UK to ban under-16s from ‘high risk’ social media apps
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A lot of attention was (rightly) paid to the role Elon Musk and Tommy Robinson played in inciting the #Belfast riots.
But few noticed the critical role play by a small Ulster youth club linked to the fast-growing US white supremacist Active Club network
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Teenagers under the age of 16 are to be banned from accessing “high-risk” social media apps while safer platforms will be subjected to restrictions, under a sweeping government crackdown to be announced next week.
Under-18s will also be banned from using romantic or sexual AI chatbots following a consultation on keeping children safe online. Continue reading...
After Elon Musk and Tommy Robinson stoked anger over a horrific knife attack in Belfast, a youth group linked to a global neo-Nazi movement quietly orchestrated anti-immigrant riots.
David Hockney, an English painter, photographer, stage designer, printmaker and draftsman who made Southern California his muse and his home, died June 11 at the age of 88.
He died a month short of his 89th birthday, his publicist Erica Bolton said.
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The painter of “A Bigger Splash” and other iconic works ranked among the most influential British artists of all time.
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He was subversive and bold, yet also playful and accepting – putting the fun into pop art and finding freedom and fulfilment amid the blue skies and pools of California. David Hockney, who has died aged 88, lived and painted the truth
Four found guilty will face tougher conditions as judge says actions were ‘designed to intimidate the UK government and a section of the public’
Four Palestine Action activists who smashed up drones and other equipment at an Israeli arms manufacturer’s UK factory will be sentenced as terrorists, a judge has ruled.
Mr Justice Johnson made the ruling at a sentencing hearing on Friday for Samuel Corner, 23, Charlotte Head, 30, Leona Kamio, 30, and Fatema Rajwani, 21, who were all found guilty of criminal damage last month in relation to a 2024 break-in at the Elbit Systems UK site in Gloucestershire. Corner was also convicted of grievous bodily harm without intent for striking Sgt Kate Evans with a sledgehammer. Continue reading...
