Vile Isn't the Same as Illegal: Who Decides What Counts as a Crime in Britain Now?
Spitting on Sir David Amess's statue is disgusting. Arresting a 15-year-old over Facebook jokes is something else. Sally Joe on offence versus crime in Britain.

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Spitting on Sir David Amess's statue is disgusting. Arresting a 15-year-old over Facebook jokes is something else. Sally Joe on offence versus crime in Britain.
Labor's Digital Duty of Care Bill brings $109.2m fines, undercover eSafety powers and a 'serious distress' harm. Who decides what distress means?
Queensland's breach bail laws are due to pass this week. Danny Mullane says about bloody time, but where are the cells?
The Justice Department is using the Sherman Act against ABC, CBS, CNN, NBC and Fox over a pool coverage pause. Jesse Saunders says that's a line.
Permanent live facial recognition is coming to Oxford Street by Christmas, while the Home Office's legal framework sits unpublished. Gus Green on Britain's camera-first, law-later surveillance.
Texas drought rules tighten as data centers fight for water. J-Mark's practical, funny guide to storing two weeks of water at home.
eSafety's own data says 8 in 10 under-16s are still on social media. Now Canberra plans to sue Meta, TikTok and others. iKarl asks who really benefits.
Alex Knight stands with Israel against the Muslim Brotherhood, and still doesn't buy the official story of Charlie Kirk's death.
After the 10 October Palestine march, Sally Jo compares arrests, labels and police action with Unite the Kingdom and 2024, and asks: one law for everyone?
A Sinwar poster at Melbourne's October 7 vigil, no arrests, and Rebel News' Avi Yemini moved on by police. Lee Robbins on two-tier policing in Australia.
Well, here we are again, folks. Another day, another scandal, and another reason to lose faith in the institutions that are supposed to protect us.
Sally Joe on the Russell Brand trial at Southwark Crown Court: lawfare against a critic, or a man riding the wave? And can anyone prove a night 25 years ago?
J-Mark compares Aphex Twin's albums with Beethoven, Mozart and Tchaikovsky: disruption, texture, emotion and legacy, from ambient electronica to the symphony.
How to stay connected when the power is out and the cell towers are down: plans, tools and post-disaster communication strategies.
An OpenAI agent strolled into a Medicare portal and Australia found out months later. Lee Robbins on Big Tech's apology tour and a government a chatbot just walked past.
The unexpected arrival of Russian warships at the Cuban port of Havana has sent ripples through the corridors of international diplomacy.
For those who have been wondering where Anonymous Publishing disappeared to, the answer is complicated — and, frankly, there were times when we weren't entirely sure we'd be coming back at all.
Alright folks, gather ’round! Jesse here, and boy, do I have a story for you.From about December 2019 — smack in the first Trump impeachment calendar — an FBI Foreign Influence Task Force shop ran Round River.
Australia has had past prime ministers from the Liberal and Labor parties. These former prime ministers have been incompetent liars, weak, lazy, duplicitous, backstabbing, contemptuous, arse lickers, arrogant arseholes.
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