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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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Recent opinion pieces
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Peter Ladd
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Porn leading under-16s to abuseResearch is revealing the real-world impact of violent pornography upon teenagers, according to academics. Dr Ruth Weir of City St George's, University of London, described how extreme pornography had become "normalised online"…
Pornography
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Govt plan to introduce tighter restrictions to make the internet safer for childrenLabour is soon to announce new measures to make the internet safer for children, including tighter controls on social media platforms and stronger age-verification systems, according to reports.
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Private Members' Ballot could lead to another assisted suicide BillThe House of Commons held the Private Members’ Ballot for this session of Parliament on Thursday. Half of the MPs drawn supported Kim Leadbeater’s Bill in the last Parliament, including those drawn…
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Press Releases
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Major wins in regulation of online 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…
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CARE for Scotland comment: Royal College of Psychiatrists switches to oppose…
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Two pro-life Private Members' Bills selected for debate in the House of LordsTwo pro-life Bills – one on complications from abortions, and another on infants born alive – have been selected for debate in the House of Lords in the new Parliamentary session.
Abortion
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Ofcom strengthens rules on intimate image abuseThe communications regulator, Ofcom, have published a statement adding new measures to their Illegal Content Codes of Practice. They make new recommendations to online platforms to use automated detection technology to reduce…
Pornography
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Conversion therapy ban introduced in King's SpeechWednesday’s King’s Speech, outlining the government’s legislative agenda for the coming session of Parliament, included a commitment to ban “abusive conversion practices”.
Freedom of Speech
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Muslim NHS worker wins transgender toilet discrimination caseA Muslim employee of NHS England is set for compensation of thousands of pounds after winning an employment tribunal which ruled that bosses had discriminated against her by allowing trans women to…
Transgender
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70 million people warned about searches for child abuse materialMore than 70 million warnings have been issued to people searching for child sexual abused material (CSAM) online over the past two years. The Lucy Faithfull Foundation has worked with online platforms…
Pornography
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BMA warn about risk to NHS data from AIThe British Medical Association (BMA) have warned about the dangers posed by artificial intelligence platforms used to manage health data for the NHS. They recommend a strategy for ‘data sovereignty’ to ensure…
Artificial Intelligence
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Schools told to remove photos of pupils online after threat from AI sexual imagesSchools in the UK have been advised by experts to remove photographs of pupils from their websites and social media accounts. This recommendation comes after criminals have used such photos with artificial…
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