Faces in the Crowd: How the Met is Trading Privacy for Policing
London’s Metropolitan Police is dramatically expanding its use of live facial recognition (LFR) technology, with deployments set to increase from four to ten times weekly. This escalation comes…
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Russian Ferrochrome Under the Indian Flag: Who Is Oleg Tsyura and Why Europe Must Help Ukraine Investigate
On July 28, 2025, it became known that the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine had registered criminal case No. 42025000000000510 (Unified Register of Pre-Trial Investigations entry…
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Eugene Shvidler loses UK appeal: close ties to Abramovich proved pivotal
The UK Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal by Russian oligarch Eugene Shvidler against sanctions imposed by the British government following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.…
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Online Safety Act Faces Widespread Ridicule as Users Flout Restrictions via VPNs and Gaming Platforms
The UK government’s latest foray into digital nannying — the age verification requirement for adult websites under the expanded Online Safety Act — has had a predictable and…
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Zero tolerance: UK slams legal guillotine on ransom payments in sweeping cybercrime overhaul
The government has announced a stringent regulatory package designed to cripple ransomware operations that have been paralysing hospitals, schools, and businesses across the country. Under the new rules,…
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Real Estate Market Dynamics: Supply Overwhelms Demand, with London Hit the Hardest
The UK property market recorded its most significant July price decline in more than twenty years, with new seller asking prices falling by 1.2% (£4,531) month-on-month to an…
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Handing the Ballot to 16-Year-Olds in a Desperate Bid to Make Young People Care About Boring Politics
The government, in its infinite wisdom, has decided that the solution to the nation’s political malaise is to enfranchise teenagers. Yes, you read that correctly — 16-year-olds, who…
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