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The ‘new’ offences added to the online safety bill are not really new – and could continue to fail victims of online abuse
fizkes/Shutterstock The UK government has recently revealed more detail about its ambitious plans to become the “safest place in the world to go online” by way of the online safety bill. The draft bill is currently being reviewed by the government following a report by the joint committee, with theContinue Reading
LGBT+ history: the bold, very British resistance to section 28
Throughout the 1980s, some local councils in Britain attempted to provide positive representations of gay people in schools. Some quarters of the national press described such councils as “loony”, and also printed scare stories about gay men and HIV/Aids. In 1987, a survey indicated that 64% of the British publicContinue Reading
Ukraine: the problem with copying Finland’s strict cold war neutrality
During the tense negotiations over the Ukraine crisis, the idea of “Finlandizing” Ukraine has been suggested as a solution. This idea refers to the way a small or weak country can retain its sovereignty by making some policy decisions – generally defence and foreign – subject to considerable influence byContinue Reading
Pfizer delays its FDA application to expand its Covid vaccine to kids under 5 until April
Pfizer and BioNTech on Friday said they were delaying their request for the Food and Drug Administration to authorize their Covid-19 vaccine for children under 5 until early April, waiting on more data on the effectiveness of a third dose. “Given that the study is advancing at a rapid pace,Continue Reading
Boris Johnson urged to keep free Covid testing as he plans to scrap isolation rules
SAGE scientists urged Boris Johnson to keep free Covid testing as he plans to scrap isolation rules in a bid to live with the virus. The PM hopes to ditch the remaining Covid laws in just two weeks’ time but his top medical advisers warned the swabs are vital inContinue Reading
Cressida Dick has resigned but the Met police’s problems are bigger than one person
Metropolitan Police commissioner Cressida Dick has resigned after five years in the job. Despite successes such as a decrease in the overall levels of serious injury to young people, and large numbers of dangerous weapons being seized, her tenure has been plagued by a series of high-profile incidents of misconductContinue Reading
Molly-Mae Hague is to release a tell-all memoir aged 22
It was always going to send the internet into meltdown. News that former Love Islander Molly-Mae Hague is releasing a memoir entitled ‘Becoming’ at the tender age of 22 is unlikely to sit too comfortably with those who attacked the star’s recent controversial comments on poverty and wealth. The influencerContinue Reading
YouTube’s Olympics Highlights Are Riddled With Propaganda
The platform’s search engine is funneling sports fans into watching political content about China.Continue Reading
Arsenal news LIVE: Wolves in reaction, Douglas Luiz £32m summer transfer wanted, Lacazette named permanent captain
Good morning Arsenal fans Arsenal defeated Wolves 1-0 at Molineux and are just one point away from West Ham and fourth place. Gabriel Magalhaes scored the Gunners’ winner on 25 minutes and Mikel Arteta’s side managed to keep a clean sheet. It didn’t come easy as Gabriel Martinelli was sentContinue Reading
The Trojan Horse Affair: Islamophobia scholar on the long shadow cast by the scandal
A new podcast series from the New York Times is likely to rekindle interest in “Operation Trojan Horse”: an alleged plot by “hardline” Muslims to “take over” around 20 state schools in the city of Birmingham in 2014. Despite numerous investigations being undertaken at the time, no evidence of aContinue Reading