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Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has warned there is "no hiding place" for London Fire Brigade staff, after new data revealed 163 disciplinary cases were heard against workers over two years.The figures obtained by the BBC reveal the allegations, including misuse of social media, were probed from 2020-22.

The pornography website Pornhub blocked all internet users in Utah from accessing the explicit content on its pages in protest of an age-verification law that requires providing identification and was set to go into effect on Wednesday.The law is intended to protect minors from exposure to explicit adult content, its supporters have said, but Pornhub has said that the measure is too restrictive.

Wikipedia won't be age-gating its services no matter what final form the UK's Online Safety Bill takes, two senior folks from nonprofit steward the Wikimedia Foundation said this morning.The bill, for those who need a reminder, styles itself as world-leading legislation which aims to make the UK "the safest place in the world to be online" and has come under fire not only for its calls for age verificatuon but also for wording that implies breaking encyrption, asking providers to make content available for perusal by law enforcement, either before encryption or somehow, magically, during.

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Wikipedia will not comply with any age checks required under the Online Safety Bill, its foundation says.Rebecca MacKinnon, of the Wikimedia Foundation, which supports the website, says it would "violate our commitment to collect minimal data about readers and contributors".

After more than two years of building and testing, Meta is releasing brand suitability controls and third-party verification for its feed environments.On Thursday, Meta announced new AI-powered inventory filters for the Facebook and Instagram feeds so brands can control whether their ads appear above or below in-feed content based on their suitability preferences.

As a civilization, we've done a collectively poor job recognizing technology that is transformational.In hindsight, we shake our heads and wonder how we could have possibly overlooked the dawn of a new epoch.This being Silicon Valley, there will be another one coming along in six months.The guy who dreamed up the wheel was probably dismissed as a nut.

A Utah parent has challenged the Bible under a state law banning "pornographic or indecent" material in schools.The law has been used to remove books by mostly LGBTQ+ and Black authors from shelves.And it's making the Republican lawmaker who introduced the book ban bill "very sad."

Lawyers for Jack Daniel's will argue to the Supreme Court on Wednesday that a dog toy company violated federal trademark law when it parodied the distiller's bottle to sell a Bad Spaniels Silly Squeaker toy replete with poop-themed jokes.The case pits the rights of a famous trademark holder against the First Amendment rights of a company that wants to use those marks to sell a humorous product.

For some time now, conservative groups have pressured libraries and classrooms to remove certain controversial books from their shelves and their syllabi.These are texts that tell uncomfortable or unpopular truths about our nation's origins, including inequality, race, history, gender, sexuality, power and class a range of subjects that a small but vocal group of Americans would prefer to ignore or deny.

The brother of This Morning host Phillip Schofield wept as he told a court how he phoned his brother and told him he was on the verge of taking his own life.Timothy Schofield, 54, is on trial at Exeter Crown Court charged with 11 sexual offences involving a child between October 2016 and October 2019, including two of sexual activity with a child.

The brother of This Morning host Phillip Schofield allegedly emotionally blackmailed a teenager into participating in sexual acts, a court has heard.Civilian police worker Timothy Schofield is charged with 11 sexual offences involving a child between October 2016 and October 2019, which are alleged to have started when the victim was a teenager.

A Florida charter school principal says she was forced to resign after parents complained about a Renaissance art lesson in which images of Michelangelo's David were shown to students.Hope Carrasquilla told The Tallahassee Democrat that she resigned from her position at Tallahassee Classical School on Monday after the school's board chair, Barney Bishop, presented her with an ultimatum last week: resign or be fired.

Out Rep. George Santos (R-NY) and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) are cosponsoring a bill that could restrict students' access to books that discuss LGBTQ+ themes.Santos is one of 11 out LGBTQ+ members of the House of Representatives and the only one advancing an anti-LGBTQ+ equality agenda.The other 10 LGBTQ+ House members are Democrats.

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails The daughter of an alleged serial child abuser has said she cannot bear the fact his blood is inside me after hearing claims brought by BBC presenter Nicky Campbell.

Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day.Many people don't realize that a lot of lawyers are miserable, and I'm often told I'm crazy for leaving a law job to be a sex worker, but it's only people that have a glamorized view of being a lawyer that don't understand my decision.My goal is to break some of the stigma and stereotypes surrounding sex work and show people that it's not a last resort.

This former judge won't just show you his briefs.Meet Gregory A. Locke, 33, who served as an administrative law judge in New York City until last week.Locke was recently terminated from his position for "unprofessional behavior."It turns out that Locke's reportedly been showing the public the "long arm of the law" on his OnlyFans page since 2020.

FLORIDA, USA A Florence museum on Sunday invited parents and students from a Florida charter school to view Michelangelo's David in person after the school principal was forced to resign following parental complaints that an image of the nude Renaissance masterpiece was shown to a sixth-grade art class.

The Florence museum which houses Michelangelo's David has invited the board of a Florida Christian charter school to visit, after the school's principal was forced to resign following parent complaints that pupils were shown an image of the nude sculpture in a class.Hope Carrasquilla resigned as principal of the Tallahassee Classical school last week, after the school board told her to quit or be fired.

A Florida principal who was pushed to resign last week following complaints about her school's lesson involving Michelangelo's "David" received an invitation to visit the sculpture in Italy.Hope Carrasquilla stepped down as the principal of the Tallahassee Classical School after the nude sculpture was featured in a sixth-grade lesson.

The Florence museum housing Michelangelo's Renaissance masterpiece the David invited parents and students from a Florida charter school to visit after complaints about a lesson featuring the statue forced the principal to resign.Florence Mayor Dario Nardella also tweeted an invitation for the principal to visit so he can personally honor her.

ROME - A Florence museum on Sunday invited parents and students from a Florida charter school to view Michelangelo's "David" in person after the school principal was forced to resign following parental complaints that an image of the nude Renaissance masterpiece was shown to a sixth-grade art class.