Lawsuit accuses Instagram of illegally harvesting biometric data

Instagram is hit with $500BILLION class action lawsuit accusing the Facebook-owned platform of illegally harvesting up to 100 million users’ biometric data Class-action suit was filed on Monday in Redwood City, California Accuses Facebook-owned Instagram of illegally harvesting biometric data Claims the app stores facial data through a photo-tagging tool Facebook blasts the suit as … Read more

Stephen Lawrence’s mother accuses Met Police of giving up on nailing her son’s killers 

Stephen Lawrence’s mother accused Scotland Yard of giving up on her son last night after the force effectively conceded defeat in its quest to nail all of his racist killers. In a carefully-worded statement 27 years after the teenager was murdered, Met chief Dame Cressida Dick said the inquiry had run out of leads. She … Read more

Jeremy Corbyn accuses Labour party officials of ‘sabotaging’ his 2017 election campaign

Jeremy Corbyn accuses Labour party officials of ‘sabotaging’ his 2017 election campaign by diverting funds away from ‘winnable’ target seats Former leader and aides accused party staff of trying to sabotage 2017 election Officials ‘were uncooperative and refused to give resources to winnable seats’  Accusations denounced as ‘a mythical “stab in the back” conspiracy theory’ … Read more

Equality watchdog boss accuses government of ‘dragging its feet over racism’

Equality watchdog boss accuses government of ‘dragging its feet over racism’ and urges businesses to set targets to recruit more people from ethnic minorities in senior roles Chairman David Isaac questioned if racism had really been made ‘top priority’ He said he knew the government was trying to understand the problem But Mr Isaac said … Read more

SNP accuses Boris Johnson of treating Scotland like it is ‘stupid’

Boris Johnson today told Nicola Sturgeon that nowhere near enough time has passed since the 2014 Scottish independence referendum to require a rerun. Speaking on his first visit to Scotland since the general election last year, Mr Johnson said the ‘Union is a fantastically strong institution’ as he outright rejected the SNP leader’s demand for … Read more

SNP accuses Boris Johnson of treating Scotland like it is ‘stupid’

SNP accuses Boris Johnson of treating Scotland like it is ‘too wee, too poor or too stupid’ to cope on its own as the PM visits north of the border to tell them being part of the Union saved 900,000 Scottish jobs during coronavirus crisis Boris Johnson visiting Scotland today for first time since 2019 … Read more

Ninja Warrior’s Ben Fordham accuses co-host Rebecca Maddern of stealing his idea for an obstacle

Australian Ninja Warrior’s secret feud: Ben Fordham accuses co-host Rebecca Maddern of ‘stealing’ his idea for the new Power Tower obstacle then pitching it to producers By Mary Mrad For Daily Mail Australia Published: 03:00 BST, 22 July 2020 | Updated: 03:22 BST, 22 July 2020 Ninja Warrior’s Ben Fordham has accused his co-host Rebecca … Read more

China accuses the UK of ‘dancing to America’s tune’ over Huawei decision

China today accused Downing Street of ‘dancing to America’s tune’ after Huawei was banned from the UK’s 5G network as Beijing also warned imposing sanctions on officials over human rights abuses would be met with a ‘resolute response’.  Liu Xiaoming, China’s ambassador to the UK, said excluding the Chinese tech giant from the infrastructure represented … Read more

Julian Lewis accuses PM of ‘improper’ bid to seize control of security watchdog

A long-awaited report on Russian electoral interference will be published within days after an ‘improper’ bid by Boris Johnson to seize control of Parliament’s intelligence watchdog failed. The cross-party committee Intelligence and Security Committee has announced that the assessment – which Mr Johnson has been accused of delaying – will be released before the Commons … Read more

TikTok accuses Australian MPs of using app as ‘political football’ amid calls for it to be shut down

TikTok Australia has beefed up its campaign to stay open in Australia after federal MPs called for the app to be banned and claimed it was feeding user data to China. The popular video app, owned by Chinese company Bytedance, features an unending loop of 15-second videos and is used by more than 1.6 million … Read more