just tried to read an article on the #BelfastTelegraph web site. they respect my privacy enough to ask if i am ok with sharing my data with 900+ partners. when did this become the norm? i guess most people just click ‘ok’. … i am sooooo tired with the online experience.

The #BelfastTelegraph reports:

"Jess Phillips, the minister for safeguarding and #violence against #women and #girls spoke out in the wake of a spat between UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and the platform’s boss, Elon Musk."
".... she scaled back her use of the social media platform #X, claiming it had become “a bit despotic” and was “a place of misery now”. 👇
https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/uk/social-media-site-x-is-only-a-place-of-misery-government-minister-says/a945339865.html

Great decision, #JessPhilips! 👏
You are a role model for politicians and educational institutions.

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Social media site X is ‘only a place of misery’, Government minister says

A UK government minister told how she scaled back her use of the social media platform X, claiming it had become “a bit despotic” and was “a place of misery now”.

BelfastTelegraph.co.uk

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True. Callous writing, I had suspected #ChatGPT and its brethren, but no, "Kurtis Reid"

#BelfastTelegraph

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#UKpol #UDAUKGovCollusion #PoliticalMurder

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#Politics

*#TonyBlair worked behind scenes to thwart #PatFinucane public inquiry after discussion with #MI5 boss*

#PrimeMinister’s view of case was discussed with his inner circle and recorded in document discovered by #BelfastTelegraph at The #NationalArchives in #Kew
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...👉Mr #Finucane was slaughtered in front of his young children👈,...

https://archive.is/56skY