Something about Twitter has long irritated me, not so much the platform itself but the smug self-righteousness of a bunch of tech nerds adopting the moral high ground over the inalienable right to free speech. I’m not just talking about Jack Dorsey and his Silicon Valley sidekicks who blocked Donald …
Read More »Canadian PM Trudeau’s campaign rally axed over ‘safety reasons’ after irate protesters descend on event (VIDEOS)
A sizable crowd of protesters attended an outdoor event for the prime minister on Friday, held in a hotel parking lot in Bolton, Ontario, 31 miles (50km) from Toronto. After a two-hour wait, however, Trudeau still hadn’t addressed supporters, and a campaign volunteer informed attendees that the event would no …
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 »‘I am worried about my safety’: Athlete fears she will go to jail if she returns to Belarus, could seek asylum in Germany, Austria
Runner Timanovskaya was preparing to run in the 200m at the Games on Monday when she was abruptly told she would be escorted to the airport, put on a flight to her homeland and play no further part in the competition in the wake of her public criticism over an …
Read More »‘Seek safety in the EU’: UK minister sends message to asylum seekers amid new migrant crisis
Speaking to Sky News on Wednesday, Home Office minister Victoria Atkins said it was clear that people arriving on British shores to claim asylum had passed up the opportunity to apply for asylum in other safe countries, notably in the EU. Atkins stated that migrants should be applying for asylum in the first safe …
Read More »‘Speed over safety’? SpaceX IGNORED FAA warnings prior to Starship prototype launch that ended with explosion, media says
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued at least two warnings to SpaceX during the company’s testing of its reusable Starship system in Texas last year, US news website The Verge reported, citing “exclusively obtained” documents. The documents, which apparently include confidential letters between the FAA and SpaceX chiefs, among other things, …
Read More »‘Up to 80%’ of people in Sicily refusing AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine over safety concerns
“In Sicily, there is an 80% refusal rate of the AstraZeneca vaccine. Every 100 people, 80 say no,” Musumeci said late Saturday night, according to media reports. He added that it is “natural” for people to be hesitant about the vaccine – recently rebranded as Vaxzevria – but they must …
Read More »‘Health & safety nightmare’: Texas governor demands closure of migrant children facility after claims of SEXUAL ABUSE
“Children at this facility are being sexually assaulted,” Abbott told reporters on Wednesday evening, outside the Freeman Coliseum in San Antonio. Moreover, complaints received by two state agencies earlier in the day also said some children weren’t being adequately fed, there wasn’t enough staff to oversee them, and that those …
Read More »Children’s safety comes first: Israeli court defends right of school to bar unvaccinated, untested staff
When one person’s right to privacy and autonomy is placed on the scales opposite the well-being of students, teachers and parents, the balance “tips clearly” in favor of the latter, a Tel Aviv Labor Court judge ruled on Sunday. The court supported the decision by the local council in the …
Read More »Safety first! Russian traditional spring festival goes wrong as scarecrow EXPLODES & engulfs fire-show performer in flames (VIDEO)
Burning a scarecrow effigy is a part of the annual Maslenitsa festival, an orthodox Christian festival celebration to Shrove Tuesday or Mardi Gras, celebrated in the final week before Lent. Throughout Russia, towns and villages build a scarecrow figure in the central square, which is ceremoniously set on fire in …
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