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Death by design: a major new case against Facebook
We are supporting the launch of a case demanding huge changes to Facebook’s algorithm, putting the safety of 500m people over Zuckerberg's profits.
www.foxglove.org.uk
If you are interested in META’s accountability for content… if you read one thing today… read this:
www.foxglove.org.uk/2022/12/14/d...
www.foxglove.org.uk/2022/12/14/d...
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So did Arsenal football club shield a suspected rapist?
July 5, 2025 at 11:30 AM
So did Arsenal football club shield a suspected rapist?
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The latest example of why we urgently need to update how we regulate media.
The BBC interview a Reform spokesperson and former Brexit party MEP about fishing...but completely fail to mention either of these things to viewers.
Let's make our voices heard that this is not OK.
The BBC interview a Reform spokesperson and former Brexit party MEP about fishing...but completely fail to mention either of these things to viewers.
Let's make our voices heard that this is not OK.
May 20, 2025 at 9:35 AM
The latest example of why we urgently need to update how we regulate media.
The BBC interview a Reform spokesperson and former Brexit party MEP about fishing...but completely fail to mention either of these things to viewers.
Let's make our voices heard that this is not OK.
The BBC interview a Reform spokesperson and former Brexit party MEP about fishing...but completely fail to mention either of these things to viewers.
Let's make our voices heard that this is not OK.
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Had enough of the media speculating on what will happen, using anonymous sources and leaks to make up what they report? Then ignore the facts when we have them?
It's time we properly regulated our media!
Please sign my petition!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
It's time we properly regulated our media!
Please sign my petition!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Petition: Review traditional and social media regulation
Review media regulation, including social media, to consider the introduction of stricter regulations to ensure truthful reporting, accountability and integrity across all platforms, including newspap...
petition.parliament.uk
April 12, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Had enough of the media speculating on what will happen, using anonymous sources and leaks to make up what they report? Then ignore the facts when we have them?
It's time we properly regulated our media!
Please sign my petition!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
It's time we properly regulated our media!
Please sign my petition!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Can you pine for a country you’ve never been to?
Big, biodiverse and beautiful: can Romania’s centuries-old giant haystacks survive modern farming? www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Big, biodiverse and beautiful: can Romania’s centuries-old giant haystacks survive modern farming? www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Big, biodiverse and beautiful: can Romania’s centuries-old giant haystacks survive modern farming?
Traditional methods benefit hundreds of species but as new agricultural techniques take over, the distinctive haystacks mark a vanishing way of life
www.theguardian.com
April 7, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Can you pine for a country you’ve never been to?
Big, biodiverse and beautiful: can Romania’s centuries-old giant haystacks survive modern farming? www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Big, biodiverse and beautiful: can Romania’s centuries-old giant haystacks survive modern farming? www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Useful clear piece by Faisal Islam on Trump's agenda
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Trump has turned his back on the foundation of US economic might
What made the US step back from the system that it profited handsomely from for decades?
www.bbc.co.uk
April 6, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Useful clear piece by Faisal Islam on Trump's agenda
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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February 7, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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What do you reckon? Thirty million overnight?
January 28, 2025 at 11:38 PM
What do you reckon? Thirty million overnight?
If you are interested in META’s accountability for content… if you read one thing today… read this:
www.foxglove.org.uk/2022/12/14/d...
www.foxglove.org.uk/2022/12/14/d...
Death by design: a major new case against Facebook
We are supporting the launch of a case demanding huge changes to Facebook’s algorithm, putting the safety of 500m people over Zuckerberg's profits.
www.foxglove.org.uk
January 28, 2025 at 8:02 PM
If you are interested in META’s accountability for content… if you read one thing today… read this:
www.foxglove.org.uk/2022/12/14/d...
www.foxglove.org.uk/2022/12/14/d...
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Today, January 27, 2025, marks the 26th anniversary of Georgia's unanimous accession to the Council of Europe, and of Zurab Zhvania’s historic words that expressed and defined the entire era our fight for freedom and European future:
"I am Georgian and therefore I am European." 🇬🇪🇪🇺 1/
"I am Georgian and therefore I am European." 🇬🇪🇪🇺 1/
January 27, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Today, January 27, 2025, marks the 26th anniversary of Georgia's unanimous accession to the Council of Europe, and of Zurab Zhvania’s historic words that expressed and defined the entire era our fight for freedom and European future:
"I am Georgian and therefore I am European." 🇬🇪🇪🇺 1/
"I am Georgian and therefore I am European." 🇬🇪🇪🇺 1/
Is it just me or does Trump look very, very old suddenly. Wonder what’s under all the makeup?
January 26, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Is it just me or does Trump look very, very old suddenly. Wonder what’s under all the makeup?
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Today, honor a King, not a Felon. #mlkday2025
January 20, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Today, honor a King, not a Felon. #mlkday2025
I would exclude Starmer from this. I think he knows the Left needs to speak to *everyone*, not just identities, demographics.
But the left generally? YEAH THIS ⬇️
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
But the left generally? YEAH THIS ⬇️
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Democrats in denial over Trump defeat, voters say: ‘Haven’t learned the lessons’
Voters in swing-state Michigan unimpressed with party’s election critique and say fundamental shift is needed
www.theguardian.com
January 18, 2025 at 11:33 PM
I would exclude Starmer from this. I think he knows the Left needs to speak to *everyone*, not just identities, demographics.
But the left generally? YEAH THIS ⬇️
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
But the left generally? YEAH THIS ⬇️
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Keir Starmer: "I got a letter this week from a Tory voter in a Labour seat... Liz Truss. It wasn't written in green ink but it might as well have been. She was complaining that saying she crashed the economy was damaging her reputation. It was crashing the economy that damaged her reputation."
January 15, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Keir Starmer: "I got a letter this week from a Tory voter in a Labour seat... Liz Truss. It wasn't written in green ink but it might as well have been. She was complaining that saying she crashed the economy was damaging her reputation. It was crashing the economy that damaged her reputation."
pharmaphorum.com/news/nhs-dat...
Again with Palantir. These are the guys who support Trump and Israel and who didn’t design patient consent in the NHS data contract.
Repost please
#NHS
Again with Palantir. These are the guys who support Trump and Israel and who didn’t design patient consent in the NHS data contract.
Repost please
#NHS
NHS data in spotlight again as Palantir wins new contract
pharmaphorum.com
January 15, 2025 at 11:40 PM
pharmaphorum.com/news/nhs-dat...
Again with Palantir. These are the guys who support Trump and Israel and who didn’t design patient consent in the NHS data contract.
Repost please
#NHS
Again with Palantir. These are the guys who support Trump and Israel and who didn’t design patient consent in the NHS data contract.
Repost please
#NHS
NHS data in spotlight again as Palantir wins new contract
pharmaphorum.com
January 15, 2025 at 11:34 PM
pharmaphorum.com/news/nhs-dat...
Again with Palantir. These are the guys who support Trump and Israel and who didn’t design patient consent in the NHS data contract.
Repost please
#NHS
Again with Palantir. These are the guys who support Trump and Israel and who didn’t design patient consent in the NHS data contract.
Repost please
#NHS
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Should Poland arrest Netanyahu?
Yes - Like
Hell yes - RP
Yes - Like
Hell yes - RP
January 11, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Should Poland arrest Netanyahu?
Yes - Like
Hell yes - RP
Yes - Like
Hell yes - RP
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Brazil on Friday gave social media giant Meta 72 hours to explain its fact-checking policy for the country, and how it plans to protect "fundamental rights" on its platforms
www.france24.com/en/live-news...
www.france24.com/en/live-news...
Brazil gives Meta 72 hours to explain new fact-checking policies
Brazil on Friday gave social media giant Meta 72 hours to explain its fact-checking policy for the country, and how it plans to protect "fundamental rights" on its platforms.
www.france24.com
January 11, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Brazil on Friday gave social media giant Meta 72 hours to explain its fact-checking policy for the country, and how it plans to protect "fundamental rights" on its platforms
www.france24.com/en/live-news...
www.france24.com/en/live-news...
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www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
Well I haven’t seen this but the BS detector is ready. What makes ‘us’! No doubt over-weaning ambition and self-satisfaction will be generously covered.
Well I haven’t seen this but the BS detector is ready. What makes ‘us’! No doubt over-weaning ambition and self-satisfaction will be generously covered.
Simon Schama’s Story of Us review – not a good look for an Oxbridge professor
This cultural history of the British people is a vague, subjective take that lurches into the reactionary when it tackles social media. It’s a far cry from being a ‘major’ series
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2025 at 10:27 AM
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
Well I haven’t seen this but the BS detector is ready. What makes ‘us’! No doubt over-weaning ambition and self-satisfaction will be generously covered.
Well I haven’t seen this but the BS detector is ready. What makes ‘us’! No doubt over-weaning ambition and self-satisfaction will be generously covered.
Starmer’s quiet words, when the noise is all about Farage’s humiliation and Badenoch’s hypocrisy:
“we are looking at party funding”
✔️✔️✔️
“we are looking at party funding”
✔️✔️✔️
Lib Dem Leader Edward Davey slams Elon Musk's interference in British politics and Russian funding of the Conservatives, and calls for funding reform:
"Will the PM bring in long overdue reforms of party funding so that power in this country lies with the voters and not wealthy overseas oligarchs?"
"Will the PM bring in long overdue reforms of party funding so that power in this country lies with the voters and not wealthy overseas oligarchs?"
January 8, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Starmer’s quiet words, when the noise is all about Farage’s humiliation and Badenoch’s hypocrisy:
“we are looking at party funding”
✔️✔️✔️
“we are looking at party funding”
✔️✔️✔️
This is it, in a nutshell.
And Farage, champion of 🇬🇧 sovereignty, is no different.
And Farage, champion of 🇬🇧 sovereignty, is no different.
But if that amendment were to succeed, a whole education bill would collapse. It really is incredible the amount of executive control over British government the Tories wish to hand to Musk.
January 8, 2025 at 12:54 PM
This is it, in a nutshell.
And Farage, champion of 🇬🇧 sovereignty, is no different.
And Farage, champion of 🇬🇧 sovereignty, is no different.
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In other news, Nigel Farage didn't bother to turn up to the debate on grooming gangs in the House of Commons just now
January 6, 2025 at 7:26 PM
In other news, Nigel Farage didn't bother to turn up to the debate on grooming gangs in the House of Commons just now
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Can't end England's social care crisis without ending privatisation.
2011-2023: 804 out of 816 homes closed by regulator were for-profit homes.
30%-40% of public money vanishes in profits.
Low staffing/wages, lack of investment, regulation/safety breaches, poor care.
www.ox.ac.uk/news/2024-03...
2011-2023: 804 out of 816 homes closed by regulator were for-profit homes.
30%-40% of public money vanishes in profits.
Low staffing/wages, lack of investment, regulation/safety breaches, poor care.
www.ox.ac.uk/news/2024-03...
New analysis: most care homes closed by industry regulator are run
A new analysis led by researchers at the University of Oxford and funded by the Nuffield Foundation has found that virtually all care homes forced to close in England by the Care Quality Commission
www.ox.ac.uk
January 6, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Can't end England's social care crisis without ending privatisation.
2011-2023: 804 out of 816 homes closed by regulator were for-profit homes.
30%-40% of public money vanishes in profits.
Low staffing/wages, lack of investment, regulation/safety breaches, poor care.
www.ox.ac.uk/news/2024-03...
2011-2023: 804 out of 816 homes closed by regulator were for-profit homes.
30%-40% of public money vanishes in profits.
Low staffing/wages, lack of investment, regulation/safety breaches, poor care.
www.ox.ac.uk/news/2024-03...
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Starmer: "I think only a few months ago it would have been unthinkable for the things that have been said about Jess Philips without all political parties and the leader of the opposition to call it out in terms...to condemn it..."
January 6, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Starmer: "I think only a few months ago it would have been unthinkable for the things that have been said about Jess Philips without all political parties and the leader of the opposition to call it out in terms...to condemn it..."