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Virgin Media O2 pledges to donate 12,000 devices to connect people in need in 2025

Stuart Mitchell

Virgin Media O2 is committing to donate up to 12,000 smartphones to help people in need get online in 2025.  The company is stepping up its work to address electronic waste (e-waste) and to tackle digital exclusion with its largest-ever device donation programme which will provide around 1,000 pre-owned devices per month to its charity partners, Good Things Foundation and Hubbub.    Virgin Media O2 and Hubbub’s Community Calling programme and Good Things Foundation’s National Device Bank will respectively distribute the refurbished and data-wiped tech to other UK charities and…

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New Research from Virgin Media O2 and Internet Matters Reveal Parents’ Fear of AI & Deepfake Threat to Kids

Stuart Mitchell

As millions of children begin their summer holidays and spend more time online, new research from Virgin Media O2 and Internet Matters reveals parents and carers have significant concern about the threat AI poses to their children.  Three quarters (75%) of parents surveyed1 say they’re worried about the dangers of AI-generated deepfake audio and video, and more than a third (36%) consider them to be more of a threat than cyberbullying, hate speech and violent content.   Hidden Risks Research   Virgin Media O2 and Internet Matters’ Hidden Risks research surveyed more…

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Bean there, donated that? Brits choose bean baths over phone donations

Stuart Mitchell

Brits are more likely to sit in a bath of baked beans or stay silent for 24 hours to raise money for charity than donate their unused smartphones, according to new research from Virgin Media O2 and environmental charity, Hubbub. Perhaps it’s because more than 4 in 10 people (44%) wrongly believe charities don’t accept smartphones, with almost 15 million unwanted devices gathering dust in homes and garages across the country. Despite this, more than 7 in 10 of Brits feel guilty for not doing enough to support charities or…

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Virgin Media O2 and Hubbub’s Time After Time fund awards £500,000 to projects that give tech a second life and help people get online

Stuart Mitchell

Some of the UK’s most exciting and innovative projects which tackle electronic waste and support digital inclusion are being awarded a share of £500,000 from Virgin Media O2 and Hubbub’s Time After Time fund.  Eight winning projects have been selected from more than 120 entries by a panel of judges including TV presenter and environmentalist George Clarke, non-profit, Material Focus, digital inclusion charity, Good Things Foundation, plus Hubbub and Virgin Media O2.  Grants of up to £100,000 will support initiatives across the country that give unwanted tech a second life…

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Virgin Media O2 reduces carbon emissions by the equivalent of almost 15,000 UK homes’ annual energy use in 2023

Stuart Mitchell

New figures released recently show that Virgin Media O2 reduced carbon emissions (Scopes 1 and 2) by 23% last year – the equivalent of emissions caused by the annual combined energy usage of 14,883 UK homes. Since launching its sustainability strategy, the Better Connections Plan, in 2022, the company has reduced such emissions by 45% against its 2020 baseline, and is on track to achieve net zero carbon emissions across its operations, products and supply chain by the end of 2040 – 10 years ahead of the UK’s net zero…

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