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The internet is full of great websites, articles and videos. Here are five we've been enjoying this week.

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Facebook 'causing anxiety'? Maybe not.

Over the past few days many websites have been reporting news that social networking websites, such as Twitter and Facebook, can cause anxiety. It's been reported by blogs such as Mashable, newspapers such as the Metro, and magazines such as T3. So, should we all be cutting down the amount of time we spend on these websites?

The answer is fairly obvious: if you feel that any website at all is having a negative impact on your state of mind, then yes, close it down. But whether or not there's any strong evidence to suggest that this is a common problem is another matter entirely.

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Five years on from the Apple iPhone - what's changed?

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Five years ago today the first iPhone launched. Here's our pick of five of the most significant bits of tech during the past half decade.

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David Cameron must avoid censoring Facebook and Twitter

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David Cameron's suggestion that social media could be blocked to prevent further riots and looting sets a hugely dangerous precedent.

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Twitter #riotcleanup mobilises broom armies around UK

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Six year-old Grace part of the Twitter broom army; Picture courtesy of Jake Mulley

A friend on Twitter this morning asked this question - is there any good news out there, anything to cheer us up following the thuggery of the last few days, and gloom and doom in the financial markets?

Well yes there is.

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Amy Winehouse death video scam is utterly abhorrent

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The internet can often be a pretty disgusting place. Within hours of the death of Amy Winehouse, a number of scams appeared on social-networking site Facebook.

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