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Love Island star has TikTok ad banned by watchdog for not being ‘sufficiently clear’ advertising

April 20, 2023 by

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Former Love Island contestant Tasha Ghouri has had a TikTok advert banned by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), after the […]

Deaf News: Frustration as Instagram Stories’ automatic captions censor swear words

May 7, 2021 by

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Instagram has been criticised by deaf people online after it was revealed that its new automatic captions feature for Stories […]

Deaf News: BBC Archive criticised for lack of captioned content

May 5, 2021 by

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The BBC’s Twitter account for sharing archive content has come under fire online, after posting videos without subtitles for deaf […]

Deaf News: Instagram launches automatic captions for Stories

May 4, 2021 by

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The social media app Instagram has today rolled out a captions sticker on its platform, making it easier for users […]

Liam O’Dell: Social media’s move towards audio and what this means for deaf people

January 29, 2021 by

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Social media platforms are pretty obsessed with audio at the moment. For years we’ve had voice memos and audio-visual content […]

Deaf News: Instagrammer criticised for Tube prank which is “offensive to deafblind people”

January 15, 2021 by

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An Instagrammer has faced claims he is “making fun of deafblind people”, after pretending to be blind – while using […]

Deaf News: Anger as TikTok trend claims Helen Keller was ‘not real’

January 6, 2021 by

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A trend on the social media app TikTok has faced criticism after claiming deafblind activist Helen Keller was a ‘fraud’ […]

Liam O’Dell: YouTuber Saffron Barker’s deaf documentary is more pity than positivity

December 4, 2020 by

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It shouldn’t be a surprise that a social media star, who still fails to manually caption her Instagram and YouTube […]

Deaf News: YouTube confirms removal of community captions feature

October 5, 2020 by

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Community captions, which allowed viewers to submit subtitles and translations to a YouTube channel, will be scrapped as planned at […]

Deaf News: Outcry after YouTube scrap community captions feature

August 4, 2020 by

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The video sharing site YouTube is to axe community contributions for subtitles and translations next month, it has been confirmed. […]