Amber Heard vs Johnny Depp trial will be a turning point for all the wrong reasons. Here he takes us through his views on why
A risky business: Moderating the content on the war in Ukraine
March 16 2022Experts from the Centre for Abuse and Trauma Studies (CATS) explain why content moderators have a crucial role in coverage of Ukraine crisis
Russian misuse of international law is final nail in coffin of post WW2 order
March 09 2022MDX expert argues global system to prevent nuclear war is no longer fit for purpose
Speaking Up: Contributing to the fight against gender-based violence online
December 17 2021MDX academics explain why more needs to be done to tackle gender-based cyber violence.
New perspectives on evolutionary theory revealed
November 30 2021Tom Dickins explains how popular theories on evolutionary biology have changed in modern times
Too much to lose? Why OnlyFans fails to censor its explicit content
October 07 2021Online abuse experts Dr Elena Martellozzo and Paula Bradbury analyse OnlyFans’ change of mind over nude content
Continuing controversies around wearing headscarves and face-veils
May 24 2021Professor Erica Howard, School of Law at MDX, discusses the recent bans on wearing face-veils and headscarves and how this could lead to a further separation of cultures than a bringing together.
The illusion of justice: Mothers, IPVA and the family courts
May 21 2021Mia Scally (Forensic Psychology PHD student at MDX) outlines 4 of the 6 main myths affecting mothers and children in family court getting their voice heard and justice served.