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Following the most recent case in court this week of former servicemen accused of the unlawful killing of an IRA Terrorist decades ago, is it time our legal system stopped pursuing our former servicemen in this way? Do you think that after all, the Good Friday Agreement gave in to some of the demands of the terrorists in exchange for ceasefire and peace in Northern Ireland at the time and that the slate should have been wiped clean? Do you think there should be a time limitation on charges being brought against former service personnel operating in war or hostile zones?

https://www.bbc.com/sport/56936797 Football clubs, players, athletes and a number of sporting bodies have begun a four-day boycott of social media in an attempt to tackle abuse and discrimination on their platforms.

I agree with both the sentence passed and the sentencing precedent for future convicted defendants in very similar cases. Looks like she would have been convicted of perverting the course of justice which carries a maximum sentence of life imprisonment.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9514495/MPs-demand-review-tens-thousands-Covid-fines.html MPs and peers have demanded a review of tens of thousands of Covid fines after branding them 'muddled, discriminatory and unfair'.

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-56795852 Facebook's plans to roll out encryption across its messaging services could jeopardise ongoing work to combat child abuse, the Home Secretary is to warn. Such encryption means only the sender and recipient can read messages. "We cannot allow a situation where law enforcement's ability to tackle abhorrent criminal acts and protect victims is severely hampered," Priti Patel will tell a charity-hosted event. Facebook says its plans for wider encryption protects users' privacy. The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC…

Military cyber security specialists are preparing for the largest cyber war game in the world, which kicks off tomorrow as the fictional NATO member state of Berylia comes under attack. https://news.sky.com/story/nato-prepares-for-worlds-largest-cyber-war-game-with-focus-on-grey-zone-12274488

Australian security firm Azimuth has been identified as the experts who managed to crack a mass shooter's iPhone that was at the centre of an encryption standoff between the FBI and Apple. https://www.theregister.com/2021/04/14/azimuth_fbi_iphone/ This case was quite a few years ago now and from what I remember Apple closed the loophole that allowed it to be accessed, but they were very keen to identify exactly who had cracked it. Everyone had been assuming Cellebrite but turns out to be an Aussie company.

It is so sad to hear of the death of HR.H. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4074042/Prince-Philip-dies.html

The UK is planning a new attack on end-to-end encryption, with the Home Office set to spearhead efforts designed to discourage Facebook from further rolling out the technology to its messaging apps. https://www.wired.co.uk/article/uk-encryption-facebook-home-office-nspcc Fighting a losing battle if you ask me, encryption software is not something that can be contained. I also dislike the trend in recent years towards an assumption that only criminals want privacy. The starting point should be that everyone deserves it as a right, without having to justify a specific reason. Balanced against that is the argument that police sometimes do need access to some…

THERE is no guarantee that the children of Islamic State parents brought back to Britain from Syria will not pose a threat to the public in future, the government’s terror watchdog warned today. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/terror-islamic-state-syria-safaa-boular-shamima-begum-b925699.html

It was the early hours and a young woman student had forgotten to shut her front door after returning to her West London flat. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9384607/Why-does-dislike-Britain-much.html Wonder if this is why she hates the UK.

Home secretary Priti Patel was among those at the Appeal Court to contest the finding, but it ruled in the convicted terrorist’s favour. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9260703/Terrorist-sentenced-death-Egypt-verge-WINNING-legal-battle-stay-UK.html why is he not been deported out of the UK😠

AS London’s gangland boomed in the swinging Sixties, the city’s most despicable crooks were not mobsters but the bent policemen they bribed with cash, gems and holidays. https://www.thesun.co.uk/tv/14036758/the-bent-coppers-who-inspired-line-of-duty/ showing the story of sixties worth reading.

Footage of a carer abusing a vulnerable pensioner with dementia has been released - following her sentence of six months in jail. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9181213/Shocking-moment-carer-caught-hidden-camera-abusing-vulnerable-pensioner.html