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Dutch curfew extended by emergency bill as government shuns court ruling of Covid lockdown ‘illegality’

The emergency bill passed in a 45-13 vote on Friday evening, according to local media, upholding the nightly curfew in…

3 years ago

Residents in breakaway Ukrainian Donbass regions have more trust in government than those living under Kiev’s rule, new poll finds

Published by the Global Voices international reporting project – which is funded by Western NGOs – on Wednesday, researchers from…

3 years ago

Twitter labels Chinese newspaper as ‘UK government official’ in apparent bizarre algorithmic blunder

The China Daily is an English-language daily newspaper owned by the Publicity Department of the Chinese Communist Party, with a…

3 years ago

UK minister refuses to deny government is planning return to local Covid-19 lockdown system

Speaking to Sky News, Whately was asked about reports that the previous tiered system of lockdowns or regional Covid-19 restrictions…

3 years ago

Facebook to ban Australian users from reading and sharing news in response to government’s Big Tech bill

Facebook and Google are firmly opposed to Australia's News Media Bargaining Code, which is in the process of being reformed…

3 years ago

UK government has decided to introduce Covid ghettos. What next, Covid camps?

The list was expanded after scientists at Oxford University developed an algorithm to assess people’s risk of severe disease or…

3 years ago

The Hague court sides with activists, tells Dutch government to IMMEDIATELY lift ‘illegitimate’ curfew

In a statement, The Hague declared that the government's use of the Extraordinary Powers of Civil Authority Act – an…

3 years ago

Caitlin Johnstone: Conspiracy theories are caused by government secrecy

The DC Circuit has ruled that the CIA is under no obligation to comply with Freedom of Information Act requests pertaining to…

3 years ago

German court closes loophole that put government health website first in Google search results 

Last November, the German Health Ministry and Google joined forces in an attempt to steer German-language searches on the top…

3 years ago

German court closes loophole that put government health website first in Google search results 

Last November, the German Health Ministry and Google joined forces in an attempt to steer German-language searches on the top…

3 years ago