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Politics · 6 hours ago

British Troops Told to Take Screen Breaks and Use Emojis

British Troops Told to Take Screen Breaks and Use Emojis

Cpl Sam Jenkins / MOD, OGL v1.0, via Wikimedia Commons

New Ministry of Defence guidance tells UK-based military and civilian staff to take short screen breaks every hour and send shorter internal messages using emojis to ease stress. The advice covers people working in drone, cyber and intelligence roles, who spend long periods at screens. Managers are being told to make sure their teams actually take the breaks, according to reports on the new guidance.

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