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Meta fined $567m in largest child safety ruling against social media giant
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Meta fined $567m in largest child safety ruling against social media giant

A New Mexico judge ordered the Instagram, Facebook and Whatsapp parent company to pay another $567m for the way it has harmed children.

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Scoff at cheaper bus fares and No 10 North if you like, but Andy Burnham knows what he’s doing | Jonathan Freedland nemzetkozi-gazdasag

Scoff at cheaper bus fares and No 10 North if you like, but Andy Burnham knows what he’s doing | Jonathan Freedland

Retail politics while taking power out of London: if this works, Burnham’s premiership could be seriously transformational One of Andy Burnham’s first policy moves brought back a sharp memory. On Wednesday, he announced that single bus fares across England would be capped at £2, starting from January. It was part of a series of small, practical measures designed, said the new prime minister, to offer a little “breathing space” to a hard-pressed public, but this was the one that registered with me most. That’s because it echoed the first time I ever experienced a specific public policy that I realised affected me directly. It was in the autumn of 1981 when the newly elected Greater London Council, led by Labour’s Ken Livingstone, slashed bus fares in the city. The headline-grabber was a new, short-hop fare of only 10p. I was 14 years old at the time, so for me it was even better: all child tickets were reduced to 5p. They called the scheme Fares Fair. Continue reading…

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‘Netflix has to evolve’: can the upstart survive the end of the binge-watch era? nemzetkozi-gazdasag

‘Netflix has to evolve’: can the upstart survive the end of the binge-watch era?

Streaming pioneer that transformed TV faces slowing growth and battle for viewers’ attention from YouTube When Netflix offered viewers the chance to binge on an entire season of House of Cards it revolutionised the TV industry and started on a path to becoming the world’s most popular streaming service. Almost 15 years on, however, the upstart’s strategy of pumping its service with an avalanche of content and an almost-as-rapid penchant for mercilessly cancelling shows has viewers reaching for the remote. Continue reading…

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Burnham urged to lobby EU leaders directly to waive EES border controls nemzetkozi-gazdasag

Burnham urged to lobby EU leaders directly to waive EES border controls

Lib Dems call on PM to push for suspension of ‘bungled, malfunctioning’ system as overseas holiday travel peaks Andy Burnham has been urged to lobby EU leaders directly to suspend the new entry-exit system, EES, as the peak weekend for overseas holidays begins. About 2.2 million British holidaymakers are expected to head abroad between Friday and Monday, the majority to Europe, with all schools in the UK now on their summer break. Continue reading…

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Andy Burnham opens No 10 North in Manchester – video nemzetkozi-gazdasag

Andy Burnham opens No 10 North in Manchester – video

The prime minister opened a new government base in Manchester, called No 10 North, intended to signal a shift away from what he said had been decades of economic decision-making centred in London. Heron House is temporarily accommodating No 10 North while a brownfield site just outside the city is being developed where it is expected to relocate permanently UK politics live – latest updates Continue reading…

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