Irish Twitter users are no longer able to report tweets which they believe to be misleading or spreading disinformation. According to Newstalk.com: The removal of the feature is just one of the many changes made by the social media platform since Elon Musk took over as CEO. Ciarán O’Connor, a Senior Analyst at the Institute … Read more
An Insulate Britain protester has been sentenced to five weeks in prison for obstructing a motorway. 10,000 drivers were affected when Stephen Pritchard and three other protesters glued themselves to the tarmac on the M4 near Heathrow, West London, in October 2021. According to the BBC: At Inner London Crown Court, 63-year-old Pritchard was convicted … Read more
A clinical psychologist is claiming that ultra-processed food is having a profoundly negative effect on stress levels, personal relationships and is an underlying factor in the rising levels of mental illness. According to The Telegraph: Nutrition is a “central yet overlooked and ignored underlying factor in our rising rates of mental illness”, says Kimberley Wilson, … Read more
Maggie Blyth – the National Police Chiefs’ Council’s lead for violence against women and girls – has said that boys should be taught how to combat misogynistic influencers such as Andrew Tate. Blyth said younger children should be informed about boundaries and the consequences of “unchecked” online behaviour to try to reduce the number of … Read more
A mother has spoken of her fury after her 11-year-old daughter was taught about oral and anal sex by a drag queen at her primary school. According to The Mail Online: The girl, who only left primary school last summer, was left upset and disturbed by what she described as ‘graphic’ content in the classroom. … Read more
The Home Secretary Suella Braverman will announce this morning that police will be barred from recording non-crime hate incidents just because someone is offended. Braverman has endorsed new guidance requiring officers to prioritise freedom of speech over offensive language that upsets people. According to The Telegraph: Officers will be restricted to recording only incidents that … Read more
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