WhatsApp could disappear from UK over privacy concerns, ministers told ‘Intentional ambiguity’ over end-to-end encryption in online safety bill could lead to messaging app being withdrawn The Guardian - UK · May 8, 2023
Keir Starmer is right to U-turn on tuition fees. The funds will be better spent elsewhere Nursery education is in crisis, schools and FE colleges are neglected. Only by funding these properly will Labour improve standards, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee The Guardian - UK · May 4, 2023
Labour having 'Nick Clegg moment' over tuition fees, say SNP LABOUR have been accused of having a “Nick Clegg moment” after appearing to U-turn on free tuition for university students. The National (Scotland) · May 3, 2023
Main Westminster parties offer no hope to young people, says SNP’s Flynn Stephen Flynn, the party’s leader in Westminster, criticised Labour’s decision to drop its commitment to abolish tuition fees. The Independent UK · May 3, 2023
Meta's Nick Clegg: No 'level playing field' between Facebook, TikTok "Companies like Meta are not able to operate our social media services in China,” said the Meta executive in an interview aired Tuesday. Fortune · Apr 26, 2023
Donald Trump returns to Instagram for first time since Capitol attack Ex-president promoted the second edition of his digital playing cards on the platform after Meta lifted his ban in January The Guardian - US · Apr 18, 2023
OPINION - Scrap your tuition fees pledge, Labour, and end middle-class handouts Tuition fees is the exploding bomb of British politics. It can go off in the hands of an unsuspecting leader and even lead, as in the case of poor Nick Clegg of the Lib Dems, to being forced to flee to Facebook. When he was running to be leader of… Evening Standard · Apr 17, 2023
Employee ownership is the heart and soul of John Lewis – losing that would destroy it Yes, its customers could buy cheaper beans or bras elsewhere. But there’s a trust tied up in its ownership structure which is now under threat, says Gemma Goldfingle, editor of Retail Gazette The Guardian - UK · Mar 20, 2023
Sheffield city council behaved dishonestly in street trees row, inquiry finds Report says events surrounding felling of thousands of trees was a ‘dark episode in Sheffield’ The Guardian - UK · Mar 6, 2023
Jared O'Mara will find prison 'difficult' and 'believes he did nothing wrong' says ex-aide Jared O'Mara's political career is one of the most chaotic episodes in modern politics. Here's how he went from local bar DJ to being jailed for tens of thousands in fraud Daily Mirror · Feb 11, 2023
The New York Times Warns That Freedom of Speech 'Threatens Public Health' and 'Democracy Itself' The paper is unfazed by First Amendment objections to the Biden administration's crusade against "misinformation" on social media. Reason · Feb 9, 2023
Donald Trump reinstated on Facebook and Instagram Former President Donald Trump’s suspensions on Facebook and Instagram have been lifted, more than two years after his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol, parent company Meta confirmed Thursday. Tribune News Service · Feb 9, 2023
Jared O’Mara’s rise and fall from stunning election win to cocaine, vodka and fraud O’Mara stunned the political world by beating Nick Clegg at the 2017 general election - he now faces prison The Independent UK · Feb 9, 2023
Drink, drugs and defrauding the state: the spectacular fall of Jared O’Mara A shock election winner in 2017, O’Mara rarely went to parliament and ‘just lay in bed all day’ The Guardian - UK · Feb 8, 2023
Daily Mirror · Feb 8, 2023 Ex-MP Jared O'Mara GUILTY of fraud after claiming £24,000 to fund cocaine lifestyle The judge said O'Mara had been accused of trying to fraudulently claim up to £30,000 in taxpayers' money to fund an "extravagant lifestyle - drink, cigarettes and, above all, cocaine"
The Guardian - UK · Jan 31, 2023 Jared O’Mara’s election victory was massive shock, ex-aide tells court Gareth Arnold, on trial with former MP, says Labour did not expect O’Mara to win Sheffield Hallam seat
The Guardian - UK · Jan 31, 2023 TechScape: Why Donald Trump’s return to Facebook could mark a rocky new age for online discourse The former president was banned from Instagram and Facebook following the Jan 6 attacks, but Meta argues that new ‘guardrails’ will keep his behaviour in check. Plus: is a chatbot coming for your job?
The Independent UK · Jan 27, 2023 Trump news – live: Trump’s secret donation to Arizona election audit revealed as he sets off on campaign trail All the latest developments from Trumpworld
Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 26, 2023 Welcome back, Donald Trump! Facebook lets the former president out of the penalty box.
The Independent UK · Jan 26, 2023 Trump's return to Facebook could be major fundraising boost Meta's decision to soon reinstate Donald Trump’s Facebook account comes at a critical moment as the former president tries to gain momentum in what has been widely derided as a lackluster start to his third bid for the White House
The Guardian - UK · Jan 26, 2023 Donald Trump’s Truth Social posts bode ill for his return to Facebook As Trump was reinstated, Meta’s Nick Clegg stressed ‘guardrails’ were in place. He could soon find them tested
Reason · Jan 26, 2023 Trump's Facebook and Instagram Accounts To Be Reinstated Plus: Massie vs. McCarthy?, Hawley bill would ban TikTok in the U.S., and more...
Daily Mirror · Jan 26, 2023 Donald Trump reacts after two-year Facebook ban ends by blasting social media site The lift of the ban will allow Donald Trump to communicate directly with his 34million followers on Facebook, as well as to resume direct fundraising while he runs for the White House
Evening Standard · Jan 26, 2023 Could Trump get banned from Facebook again? Meta plans to allow the former US president back on Instagram and Facebook soon, Nick Clegg announces
The Guardian - UK · Jan 26, 2023 First Thing: Russia retaliates with mass missile attack on Ukraine after tanks promise Ssending tanks is seen as growing ‘direct involvement in the conflict’ from US and Nato, Kremlin says. Plus, how did America’s eggs get absurdly expensive?