Labour’s Proposal to Tax Private Schools Based on ‘Incorrect Calculations’

The HMRC’s Capital Goods Scheme has suggested that private schools may be able to recover VAT incurred on their building or refurbishment projects for facilities like swimming pools, sports halls, music and drama studios, laboratories or lecture halls. Labour’s calculation, however, does not take into account the possibility of children moving to the state sector …

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£12.7m Fine Imposed on TikTok for Gathering Data on Minors

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined TikTok £12.7m for illegally using personal data of over a million young children. Despite banning under-13s from signing up, TikTok allowed 1.4m to register in 2020 alone. UK data laws require apps to gain parental consent before allowing children under 13 to sign up. The ICO stated that …

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Russia emerges from the cold as Putin’s Twitter account reappears.

Twitter has lifted restrictions on accounts linked to the Kremlin after being acquired by tech billionaire Elon Musk, as evidenced by a recent review of the website. Multiple account tests showed that Twitter’s search results, timeline, and recommendation tools now display accounts such as Vladimir Putin’s presidential account, the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and …

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Britain First receives gold tick verification on Twitter for their far-right group account.

Under Elon Musk’s revamp of the social network, Twitter has bestowed a gold check mark to Britain First, the far-right political party. Britain First, an anti-immigration party led by Paul Golding, who has been convicted in the past for religiously aggravated harassment against Muslims, has been tagged as an “official organization” by Twitter. A gold …

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