Last week the Government met and exceeded its target of providing 100,000 tests per day for COVID-19. This achievement now gives us one of the best testing regimes in the world to help in our fight against the coronavirus. It is particularly important that front line staff in the NHS as well as those working […]
Article published 1 May 2020 Facebook has taken down the official page of conspiracy theorist David Icke for publishing "health misinformation that could cause physical harm". Mr Icke has made several false claims about coronavirus, such as suggesting 5G mobile phone networks are linked to the spread of the virus. In one video, he suggested […]
Article by Mathilde Frot for Jewish News - published 1 May 2020 Countdown star Rachel Riley, the Community Security Trust and the MP Damian Collins are among public figures throwing their weight behind an open letter urging social media companies to “deplatform” the conspiracy theorist David Icke. The former footballer and sports commentator, who previously […]
Article by Oscar Williams for NS Tech - published 29 April 2020 The MP Damian Collins has called into question whether one of Ofcom’s most senior officials should have been allowed to take on a new role at Facebook. It emerged this morning that Tony Close, Ofcom’s director of content standards, is set to join […]
Article by Matthew Moore for The Times - published 29 April 2020 A senior official at the watchdog preparing to regulate social media companies has been poached by Facebook to help it respond to the curbs. Tony Close, Ofcom’s director of content standards, has been heavily involved with drawing up rules to rein in the […]
Published in PoliticsHome on 28 April 2020 For the sake of China’s future status, it now needs to be an honest broker, and put the health of the world above internal politics and oppression. If the tragic coronavirus outbreak has taught us anything, it is the importance of the international community coming together. Each country […]
Last week the Secretary of State for Transport, Grant Shapps MP, announced that there would be direct financial support for some of the key strategic transport routes which supply the United Kingdom. This will include both Eurotunnel at Cheriton and the Port of Dover, which together process around 80% of our road freight with the […]
Article by Mark Wilding for Esquire - published 25 April 2020 On 6 April, Tom Phillips was self-isolating at his home in south London when he saw the news that a mobile phone mast in Birmingham had been set on fire. Experts suspected that the action had been prompted by a conspiracy theory linking 5G […]
Last week I took part in the regular video conference meeting for the Kent MPs with leaders of our local NHS to discuss the response to the pressures created by the coronavirus crisis. I would once again like to state my thanks to all of our NHS and care workers across the county who have […]
Article by Matthew Moore for The Times - published 21 April 2020 Ministers have been urged to make the tech giants Facebook and Google share their advertising revenue with news publishers, after similar proposals were adopted in Australia. Media companies will be entitled to a slice of the money that digital platforms generate from their […]