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JD Vance questions UK’s Palestinian statehood plan in Lammy meeting

JD Vance questions UK’s Palestinian statehood plan in Lammy meeting

US Vice-President JD Vance has raised questions about the UK’s plans to recognise a Palestinian state, in a meeting with Foreign Secretary David Lammy. The UK has said it will formally recognise a Palestinian state in September if Israel does not meet certain conditions. But US President Donald Trump has not followed suit and believes that recognising Palestinian statehood would …

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People Are Using a Video Game Photo Mode to Bypass the UK’s Online Safety Act

People Are Using a Video Game Photo Mode to Bypass the UK’s Online Safety Act

From Death Stranding 2: On The Beach The UK recently introduced the Online Safety Act, which contains new requirements for social media platforms to protect users, particularly minors, from illegal or harmful content. As part of the regulation, users must now verify their age to access platforms that may contain adult content, including services like Discord and Reddit. To comply, …

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UK’s New Age Verification Requirement Thwarted in the Simplest Way Imaginable

UK’s New Age Verification Requirement Thwarted in the Simplest Way Imaginable

Earlier this week, the United Kingdom’s age assurance requirement for sites that publish pornographic material went into effect, which has resulted in everything from Pornhub to Reddit and Discord displaying an age verification panel when users attempt to visit. There’s just one little problem. As The Verge notes, all it takes to defeat the age-gating is a VPN, and those …

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Trump’s tariffs add to fears in the UK’s struggling steel towns

Trump’s tariffs add to fears in the UK’s struggling steel towns

Simon Jack, Business editor, and Huw Thomas, Business correspondent for BBC Wales BBC Ryan Davies worked at the Port Talbot steelworks for 33 years and from his very first day, he heard rumours that the plant was on the verge of closing. Whispers would spread among his colleagues about new ownership and redundancies. Usually, they weren’t true. “You took it …

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