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Social media companies must “go much further and faster in removing hateful content” from their platforms, the prime minister’s spokesman has said. The comments from Downing Street came in the wake of Twitter’s perceived inaction to address antisemitic tweets posted by grime artist Wiley. A number of users, including celebrities and politicians, are staging a
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Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon faces new questions over whether she misled parliament about when she knew of sexual misconduct complaints against Alex Salmond. Sky News has learned there are conflicting accounts of a meeting she attended at the height of a Scottish government inquiry into her predecessor. Ms Sturgeon told parliament she was informed
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Smartwatch maker Garmin has obtained the decryption key to recover its computer files from a ransomware attack last Thursday, Sky News has learnt. Last week, Garmin’s services were taken offline after hackers infected the company’s networks with a ransomware virus known as WastedLocker. A number of the company’s services were operational again on Monday as
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Banksy has donated three oil paintings referencing the European migrant crisis to a charity auction raising money for a hospital in Bethlehem. The works, titled Mediterranean Sea View 2017, are estimated to sell for between £800,000 and £1.2m. The anonymous street artist from Bristol took 19th century-style Romantic seascapes and added life jackets and buoys
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Priti Patel has demanded an explanation from Twitter and Instagram over the length of time it took to remove “abhorrent” posts made by Wiley. Police are currently investigating a series of antisemitic comments posted on the Grime artist’s social media accounts. The Home Secretary tweeted on Sunday: “The antisemitic posts from Wiley are abhorrent. “They
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