Bahraini award to UK envoy shows ‘our diplomats are up for grabs’, says peer

Rights activists call UK ambassador ‘morally compromised’ for accepting honour from Bahraini king in apparent breach of Foreign Office rules

The Guardian
The Trump Administration is threatening censorship and the shutting down of television stations:
"ABC is running on-air ads urging viewers to fight the FCC's crackdown. Walt Disney Co.'s ABC network launched the campaign Monday as deadlines near for public comment in two FCC proceedings":
https://qz.com/abc-on-air-ads-fcc-the-view-broadcast-licenses-062226
"ABC has called the FCC's actions an attempt to suppress speech."
#FreedomOfInformation #AttackOnOurRights #politics copy: @renewedresistance
ABC runs on-air ads against FCC probe of The View, licenses

Walt Disney Co.'s ABC network launched the campaign Monday as deadlines near for public comment in two FCC proceedings

Quartz
#leicestergazette #foi #workshop #leicester was a great success, paving the way for more workshops, in the future #news #freedomofinformation #truth #justice
Tourists racked up $200M in unpaid health-care bills in B.C.: report
In a release, the BC Conservatives pointed to research from SecondStreet.org, which obtained the information through a freedom of information request.
#Health #Politics #BChealthcare #unpaidbills
https://globalnews.ca/news/11896799/tourists-unpaid-health-care-bills-bc/
Tourists racked up $200M in unpaid health-care bills in B.C.: report
In a release, the BC Conservatives pointed to research from SecondStreet.org, which obtained the information through a freedom of information request.
#Health #Politics #BChealthcare #unpaidbills
https://globalnews.ca/news/11896799/tourists-unpaid-health-care-bills-bc/
"Government regulators must block Paramount’s merger with Warner Bros. for several reasons, including that foreign autocracies with deep financial entanglements with Pres. Donald Trump and anti-democratic values—including Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Qatar—could end up owning the combined corporation":
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/paramounts-anticompetitive-merger-with-warner-bros-is-fueled-by-investments-from-regimes-with-deep-trump-ties/
#media #FreedomOfInformation #politics copy: @renewedresistance
Paramount’s Anticompetitive Merger With Warner Bros. Is Fueled by Investments From Regimes With Deep Trump Ties

Government regulators must block Paramount’s merger with Warner Bros. for several reasons, including that foreign autocracies with deep financial entanglements with President Donald Trump and anti-democratic values—including Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Qatar—could end up owning the combined corporation.

Center for American Progress
www.scrippsnews.com/us-news/mili... #freespeech #freedomofinformation #hegseth #kegsbreath. The corruption of this federal government has no end. journalist are the only way we have any inside into how they waste our money oppressing us. Rights aren't free and they're eager to take them away.

Pentagon bars journalists from...
Pentagon bars journalists from its press office, saying it has become a 'classified space'

In another of a series of moves restricting media access at the Pentagon, the Defense Department has declared that its press office is now a classified space inaccessible to journalists.

Scripps News

The first topic of this episode of the podcast “The Interface” is the shift of #Google search results toward #AI. A number of interesting points are raised that may prompt the community to consider a federated alternative as a response to the relentless pursuit of power and dominance by such entities and the resulting decline of the Internet and the freedom that originally came with it.

https://www.bbc.com/audio/play/p0nmfm23

#FediSearch #OpenInternet #FreedomOfInformation

BBC Audio | The Interface | Can Pope Leo save us from AI?

Google’s new version of the Internet search; The Pope vs AI; child safety on Roblox.

BBC News

True security in a system is impossible without #transparency, including free access to the source code. #SecurityByObscurity is a sham, a dangerous lie.

Services Australia is, on that false basis, arguing against release of the #myGov “code generator” source code. A system we must use, that is paid for by #Australia funds and rightly owned by all of us.

Support Fraser Tweedale @hackuador court battle to free this public system, and make it accountable and secure for all of us.

https://chuffed.org/project/mygov-app-source-code-foi-review

#AusPol #FreedomOfInformation #FoI #FreeSoftware

myGov app source code - FOI review

Millions of Australians use myGov to access essential services like Medicare, the ATO, and Centrelink.  The myGov Code Generator app is one of the options for enhancing myGov login security.

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