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UK watchdog scrutinises investment trusts’ battle with US hedge fund
FCA encourages Hargreaves Lansdown, Interactive Investor and AJ Bell to make shareholders aware of looming votesFinancial Times - 5h -
Bank of America profits boosted by loan growth and robust trading
Strong results echo other big Wall Street banksFinancial Times - 8h -
GitHub’s Deepfake Porn Crackdown Still Isn’t Working
Over a dozen programs used by creators of nonconsensual explicit images have evaded detection on the developer platform, WIRED has found.Wired - 12h -
Currys Restarts Dividends Payout After Robust Christmas Sales
Currys said it expected profit for fiscal 2025 to beat market expectations and that it would restart paying dividends following a robust Christmas period.The Wall Street Journal - 1d -
UK media watchdog imposes robust age checks on porn sites
Ofcom sets out new rules that could include photo ID matching and credit card verificationFinancial Times - 12h -
All porn sites must 'robustly' verify UK user ages by July
Ofcom is issuing industry guidance which sets out the tech adult websites must use to check ages.BBC News - 13h -
Dragon Age Voice Actor Arrested On Revenge Porn Charges
Voice actor Johnathon Rees (who goes by his stage name, Greg Ellis) was arrested by the Chenango County Sheriff's Office last week on a number of different charges related to harassing his ...GameSpot - 1d -
Supreme Court wrestles with Texas age-verification requirement for porn websites
Texas and 18 other states have recently enacted laws requiring pornography websites to verify the ages of their visitors.CBS News - 1d -
Robust U.S. Economy May Not Need Trump’s Big Reforms
The incoming President wants to uncork major moves, including protectionist tariffs, more tax cuts, and immigration curbs, but macroeconomic data suggests some measures may not be required.Inc. - 3d -
Body of missing man found at landfill site
The family of Cumali Turhan, who went missing in November, are told his body has been found.BBC News - 4d -
Lost and found: a mother and daughter on surviving teenage mental breakdown in the social media age
In an extract from their unflinching memoir, Christie Watson and daughter Rowan Egberongbe recall the post-Covid psychological collapse that fractured their bond, and how social media was both the ...The Guardian - 4d -
UK government to crack down on MPs earning extra cash from media firms
Jacob Rees-Mogg and Nigel Farage are among those who have earned large sums from broadcasters, but a tightening of rules on MPs’ outside interests is being considered. MPs would no longer be able ...The Guardian - 4d -
More UK mines needed to secure critical minerals, warns watchdog
Concerns grow about Britain’s vulnerability to global supply chain shocksFinancial Times - 4d -
UK should consider letting IS members return, terror watchdog says
Jonathan Hall KC says those who return could be prosecuted here over what they did for the jihadist group.BBC News - 5d -
U.S. Imposes New Sanctions to Squeeze Russia’s Energy Sector
The Biden administration is cracking down on the Russian “shadow fleet” and taking steps to curb oil and gas production.The New York Times - 6d -
Biden administration imposes toughest sanctions on Russian oil and gas
Measures targeting Russian energy sector attempt to leverage peace deal for Ukraine in Trump administration. The Biden administration on Friday imposed its broadest package of sanctions yet ...The Guardian - 6d -
US imposes wide-ranging sanctions on Russian oil sector
Move by outgoing Biden administration made in co-ordination with UKFinancial Times - 6d -
Biden administration imposes major sanctions on Russian energy sector
The Biden administration announced Friday it was imposing what it billed as the most significant sanctions to date on the Russian energy sector, targeting Moscow’s oil and liquified natural gas ...The Hill - 6d -
Ontario leader warns of ‘pain’ for US if Trump imposes tariffs on Canada
Premier of most populous province says rhetoric clouds trade relationship worth hundreds of billions of dollars. The United States will “feel pain” if Donald Trump doesn’t back down from his ...The Guardian - 6d -
Japan imposes new sanctions on Russia
Japan on Friday approved additional sanctions against Russia over its war on Ukraine, including freezing the assets of dozens of individuals and groups and banning exports to dozens of ...ABC News - 6d -
Australia violated rights of asylum seekers on Nauru, UN watchdog rules
United Nations human rights committee says decision should serve as warning to other nations considering outsourcing asylum processing. Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates ...The Guardian - 6d -
House Passes Bill to Impose Sanctions on I.C.C. Officials for Israeli Prosecutions
The action put the measure on track for likely enactment given strong support for it among Republicans, who now control the Senate, and President-elect Donald J. Trump.The New York Times - Jan. 9 -
Here’s how Trump could impose tariffs on Denmark in a bid to control Greenland
President-elect Donald Trump Tuesday threatened to place new tariffs on imports from Denmark unless the country gives up control of Greenland, news that dented the stocks of some of Denmark’s most ...MarketWatch - Jan. 9 -
Meta's fact-checking rollback could ushers in a new, chaotic era for social media
To researchers who have studied moderation efforts and platforms, it’s the most recent move toward a more freewheeling and unbridled social media environment.NBC News - Jan. 8 -
Dem-aligned watchdog group accuses RFK Jr. of voter fraud
A Democratic-aligned watchdog group is accusing Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), of violating election law last year. ...The Hill - Jan. 8 -
Trump considers declaring national economic emergency to impose tariffs
Move would allow president-elect to implement broad tariffs after threatening Panama, Greenland and Canada. Donald Trump is mulling over the idea to declare a national economic emergency to ...The Guardian - Jan. 8 -
US imposes sanctions on Orbán’s chief of staff for alleged corruption
Antal Rogán is Hungary’s highest-ranking official added to Treasury list since fall of communismFinancial Times - Jan. 8 -
UK watchdog bans adverts featuring burning dollars
Posters from Islamic finance start-up Wahed Invest likely to cause ‘serious offence’, rules ASAFinancial Times - Jan. 8 -
Meta's fact-checking flip
Welcome to The Hill's Technology newsletter {beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Why Meta ditching fact-checking is so significant Meta is rolling out a series of changes to its content ...The Hill - Jan. 7 -
US imposes sanctions on senior Hungarian government minister
US treasury accuses Antal Rogán, a close aide of leader Viktor Orbán, as key to ‘system of corruption’. The United States has imposed sanctions on a senior member of the Hungarian government for ...The Guardian - Jan. 7 -
As Trump Praises Meta Decision, Tech Watchdogs Warn of Surge in Disinformation
While Republicans praised the move, some groups cautioned that effectively ending Meta’s fact-checking program would also lead to more conspiracy theories.The New York Times - Jan. 7 -
U.K. Competition Watchdog Prepares to Investigate Tech Giants Under New Rulebook
The regulator said it would open investigations into at least three types of tech platforms at the start of this year to work out which tech giants need to obey a new law governing the digital ...The Wall Street Journal - Jan. 7 -
Judge largely blocks Tennessee's porn site age verification law as other states enforce theirs
A Tennessee law requiring pornographic websites to verify the age of its visitors was largely blocked in court before taking effect Jan. 1ABC News - Jan. 6 -
‘Fairy porn’: is this booming erotica genre an insult to Wales?
Some of these raunchy fantasy novels borrow heavily from Welsh mythology - prompting concerns about misrepresentation. Name: Fairy porn novels.. Age: Centuries old, but recently having a ...The Guardian - Jan. 6 -
RuPaul's Drag Race UK star The Vivienne dies aged 32
James Lee Williams, better known as drag queen The Vivienne, died aged 32 over the weekend.BBC News - Jan. 6 -
RuPaul’s Drag Race UK winner The Vivienne dies aged 32
Tributes flood in for ‘warm-hearted and amazing’ drag artist James Lee Williams. James Lee Williams, known as drag artist The Vivienne, has died at the age of 32, their public relations ...The Guardian - Jan. 5 -
‘The Trump Effect’ in the age of terrorism
Have those in charge of our defense against terrorism taken their eyes off the ball to engage in petty, self-destructive and potentially illegal partisan politics?The Hill - Jan. 4 -
Syrians accuse rulers of imposing Islamist agenda in new curriculum
Critics fear rebel-backed government is pushing religious vision on to what has long been a secular countryFinancial Times - Jan. 3 -
UK tech secretary backs away from social media ban for under-16s
Peter Kyle had said option was ‘on the table’ after Australia restricted use of sites such as InstagramFinancial Times - Jan. 2 -
UK's biggest ever dinosaur footprint site unearthed
About 200 footprints made by dinosaurs 166 million years ago have been unearthed in a quarry in Oxfordshire.BBC News - Jan. 2
