EU accuses TikTok of designing algorithm that creates ‘rabbit holes’

In Friday's announcement, the Commission says the company didn't adequately consider the risk of sending users down "rabbit holes" through a "continuous stream of personalised videos, even when those are related to…

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Trump teases ‘beautiful’ deal covering ‘all of Europe’ after meeting Putin’s envoy

Dmitriev, who heads the U.S.-sanctioned Russian sovereign wealth fund, was attending a White House event hosted by First Lady Melania Trump where she delivered remarks about the temporary ceasefire in Oleshky that she…

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Just growth by lowering deadweight losses through tax

Why, when we could get up to 30% more economic growth from tax revenue by taxing wealth extractors, such as landowners, rather than wealth creators: workers and entrepreneurs? Deadweight Burden is real and now under…

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Algorithm allocates Highland 'significant increase' in asylum-seeking children

The local authority said it had received national recognition for its work with the young people, many of them fleeing war or persecution. But it said the rise in numbers would be challenging due to a lack of housing in…

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‘I don’t trust them’: Lithuanian president warns Putin’s provocations will continue

The hybrid war will therefore continue, not only on NATO’s eastern flank but also in Germany, Denmark and other countries, Nausėda explained. Russia is testing “how determined we are and whether we will respond…

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Will a defence spokesperson fix Reform’s pro-Russia problem?

It’s not a particularly flattering headline, especially for someone with as thin skin as Mr Farage. The analysis showed that Reform’s leader attended less than 5 per cent of all debates relating to defence, despite being…

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Sarah Garcia de Bustos: A four-day teaching week won’t work

She trained as a journalist before moving into teaching. I’m a mum of two and, like every parent, I want my children to have the best start in life. I trust that their school wants the same. Their dad and I help them…

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Reform councillor's post branded racist by Labour

Essex county councillor Carl Johnson posted a picture of Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood next to London Mayor Sadiq Khan, and wrote "we have been deliberately infiltrated". Labour county councillor Lee Scordis called on…

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Daniel Freeman: Pay transparency laws have a cost

He is the former Managing Editor at the Institute of Economic Affairs. Last week, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), a quango funded by the government to lobby itself, called for mandatory pay transparency.…

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Henry Higgins: Councils must end their war on air conditioning

The grounds: no justification had been demonstrated for mechanical cooling. This was not an isolated case. Councils in Camden and Islington have adopted planning policies specifically designed to discourage air…

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