Mark Zuckerberg explains why Facebook left up Trump’s controversial ‘looting and shooting’ post

Mark Zuckerberg has revealed why Facebook chose to keep President Trump’s controversial ‘looting leads to shooting’ post up on its site despite Twitter hiding the same update because it ‘glorified violence’.  In a status update shared Friday night, Zuckerberg said that the Commander-in-chief’s post included a reference to the National Guard and Facebook users therefore … Read more

Miriam Margolyes clarifies her controversial comments about ‘brutal’, ‘greedy’ Australia

Harry Potter star Miriam Margolyes backpedals on her claims Australia is ‘brutal’ and ‘greedy’ – but insists she ‘won’t keep her mouth shut’ By Monique Friedlander For Daily Mail Australia Published: 06:10 BST, 25 May 2020 | Updated: 06:26 BST, 25 May 2020 British expat Miriam Margolyes has cleared the air on her controversial claims … Read more

Piers Morgan admits his father is taking hydroxychloroquine after Donald Trump’s controversial claim

President Trump just killed people. I don’t know how many yet, or who they are, or when they will die, but the one absolute certainty from his public boast that he’s taking hydroxychloroquine is it will cost lives. Some people will now take it who shouldn’t. And some people won’t be able to take it … Read more

Controversial face recognition company Clearview AI pledges to stop selling tech to private firms

Controversial facial recognition company Clearview AI says it will stop selling tech to private companies after furious backlash and class-action lawsuit Court documents suggest Clearview will stop selling software to private entities It will continue its contract with governments and law enforcement  The move has done little to appease public advocates like the ACLU By … Read more

Controversial trials to infect healthy volunteers with covid IS justified, says WHO

The World Health Organization has thrown its support behind controversial trials in which healthy volunteers are infected with coronavirus and risk falling badly unwell. Bosses at the global health body claim the approach could rapidly accelerate vaccine development, which they say make it ethically justified. The WHO has set out eight criteria that would need … Read more

The DVLA has earned nearly £3million from controversial premium rate lines

The DVLA has earned £3million over four years by charging callers to use controversial premium rate phone lines Income is generated from premium-rate lines that cost 51p per minute to call They are more than three times the 16p per minute standard 01 and 02 numbers The income is proving ‘a nice little earner’ for … Read more

Controversial facial recognition company Clearview AI considered for coronavirus contact tracing

The controversial facial recognition company Clearview AI is in negotiations with several unnamed federal agencies and three US states to provide contact tracing services during the COVID-19 pandemic. Company founder and CEO Hoan Ton-That confirmed the negotiations were ongoing but declined to specify which agencies or states are considering the company’s services. Ton-That said the … Read more

Controversial chef Pete Evans enjoys a breakfast consisting of ‘three big slabs of pork fat’

Chewing the fat! Controversial chef Pete Evans enjoys an off-putting breakfast consisting of ‘three big slabs of pork fat’ left over from his roast dinner the night before By Demeter Stamell For Daily Mail Australia Published: 05:40 BST, 30 April 2020 | Updated: 05:40 BST, 30 April 2020 Pete Evans shared a photo of his … Read more

Babies glued to tablets or telly ‘could develop autism-like symptoms’, controversial study warns 

A controversial scientific study claims there is a link between how much a young child watches television and the likelihood of developing autism-like symptoms.   It found that one-year-old children who spend large portions of time looking at screens were more likely to show autism-like symptoms at two years of age.  Researchers from Drexel University in … Read more

Anger at star-studded benefit to raise $150M for controversial WHO

December 31 – China first reports a cluster of unusual pneumonia cases in Wuhan to the WHO January 4 – WHO tweets about ‘a cluster of pneumonia cases’ in Wuhan with no deaths, saying investigations into the cause are underway January 5 – The WHO issues its first guidance on ‘pneumonia of unknown cause’, saying … Read more