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Facebook Seeks to Block $3.7 Billion UK Mass Action Over Market Dominance

January 30, 2023
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LONDON—Facebook on Monday asked a London tribunal to block a collective lawsuit valued at up to 3 billion pounds ($3.7 billion) over allegations the social media giant abused its dominant position to monetize users’ personal data. Meta Platforms Inc., the parent company of the Facebook group, is facing a mass action brought on behalf of…

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UK Government Admits to Monitoring COVID Lockdown Critics on Social Media Platforms

January 30, 2023
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In light of a new report, the UK government admitted that it monitored lockdown critics on social media platforms via its disinformation units during COVID but denied that it targeted individuals. Westminster made the admission after documents were obtained by the civil liberties group Big Brother Watch, which revealed that Conservative MPs and journalists had…

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UK Defence Ministry to Probe Old Wi-fi Contract Following Report of Chinese Involvement

January 30, 2023
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The UK’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) on Sunday said it will launch an investigation after a report suggested the UK’s nuclear secrets could have been put at risk by an old wi-fi contract. According to the Daily Mail on Sunday, Media Force, one of the armed forces’ wi-fi providers, was partly owned by a Chinese state-owned company for…

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UK Adopts New Rules to Tackle Abuse of Modern Slavery Laws by Illegal Immigrants

January 30, 2023
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The UK Home Office has adopted new rules aimed at cracking down on the abuse of modern slavery laws by illegal immigrants and foreign criminals. Previously, if a foreign national offender claimed to be a victim of modern slavery, any action to remove them would be paused while their claim was considered. But from Monday,…

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House of Lords Urged to Back ‘Proper Penalties’ for Disruptive Protesters

January 30, 2023
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UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman has urged the House of Lords to back a proposed law that will see “proper penalties” for protesters who use “guerrilla tactics” to cause widespread disruption to the public. The UK government on Jan. 16 announced plans to give police more powers to tackle “disruptive protests” such as those organised…

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Britishvolt Was ‘Highly Risky Project’ and Government Should Walk Away From It: Energy Expert

January 30, 2023
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Britain should give up on plans for gigafactories making batteries for electric cars and accept that it cannot compete with countries with lower labour costs, according to an energy expert. Britishvolt, a start-up that planned to build a huge factory in Blyth, Northumberland, went into administration earlier this month owing £100 million to creditors. Andy…

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Russia Denies Putin Threatened Boris Johnson With Missile Attack in Pre-War Phone Call

January 30, 2023
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Russia has denied former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s claim that President Vladimir Putin threatened him with a missile strike in a call ahead of the invasion of Ukraine. In a new BBC documentary series, Johnson said the “extraordinary” conversation took place in February 2022, days before Russia launched an assault on Kyiv on Feb….

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Scottish Government Orders ‘Urgent Review’ of Movement of Transgender Prisoners

January 29, 2023
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The Scottish government has ordered an “urgent review” of the management of transgender prisoners after lawmakers voiced anger at reports that a transgender prisoner’s request to move to a female jail had been rubber-stamped. Andrew Burns, who now uses the name “Tiffany Scott,” reportedly requested a transfer to a women’s prison. The Daily Record newspaper…

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UK Tory Chairman Nadhim Zahawi Sacked Over ‘Serious Breach’ of Ministerial Code

January 29, 2023
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Conservative Party chairman Nadhim Zahawi has been sacked by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak after an ethics inquiry into the handling of his tax affairs found a “serious breach” of the Ministerial Code. In a letter to Zahawi, Sunak said that, following the investigation, “it is clear that there has been a serious breach of the…

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‘The Deep State Is Real’ and the ‘Best’ Thing in COVID, UK’s Dominic Cummings Says

January 29, 2023
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“The deep state is real,” according to Dominic Cummings, former Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s ex-chief advisor. In an interview with the “Manifold” podcast last week, Cummings said the so-called deep state, a moniker for the unelected bureaucracy, wields far more power than the elected politicians. But in his view, it’s often “very good, sensible, intelligent,” and…

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