Speaking following the sentencing of Couzens, who was handed a rare whole-life prison term, the Met Police accepted a “much bigger and troubling picture” had emerged following the case. In a warning to individuals who might be approached by a plain-clothes officer, the capital’s police force advised people to ask, …
Read More »Apple’s new ‘child-safety’ features face fresh challenge over censorship & privacy from over 90 rights groups
In a letter published on the Center for Democracy and Technology website, a coalition of more than 90 groups from around the world urged Apple CEO Tim Cook to drop plans to introduce the surveillance feature – known as a CSAM hash – to detect child pornographic imagery stored on …
Read More »Assange extradition: US allowed to challenge key psychiatric evidence in bid to reverse UK refusal to hand him over
Wednesday’s appeal proceeding is the latest development in the continuing effort by the US to extradite Assange to stand trial on American soil for alleged computer-related crimes. A British judge refused the request in January on humanitarian grounds, ruling that there was a high risk of Assange taking his own …
Read More »‘Retaliation v all who challenge power’: Prison’s mistreatment of hacktivist Gottesfeld is par for the course, whistleblower says
“There’s not been a single case of someone who’s a high profile activist or even a low profile activist incarcerated in the Bureau of Prisons who has not faced retaliation to the extent that they have tried to continue their engagement with the civic body from prison,” Brown told RT on …
Read More »George Galloway: Here’s why I’m going to court to challenge a rigged election – words I never thought I’d write about Britain
“George was matching Labour vote for vote, at one point he moved ahead of them. Then a whole slew of votes arrived on the table…” This testimony from a rival party counting agent who witnessed the counting of votes at the Batley and Spen by-election is just a tiny sample …
Read More »WHO epidemiologist warns future ‘constellation of mutations’ could challenge Covid vaccine effectiveness
World leaders have presented vaccines to the public as a ticket back to normality, with US President Joe Biden promising a “summer of freedom” should his target of vaccinating 70% of Americans be reached by July 4. Even against more transmissible variants of the coronavirus – for example the ‘Delta …
Read More »‘Building tomorrow’s mask’: US government announces $500k ‘innovation’ challenge for FUTURE needs
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has just announced a contest for “innovative and effective designs for mass-producible, low-cost-per-use devices to be worn by the general public in order to provide protection from respiratory disease pathogens,” with a total prize pool of $500,000. “With this mask challenge, we …
Read More »Despite Russia’s ‘challenge’ to American values, State Dept says Washington seeking further ways to improve stability with Moscow
Blinken was speaking to US state-funded radio station NPR, where he explained his belief that Washington should work with Moscow on “both fronts,” despite the White House’s view of the Kremlin. In particular, Blinken noted the recently extended New START arms control reduction agreement as an example of mutually beneficial …
Read More »Biden unveils Pentagon ‘China task force’ to review ‘challenge’ Beijing poses as US military flexes muscles at its doorstep
Biden announced the new task force during a Pentagon visit on Wednesday, his first to the department, declaring that his administration would “meet the growing challenges posed by China to keep peace and defend our interests.” READ MORE: US Navy berates ‘destabilizing’ Chinese activity as pro-NATO Atlantic Council publishes blueprint …
Read More »‘Blackout challenge’: Death of child participating in TikTok game prompts investigation by Italian authorities
The girl passed away in Palermo, Italy on Wednesday. She was found by her younger sister after the viral challenge she was reportedly attempting to recreate went tragically wrong. The ‘blackout challenge’ has been criticized and discouraged by medical officials after young people started choking themselves on camera in an …
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