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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 16/08/2026
“Gathering different datasets into one place paves the way for authoritarian surveillance and control”- Duncan McCann, our tech and data lead on our latest investigation It’s vital we push back against Palantir and their presence in our police force, before it’s too late goodlaw.social/79kt
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Palantir: UK police forces rack up £7.8m on US spy tech | Good Law Project
Six police forces are now known to have processed data with Palantir software, while further information is being fed in through data sharing agreements with neighbouring forces.
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Gerard Cunningham @faduda.eurosky.social · 15/08/2026
Data protection people will appreciate this story conic.al/writing/the-...
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The other Sean Byrne doesn't exist
A fictitious Sean Byrne ended up on a U.S. government restricted-party list. Sixteen years later, Apple, Nasdaq and others have mistaken me for him.
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 14/08/2026
They used to call this malware.
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ChatGPT just learned to watch everything you do on your Mac
ChatGPT Computer History tracks your Mac activity to build a searchable timeline, no screenshots involved.
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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 14/08/2026
How it started vs. How it’s going. We are in serious trouble.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 14/08/2026
This is the coverage of Arday **just in the Telegraph** in the UK. This is only the first four pages of results, just in one outlet.
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Jason Arday found dead
2 hours ago — Mr Arday was found •unresponsive• at an address in Battersea. south London. on Froy
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Jason Arday says he was an illiterate, mute child. His .
6 hours ago — Jason Arday says he was an i&erate. mute child. Cambridge's youngest-ever black
professor in 2023. Arday attended from the age of four to 11
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A PhD is no longer a sign of brilliance — take it from Dr Arday
1 day aeo — Juon Arday resigns from the Unwersity of Cambrdge after The Telegraph reports he had
falseb• claimed to have pubåshed a book
We are all Jason Arday now
S days ago — Jason Arday resons from the University of Cambridge after The Telegraph reports he had
falsew cGimed to have published a book Aug 7.2028. Read more
Cambridge professor claimed he was on Seven Up..
2 Aug 2026 — He was not bom until 1985. Prof Arday is at the centre of a row about academk
plagiarism after The Tekgragh that he had been accused
The Jason Arday 'memoir' that now appears to be more .
7 days ago — Instead of tales of triumph over adversity. the now-fomer Cambridge professors
autob"qraphy is a case study in self-rnythobgising,
Arday failed to mention 'months-long coma' in autobiography
8 days ago — Jason Arday toz publishers he was k•ft a three-month coma fohwhg a car gash. but
never wrote about the ordeal his memoirs_
Jason Arday is living proof that you reap what you sow
6 Aug 2028 — The Cambridge professor feed plagiarism alegations and made fantastical clä'ns about
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4 days ago — Forrner Cambrdge professor alleged* htplied that Roehamptm student was racist after
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Jason Arday is rnerely a symptom of the Leffs corruption
Aug 2026 — Lab-curs on school standards is on the same toxic assumptions that created his
academic career.
Cambridge hired Arday after 'listening to black stu…
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The Scales ⚖️ @shakethescales.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
The Guardian, which broke this story, kept it high on the agenda with daily reveals, opinion pieces and updates for two weeks, relentless exposure which clearly paid little attention to the duty of care towards the individual concerned. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Jason Arday found dead after resigning from Cambridge over plagiarism claims
Academic was pronounced dead at his home in south London after police called to address after 3pm on Friday
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Spooky Snigdha @snig.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Whatever might have been the truth about the PhD, fundraising, or childhood, the relentless media feeding frenzy over Jason Arday has been shameful. Daily columns, endless criticism and speculation. Unprincipled editors who valued clicks and sales over ethics.
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Jason Arday found dead

42 minutes ago - Mr Arday was found "unresponsive" at an address in Battersea, south London, on Friday afternoon. He was later pronounced dead at the scene. A... Read more

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Jason Arday says he was an illiterate, mute child. His ...

5 hours ago - Jason Arday says he was an illiterate, mute child. Cambridge's youngest-ever black professor in 2023. Arday attended from the age of four to 11...

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A PhD is no longer a sign of brilliance - take it from Dr Arday

1 day ago - Jason Arday resigns from the University of Cambridge after The Telegraph reports he had falsely claimed to have published a book.

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Cambridge professor claimed he was on Seven Up.

2 Aug 2026 - He was not born until 1985. Prof Arday is at the centre of a row about academic plagiarism after The Telegraph revealed that he had been accused... Read more

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The Arday scandal exposes the creeping decay of Britain's ...

7 days ago - Jason Arday resigned on Wednesday as Professor of the Sociology of Education at Cambridge, its youngest-ever black professor. He stood accused....

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Arday 'accused student of white privilege' after she

4 days ago - Former Cambridge professor allegedly implied that Roehampton student was racist after complaint about essay score.

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The Jason Arday 'memoir' that now appears to be more

7 days ago - Instead of tales of triumph over adversity, the now-former Cambridge professor's autobiography is a case study in self-mythologising.

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The progressive world loves a good fairy tal Autistic and totally mute till the age of 11 Professor Jason Arday only learnt to read and
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Rest of World @restofworld.org · 06/08/2026
New platforms are paying people to license their likeness for AI-generated dramas and ads, creating a new marketplace for biometric identity restofworld.org/2026/china-ai-micro…
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In China, people are renting out their faces to AI
New platforms are paying people to license their likeness for AI-generated dramas and ads, creating a new marketplace for biometric identity.
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 06/08/2026
The bill “would ban companies from advertising chatbots as therapy. It would prohibit AI from making therapeutic decisions without the review of a licensed professional and require health providers to disclose and get a patient’s permission before using AI tools to record therapy sessions…”
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As AI ‘Therapists’ Dish Out Advice, California Lawmakers Try to Set Some Limits | KQED
SB 903 would ban advertising chatbots as therapy and add rules for AI use in formal health spaces.
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Left: PM @andyburnham.bsky.social "Bring back hope" Right: The daughter of a Holocaust survivor, is arrested under terrorism legislation because Yvette Cooper and Keir Starmer made peaceful protest unlawful, something the High Court initially said was unlawful and Baron Hain said was 'shameful'
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culturescout.bsky.social @culturescout.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
How ironic. futurism.com/artificial-i... #AI #Anthropic
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Anthropic CEO Says His Employees Are a Bunch of Untrustworthy Rats
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is reportedly concerned that new hires at the company aren't their for its lofty mission.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Well let's see how this strategy of telling "white liberals" to "fuck right off" works out in the local elections
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Vermin F. Cockwolf @cellorelio.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
I was in England when the news broke that Charlie Kirk had been shot. Their nonstop breathless coverage was as bad as #FoxNews. And they've already anointed #Farage as the presumptive PM. #FreedomOfThePress #EndCorporateMedia #DownWithTheOligarchy #BBCBias #BBCPropaganda #BBCLies #DefundBillionaires
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Kara Jane Adams @ghostinexile.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
"We're going to ban smartphones in schools." "Okay, I guess you want kids to engage with the lesson and not resort to whatever slop chatGPT spits out" "Exactly, now let me explain how we're planning to intergrate AI into the classroom."
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Matthew Guariglia @mguariglia.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
What did we say? Features are infrastructure and if your Ring camera has the tech to recognize dogs, it has the tech to recognize a person.
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Patrick Monahan @pattymo.com · 18/04/2026
“Frustration with modern dating” feels like an awfully charitable phrasing for what’s motivating these guys
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Raimo Kangasniemi @rk70534.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Today on #Palestine 's occupied West Bank: "The martyrdom of young Muhammad Ahmad Abu Ghalia al-Suwaidi (25 years old), at the hands of the occupation forces in Khirbet Salama, west of the city of Dura, southwest of Hebron. #Tulkarem_News " www.threads.com/@tulkaremnew... #FreePalestine #Israel
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‎طولكرم الإخبارية Tulkarem News‎ (@tulkaremnews) on Threads
استـ.ـشهاد الشاب محمد أحمد أبو غالية السويطي (25 عامًا)، برصـ.ـاص الاحـ.ـتلال في خربة سلامة غرب مدينة دورا جنوب غرب الخليل. #طولكرم_الإخبارية
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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 18/04/2026
#OtD 18 Apr 1899 Rosa Luxemburg finished the introduction to her classic work, 'Reform or Revolution', in which she critiques social democracy and explains why the working class cannot reform away exploitation and crises. More by and about Luxemburg here: shop.workingclasshistory.com/en-gb/collec...
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Cllr Dr Alex Powell @apowelllaw.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
For the second day, the person engaging in the unlawful practice is not a lawyer or an immigration advisor. Yet this nuance is totally absent from the framing. For the second day, the specific example on which the article is based makes un-evidencrd links to rising claims. It's deplorable.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 16/04/2026
The attack is the latest in a string of killings by the United States that rights groups say are 'unlawful'.
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US military kills three in new Eastern Pacific boat strike
The attack is the latest in a string of killings by the United States that rights groups say are 'unlawful'.
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Elad Nehorai @eladn.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
IMO the two biggest dangers of AI are that it affirms everything you think and that it destroys your critical thinking. And each reinforces the other. The more you lean on it for your thinking, the more it reinforces it. And the more it reinforces it, the more you rely on it. Very bad.
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The News Agents @thenewsagents.co.uk · 15/04/2026
"They are preying on vulnerable kids, and they know it." A lawyer who helped win millions for a woman who's mental health had been damaged by social media addiction explains why its as dangerous as alcohol or smoking www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/the-...
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The lawyer who took Meta to court – and won | The News Agents
New York lawyer Matthew Bergman tells The News Agents about winning a $6m payout from Meta and Google for mental health harm, and why the tech industry could face the same challenges tobacco…
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Human Rights Watch @hrw.org · 15/04/2026
1/3 Leaders from Germany, the African Union, France, the EU, UK, & US meeting in Berlin on April 15, 2026, the three-year mark of ongoing conflict in Sudan, should commit to concrete, time-bound measures to protect civilians and to hold those responsible for serious international crimes to account.
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 15/04/2026
AI-driven chatbots are giving users problematic medical advice about half the time, according to a new study, highlighting the health risks of the technology that’s becoming increasingly integral in day-to-day life
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AI Chatbots Give Misleading Medical Advice 50% of the Time, Study Finds
Artificial intelligence-driven chatbots are giving users problematic medical advice about half the time, according to a new study, highlighting the health risks of the technology that’s becoming increasingly integral in day-to-day life.
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Fortunate Son @mossadwarrior.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Another day on earth with this bastard ! Posting this every damn day !
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Canada’s Liberal Party won two special elections tonight to secure a majority government that had alluded them, boosted as well by a series of defections from other parties in recent months. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Carney secures majority government with Liberal wins in 2 Toronto byelections, CBC News projects | CBC
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Given the way the IDF is acting—like genocidal savages—shouldn't we be considerably *more* concerned about Israel having nuclear weapons than almost anyone else? In 47 years, the death toll from Iranian-sponsored terrorism appears to match approximately 3 hours of IDF bombardment
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Harare Review of Books @hararereview.com · 14/04/2026
Black Ink: Pulp Stories from Black Newspapers | From Beyond Press frombeyondpress.com/books/black-...
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Black Ink: Pulp Stories from Black Newspapers | From Beyond Press
Edited by Timothy R. Granger and Michael W. Phillips Jr.
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AFRICA IS HOME @africaishome.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Spain🇪🇸 has reopened its embassy in Tehran, aiming to back recent diplomatic efforts and help strengthen regional stability after the latest U.S.–Iran ceasefire agreement. -World News.
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Nonso Obikili @nonsoobikili.com · 14/04/2026
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Opinion | Is It Too Much to Ask to Care About Sudan?
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Unofficial BBCNews (World) Bot @bbcnews-world-rss.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Greek police using masked 'mercenaries' to push migrants back across border
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Greek police using masked 'mercenaries' to push migrants back across border
Mercenaries recruited since at least 2020 for illegal migrant ‘pushbacks’ in Greece, BBC told
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 14/04/2026
Sudanese children are being born into conditions 'no child should ever face', Save the Children says.
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Three babies born into Sudan war every minute, charity warns
Sudanese children are being born into conditions 'no child should ever face', Save the Children says.
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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 14/04/2026
#OtD 14 Apr 1775 the first formal organisation for the abolition of slavery was formed in the United States, in the Rising Sun tavern, Philadelphia. It was called the Society for the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8534...
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The News Agents @thenewsagents.co.uk · 14/04/2026
Tiny country, big impact. Emily Maitlis and Jon Sopel explain why Viktor Orbán's huge loss in the Hungary elections could affect right-wing populism across Europe – including Reform's chances here in the UK... www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/why-...
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Why the Hungary result is a 'slap in the face' for MAGA, and far-right politics everywhere | The News Agents
Hungary’s far-right Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is out, losing his seat in a landslide election defeat. What does this mean for populism, the right-wing, and the MAGA movement to lose the poster boy…
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Dave Andress @davidandress.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Populism is a fundamentally dishonest form of politics, that attracts fundamentally dishonest people. It is a tissue of lies that validates the darkest prejudices, and covers up the most blatant greed and corruption. It generates wealth for the few, and suffering for the many.
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Hendrik Klaassens #FBPE #BanX #NoAfD #FBR @aurorablogspot.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Hi Vance, are you still planning to run for president in 2028? The US and the rest of the world are looking forward to it! Thank you, thank you, for your successful performance in Hungary. Now it’s time for the next challenge. I wish you every success in your future career! 😆
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
When Angela Rayner underpaid £40,000 stamp duty on her flat, Richard Tice said it was "morally completely indefensible” and she should immediately resign if she had “any moral decency”. Now we learn he personally made £91,000 in excess payments by failing to pay the tax his company legally owed
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Adam 🇫🇷🇪🇺🤙 @adam-brave13.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
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Tony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
If Cyprus doesn't want us there, we should not be there. Period.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Reform’s racism, corruption and howling uselessness are being exposed every day. And every day, our mainstream media pretty much universally ignores all of it. If they want to give airtime to Reform for their many attention-seeking press conferences, do the same for their fuck-ups. For balance.
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Dan Sohege @handle.invalid · 12/04/2026
It is almost, almost, impressive just how Labour have taken the massively dysfunctional and incompetent Home Office and managed by dint of policies and rhetoric to make it even more dysfunctional and incompetent. It is a true testament to how hostile they are to migrants. archive.today/07Hdr
Spurious Home Office decisions rejecting student visas are threatening universities' ability to enrol young people from abroad, it is claimed.

New rules come into effect in June that will punish universities if more than 4 per cent of study visas are rejected by the Home Office.

However, the changes coincide with a marked increase in the numbers of visas being refused by the Home Office on spurious and inaccurate grounds, according to research by universities that has been shared with The Times. Neither students nor universities are able to challenge the decisions, which are often taken months after a university has accepted the applicant and in some cases just days before they are due to start studying.UKVI carries out discretionary "credibility interviews" to ascertain that a student's intentions to study here are genuine.

In another interview, when asked why they had chosen to apply to their chosen institution, the applicant said they had considered several factors, including the university's ranking, employability support, student satisfaction while also noting that it was an ancient institution and cited the year it was founded.

The UKVI rejected the application, explaining that they were not satisfied the applicant was genuine given they had quoted the wrong founding year. The university subsequently confirmed that the applicant had provided the correct year and the UKVI caseworker was incorrect, but the decision could not be reconsidered.In another case a foreign student was rejected from obtaining a visa to study at the University of East Anglia due to a dispute over whether the university was in Norfolk. The applicant asserted correctly that it was, but the UKVI caseworker appeared to confuse Norfolk with Norwich, which is the capital of the county, and rejected the application - believing the applicant was wrong.In another credibility interview the applicant was asked to describe some of the taught modules they would be studying as part of their degree. The applicant explained that they had been offered a place to study a PhD in biomedical engineering which was fully research-based so did not have any taught modules.

Despite this, the UKVI refusal letter stated that they were not satisfied on the basis that their answers were "vague and generic" and had failed to explain the taught modules they would be studying.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Dick says he’s being unfairly targeted. He’s just a lovely multi-millionaire politician “giving hope to millions of people”… by failing to pay tax, while claiming to give a shit about their lives and their public services. “Moral decency” is for other people. Not special little rich-boy, Tice.
Richard Tice's firm broke law by failing to pay
£91,000 taxes
The deputy leader of Reform UK owns a property investment company that did not pay tax on dividends before sending profits to a trust registered in Jersey
Gabriel Pogrund, Whitehall Editor
Saturday April 11 2026, 8.30pm BST, The Sunday TimesTice, a multimillionaire who has put his business acumen and success at the heart of his political career, owned more than 90 per cent of Quidnet personally and through various on and offshore entities he controlled. He added that he had received
"professional accountancy advice" and the revelations were "hardly a story" and "just an attempt to smear a successful businessman turned politician giving hope to millions of people".
The MP received some of the dividends in the form of shares, meaning he also continues to hold equity he would never have received had tax been correctly deducted.  When Angela Rayner, the former deputy prime minister, failed to pay stamp duty on the purchase of a second home, Tice said her position was "morally completely indefensible" and that she would resign if she had
"any moral decency".
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origineu.quest 🇪🇺 @origineu.eurosky.social · 11/04/2026
European Video Doorbell Alternatives: Privacy-First Smart Home Security Discover #MadeInEurope video doorbells that prioritize privacy, local data storage & GDPR law. These are great #alternatives to Amazon or Google! #BuyEuropean #OriginEU
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European Video Doorbell Alternatives: Privacy-First Smart Home Security
Discover European-made and European-focused video doorbells that prioritize privacy, local data storage, and GDPR compliance—without relying on US hyperscalers like Amazon or Google. Why Avoid Amazon Ring and Google Nest? The recent Amazon Ring "Search Party" scandal highlighted the risks of smart doorbells becoming tools for mass surveillance. Ring’s AI-powered feature, which scans neighbourhood camera networks to find lost pets, raised serious concerns about privacy and potential misuse, including facial recognition and law enforcement access.
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J. Nathan Matias @natematias.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
I dare Christian leaders to follow the example of Jesus and consider spending at least equivalent time with people who have been harmed by AI as they spend with the people making these technologies www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
The UK is seeking to grant ministers wide-ranging new powers to rewrite significant portions of the Online Safety Act through amendments tucked into two unrelated bills, a move experts say could bypass normal parliamentary scrutiny, reports Tech Policy Press UK fellow Jade-Ruyu Yan.
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UK Seeks More Powers Under Online Safety Act to Tackle AI Harms
In response to criticism over slow action on fast-evolving digital threats, the UK plans to give ministers powers to update the Online Safety Act more quickly.
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Charles Logan @charleswlogan.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
"So a ban now is to say to ’Children, we can’t make the regulation work. We can’t update it fast enough. We haven’t built you anything else to do, but that’s just tough.'" - Dr. Sonia Livingstone.
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Countries around the world are considering teen social media bans – why experts warn it’s a ‘lazy’ fix
"I think the argument for a ban is an admission of failure that we cannot regulate companies, so we can only restrict children," one expert told CNBC.
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Rest of World @restofworld.org · 12/04/2026
Rarely has so much been written about the future of work — and so little asked of the people living it restofworld.org/2026/workers-ai-job…
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Workers around the world are not getting what they want from AI
A survey of workers in 60 countries found that a majority of those facing the threat of AI-driven job loss do not trust companies or governments to manage the transition fairly.
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AFRICA IS HOME @africaishome.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Lebanon’s🇱🇧 health ministry reported that Israeli airstrikes in the south killed 10 people on Saturday, including three emergency responders. More than a dozen raids were recorded, with three deadly strikes in the Nabatiyeh district, as officials accused Israel of deliberately targeting rescue teams.
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Dr. Sabine Metzger 🦇 @drsabinemetzger.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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Swedish exhibition explores life of 18th-century Black diarist
Born into slavery, Adolf Ludvig Couschi Badin became part of Swedish royal court and left legacy of books and letters
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