UK has not backed down in tech encryption row, minister says

UK's New Online Safety Law Adds to Crackdown on Big Tech Companies

LONDON (AP) British lawmakers have approved an ambitious but controversial new internet safety law with wide-ranging powers to crack down on digital and...

#google #facebook #business

U.S. News & World Report

2023-09-20 13:29:50 • 1 min

The worst kind of culture war: Tories attack Rishi Sunaks reversal on net zero

Rishi Sunaks decision to drive a green wedge between the Conservatives and Labour will take the UK into dangerous new political territory and the worst kind...

#worstkind #culturewar #sunaks

Government row with Facebook over private messages

2023-09-23 12:08:22 • 1 min

Technology

By Chris Vallance & Louisa Pilbeam BBC News Facebook's owner Meta has hit back at a new government campaign strongly critical of its plans to encrypt...

#government #facebook #privatemessages

BBC

2023-09-19 23:17:49 • 1 min

Technology

Online Safety Bill: Crackdown on harmful social media content agreed

By Chris Vallance Technology reporter, BBC News Peers have passed a controversial new law aimed at making social media firms more responsible for users'...

#safetybill #foundation #guidance

BBC

2023-09-19 14:53:55 • 1 min

Metas encryption plans will create safe haven for paedophiles, Braverman says

The Home Secretary has said Metas planned rollout of end-to-end encryption will create safe havens for paedophiles online unless robust safety measures are...

#metas #foundation #government

2023-09-20 09:26:44 • 1 min

A year after Trusss demolition job, the UK is still in a hole

Imagine an alternative world. Liz Truss has just completed her first year in office this weekend, having miraculously survived when her mini-budget triggered...

#treasury #business #income

2023-09-24 04:00:13 • 1 min

Leading Egyptian Opposition Politician Targeted With Spyware, Researchers Find

BOSTON (AP) A leading Egyptian opposition politician was targeted with spyware multiple times after announcing a presidential bid including with malware that...

#oppositionpolitician #google #lockdown

U.S. News & World Report

2023-09-23 18:09:35 • 1 min

Business / Finance

Britain Passes Sweeping New Online Safety Law

The far-reaching bill had set off debates about balancing free speech and privacy rights against efforts to halt the spread of harmful content online....

#market #police #technology

The New York Times

2023-09-19 17:56:15 • 1 min

Legislation to tame the online Wild West clears Parliament

The UK will be the safest place in the world to be online, ministers have claimed after flagship legislation finally cleared Parliament. Technology Secretary...

#WildWest #technology #security

2023-09-19 16:54:51 • 1 min

Net zero, housing, HS2 all delayed. In modern Britain, short-termism rules

Walk through the Houses of Parliament and it is impossible to ignore the signs of decay crumbling masonry, cordoned-off zones, water dripping down walls,...

#net-zero #bill #cash

2023-09-24 06:02:15 • 2 mins

The Observer view on Rishi Sunaks net zero backtrack: a cynical ploy that wont play with voters

David Cameron went into No 10 promising to lead the greenest government ever a few years after visiting the melting Arctic ice cap and posing with huskies....

#sunaks #market #tax

Online Safety Bill will have failed if harm not stopped - Ian Russell

2023-09-23 18:04:00 • 2 mins

Technology

By Emma Harrison BBC News A new law aimed at policing the internet will fail if it does not stop harmful content, online safety campaigner Ian Russell has...

#safetybill #technology #safetygroup

BBC

2023-09-17 10:54:47 • 1 min

Football

Kick it Out CEO says new online safety bill is brilliant but only a small piece of the jigsaw.

Kick it Out chief Tony Burnett says the governments new online safety bill is brilliant news but only a small piece of the jigsaw. The new legislation, which...

#ceo #safetybill #smallpiece

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt's blueprint to get UK back to work

2023-09-22 10:06:36 • 1 min

Business / Finance

Man with a plan: Chancellor Jeremy Hunt The Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, is planning to tackle Britain's surging welfare bills in his Autumn Statement amid...

#JeremyHunt #bill #government

Daily Mail

2023-09-23 20:50:18 • 1 min

Flagship law will make UK safest place in the world to be online, says minister

The UK will be the safest place in the world to be online especially for children under a landmark new law, a minister has said. Lord Parkinson of Whitley...

#safestplace #technology #government

Leeds, Leicester and Swansea are amongst Championship clubs to issue apologies to fans over problems...

2023-09-19 16:55:50 • 1 min

Football

EFL teams including Leeds, Leicester and Swansea apologised to fans regarding an issue with their live streaming service on Saturday afternoon. A problem...

#championshipclubs #BristolCity #rectify

Daily Mail

2023-09-23 15:02:43 • 1 min

Watering down the UKs net zero strategy may backfire for Rishi Sunak

The Augustinian message Lord, make us green, but not yet was the basis of Rishi Sunaks announcement last week of his package of proposals to delay and water...

#bill #ford #RishiSunak

2023-09-23 12:19:37 • 2 mins

As Ukraine’s Zelenskyy arrives, Canada’s CSE warns cyber ‘vigilance’ needed

Canadas Communications Security Establishment (CSE) is renewing its warning to be extra vigilant for cyber attacks amid the arrival of Ukrainian President...

#president #oil #cse

Global News

2023-09-22 16:25:39 • 1 min

This can only end badly: Tories fear Sunak policy blitz is bound to fail

As world leaders gathered at the UN climate summit in New York last Tuesday, a topic that was sparking lively discussion on the margins was Rishi Sunaks...

#blitz #bloomberg #inflation

2023-09-24 05:00:14 • 1 min

It feels unfair: the UK childminders being refused permission to start businesses

Claire, 36, always dreamed of setting up a childminding business in her home, so this year she applied for training through a company called Tiney. Before...

#health #safety #government