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It is just under a year and a half ago that I found myself writing a piece called ‘A Black Friday’.
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Gambling commission to introduce affordability checksThe Gambling Commission has announced that it will be introducing Financial Risk Assessments (FRAs) to identify and support those most at risk from gambling harms. The so-called ‘affordability checks’ will be introduced…
Gambling
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The BMA recommends safeguards for Assisted SuicideThe British Medical Association (BMA) has said that there needs to be more safeguards on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, if passed.
Assisted Suicide
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Children using AI more for homework according to parents
Artificial Intelligence
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AI could reduce demand for office spaceA new report from workplace consultancy AWA suggests that artificial intelligence could cause a 54 million square foot reduction in UK office demand over the next five years.
Artificial Intelligence
Press Releases
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Major wins in regulation of online pornography
Pornography
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Scottish Parliament rejects Assisted Suicide Bill
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CARE for Scotland urges MSPs to reject assisted suicide ahead of…
Assisted Suicide
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CARE for Scotland comment: Royal College of Psychiatrists switches to oppose…
Assisted Suicide
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Govt publishes draft conversion practices BillThis morning, the Cabinet Office published the Draft Conversion Practices Bill. This legislation was first promised by Theresa May in 2018. But successive governments have grappled with the complexity of legislating over…
Freedom of Speech
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Transgender prisoners sent to jails according to biological sexThe Scottish Prison Service (SPS) has withdrawn its transgender policy, first implemented in 2014, which permitted transgender prisoners to be housed in a prison aligned with their gender identity, rather than their…
Transgender
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Child under 12 euthanised in the NetherlandsA child under the age of twelve, who was seriously ill, has been euthanised in the Netherlands, in the first case of its kind since the law was changed two years ago.
Assisted Suicide
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Intelligence agencies warn that AI is months away from causing havocThe ‘Five Eyes’ intelligence agencies of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the UK, and the US have warned that powerful artificial intelligence models are ‘months away’ from wreaking havoc in cyber attacks.
Artificial Intelligence
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Children as young as six on transgender waiting listNumbers published by The Telegraph following a Freedom of Information request show that children as young as six-years-old are on the waiting list for NHS gender care.
Transgender
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ChatGPT used to create violent and sexualised imagesResearchers have used OpenAI’s artificial intelligence platform ChatGPT to create sexualised images and scenes of graphic violence. This adds the platform to a list of other AI tools, such as xAI’s Grok,…
Artificial Intelligence
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Anti-Slavery Commissioner calls for inquiry into exploitation on OnlyFansThe UK’s Anti-Slavery Commissioner, Eleanor Lyons, has called for a public inquiry into potential ‘exploitation’ of women on the online platform OnlyFans, after a BBC investigation exposed threatening and exploitative behaviour.
Sexual Exploitation