The Guardian: ‘Illume my life’: Prince Albert’s passions digitised for website. “Thousands of photographs, prints and letters that reveal the private passions and public interests of Queen Victoria’s husband Prince Albert have been published online to mark the 200th anniversary of his birth. The Royal Collection has digitised 17,500 documents for a new website, the majority publicly available for the first time.”
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News and Observer: UK to pressure social media companies to fight anti-vax info
News and Observer: UK to pressure social media companies to fight anti-vax info . “Britain’s government plans to call a summit of social media companies to discuss what more they can do to fight online misinformation about vaccines following a spike in measles cases.”
CNET: Instagram, YouTube and Facebook could be fined millions over harmful content
CNET: Instagram, YouTube and Facebook could be fined millions over harmful content. “Instagram, Facebook and YouTube could face huge fines for failing to remove toxic online videos as part of a crackdown by the UK government on harmful social media content. The government said on Monday that under new rules due to be introduced next year, tech companies would have to pay up to 5% of their revenue or even face restriction or suspension of services if they fail to remove content.”
UKAuthority: Environment Agency feeds flood alerts to Google
UKAuthority: Environment Agency feeds flood alerts to Google. “The Environment Agency is to begin sending flood alert information to Google for it to appear on its search engine and Public Alerts map.”
Third Sector: Fixers trustees ‘working to find suitable home’ for digital archive
Third Sector: Fixers trustees ‘working to find suitable home’ for digital archive. “Trustees at the youth charity Fixers have sought to reassure supporters that they are working with senior management to find a ‘suitable charitable home’ for its digital archive before it closes at the end of the month.”
Jisc: Jisc announces three new library services
Jisc: Jisc announces three new library services. “The library hub discover service, which is open to all, is designed to make academic library collections visible through web searches, which means they’re available to a wider audience. The service will feature more than 100 library catalogues at launch but will keep growing over time. Based on data held by the national bibliographic knowledgebase (NBK), it is the most comprehensive aggregation of UK academic, national, and specialist library metadata available and replaces the selective coverage of Jisc’s Copac and SUNCAT services, which are being retired at the same time as the new library hub services are launched.”
UKAuthority: TfL launches Cycling Infrastructure Database
UKAuthority: TfL launches Cycling Infrastructure Database. “Transport for London (TfL) has launched the Cycling Infrastructure Database for the city, describing it as the largest of its kind. It contains the location of more than 240,000 pieces of infrastructure such as cycle lanes and parking spaces, and has been made available to all of London’s boroughs and released as open data for third party developers.”
