UK inquiry finds 78 children potentially harmed by Brighton GP practice after being prescribed puberty blockers & cross-sex hormones:
20 children received meds with NO face-to-face appointment.
44 aged under 16 given puberty blockers.
51 aged under 16 given cross-sex hormones.
Keir Starmer out here acting like he forced Big Tech to protect kids from nude images. Reality: Apple’s Communication Safety feature has been detecting & warning about nudity in Messages. Google has had sensitive content warnings in Messages too. They didn’t need your ultimatum
🚨 BREAKING: Apple has announced it will scan children's devices to blur naked images by default after the UK Government threatened to legislate
It will also allow parents to approve who their kids talk to and what websites they can access
NEW: Apple is currently announcing many of the child-safety features the Prime Minister asked tech companies to implement *this morning.*
Apple’s WWDC keynote is pre-recorded, in California.
Governments can force CSS providers to scan for far more than child abuse. EU wants it for terrorism. Australia raids journalists. UK targets legal speech. In authoritarian regimes, it becomes a tool to hunt activists & rivals. Scope could easily expand to face recognition
Our statement on the UK government’s demand that all content on all devices sold or used in the country be scanned, on the presumption of nudity, using a dystopian combination of age verification and content scanning. This proposal will not safeguard children. It endangers us all.
https://t.co/VdWe9uhi8p
Ofcom News Consumption in the UK 2025 Research Findings: X is the exception to this with ‘serious things going on in the UK’ or ‘in other countries’ and ‘politics and current affairs’ being more popular among its 12-15-year-old user base.
Met scrapped its Gangs Violence Matrix after 2022 following pressure over young Black males' over-representation. Replaced with VHA, where the official document states the primary driver was reducing ethnic disproportionality not purely harm or public safety.
two-tier policing
This 2022 video by Action for Race Equality attacks the Met's Gangs Violence Matrix as a 'racially discriminatory' tool targeting young Black males https://t.co/FraeCPHRi9
Gangs Violence Matrix was the Met Police intelligence tool to identify, risk-assess & prioritise those at risk of gang violence in London. It aimed to prevent serious knife/gun crime, safeguard victims & divert young people from gangs via targeted policing & multi-agency support
@Benleo Met Police 'Disproportionality Matrix' & Official VHA Documents https://t.co/htCOzZNI1y raises serious questions about two-tier policing and impartial law enforcement
Latest Henry Nowak update: police initially stated two men were assaulted by an “unknown man.” Officers reportedly planned a follow-up statement that would still portray Nowak as the initial aggressor, but changed the wording after family outrage three days after his death.
@owenjonesjourno added context: over the last 10 years, a white individual who has been arrested was about 25% more likely to die in custody than a black individual who had been arrested - BBC News https://t.co/SRa0REnLeX
@owenjonesjourno The Community Note ADDED CONTEXT. It's your post Owen which is selective information that is deliberately created and spread with the intention to deceive or manipulate public opinion