Updated
Friday, 30th April 2021, 5:07 pm
Jeremy Wright, MP for Kenilworth and Southam joined Southam Primary School, and St Lawrence C Of E Primary School, to learn about staying safe online. Photo supplied
A virtual assembly was held for pupils in Kenilworth and Southam to help boost online safety.
Today (April 30), Jeremy Wright, MP for Kenilworth and Southam joined Southam Primary School, and St Lawrence C Of E Primary School, to learn about why it is so important for young people in the area to stay safe and positive online.
The event was hosted by Google on YouTube to highlight its Be Internet Legends programme.
Google under fire for showing rope adverts when people search suicide
Tech giant urged to provide prompts to mental health services, as charity formed after death of schoolgirl says it is monetising misery
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Google has been accused of profiting from people looking up suicide methods after a Telegraph investigation found the tech giant advertising rope in its search results.
The adverts were found directing searchers to an Amazon page promoting ‘low prices for rope’ in a number of searches related to suicide.
The Silicon Valley giant is also facing calls from a grieving sister, who lost her brother to suicide last year, to provide stronger prompts to mental health services for vulnerable people searching suicide.