Digital tools have a pivotal role to play in helping to prevent long-term health conditions, the Health Foundry’s annual health summit just heard. Innovations include work to boost people’s physical activity and better understand data trends to help authorities plan more effectively. (more…)

Anti-Slavery Day, happening this week, has been held every year since 2010. How does our online discussion help address the issue? Elizabeth A Faulkner argues that the campaign could be counterproductive, and that the idea of ‘modern slavery’ is simply used as political click bait. (more…)

Using technology to do good in the world is vital and the best use of the digital knowledge we now hold, government digital minister Matt Hancock told a London audience this week. His comments come as the government releases a green paper on internet safety proposing to tackle ‘tech for bad’ through a new code of practice and social media levy.  (more…)