News Round-up

Saturday, 8th of February, 2025.

• Elon Musk is a global problem opines Somdeep Sen at Al Jazeera.
• “Torrenting from a corporate laptop doesn’t feel right”: Meta emails unsealed Zuckerberg's corporation commits massive copyright infringement to train AI models reports Ashley Belanger at Ars Technica.
• Heretics podcast removed for being heretical Leftist payment site Patreon punishes Andrew Gold and Andrew Doyle for quoting Christopher Hitchens writes Frederick Attenborough for the UK FSU.
• Law Commission’s consultation on new ‘hate crimes’ a fool’s errand Nadia Braddon-Parson issues a press release on behalf of the NZ FSU discussing Paul Goldsmith's Law Commission instruction.
• Working-from-home, lack-of-meritocracy & endless Treaty debates Rob MacCulloch describes the malaise of the NZ productivity for Basset, Brash & Hide.
• Lammy to open slavery reparations talks after Caribbean ex-colonies demand £18trillion The UK ending the international slave trade in the 18th century wasn't enough according to the Foreign Secretary. George Bunn has the story at GB News.
• National and Co-Governance John Porter on Chrisopher Luxon's commitment to pursuing racial Apartheid in NZ despite his protestations to the contrary at Breaking Views.
• Is the Herald abandoning its role as a newspaper of record in favour of clickbait? asks Point of Order.
• RSE is still in some schools – check yours! Bob McCoskrie on the rainbow indoctrination still undrway within NZ education at his Substack.
• Poland will not implement Migration Pact, Donald Tusk tells Ursula von der Leyen writes Jorge Liboreiro at Euro News.
• Conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine: The retreat of international humanitarian law Rémy Ourdan writes on the warning issued by the Red Cross in Le Monde.
• The rise and rise of ‘word magic’ Patrick West on rthe left's imposition of Orwellian newspeak in Spiked.
• The persecution of Jamie Michael barrister Luke Gittos on the acquitall of his client for offending the Starmer regime by speculating about the Southport massacre on social media in Spiked.
• The backlash against a feminism that never was Victoria Smith endeavours to excuse feminism's accountability in The Critic.
• Is Britain bringing back blasphemy laws? Lois McLatchie on the UK Labour government's endeavours to suppress criticism of mass migration and rape gangs.
• The Censorship Only Goes One Way Dr James Allan on Australia's eKaren Julie Inman-Grant and her ilk for the Daily Sceptic.
• JK Rowling says left wingers who have 'campaigned to destroy women's and girls' rights' are to blame for Trump's transgender sports ban reports Lettic Bromovsky in the Daily Mail.
• Could a Tory/Reform pact be looming? asks Katy Balls in the Spectator.
• Tomorrow belongs to the AfD Lisa Haseldine discusses the rise of the German far-right party in the Spectator.
• UK Home Office silent on alleged Apple backdoor order the UK government demands warrantless access to user data worldwide, encrypted within Apple's cloud. Connor James has the story at The Register.
• Fear and Loathing in the National Library Natsasha Hamilton-Hart covers how the institution issued misleading OIA responses to cover for far-left political bias at Open Inquiry.