UK Column News - Friday 16th February 2024.

Presented Today By Mike Robinson, Ben Rubin & Vanessa Beeley. Duration - 62 minutes .
Brian Gerrish's YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9skZ0BEDSU

Kids Online Safety Act: Enables Censorship And ID Age Verification

00:22 BBC: Brianna Ghey's mother Esther says Online Safety Act does not go far enough

Ofcom: Consultation: Protecting people from illegal harms online

Ofcom: Quick guide to rules about online pornography

Just Security: Multiple Threats Converge to Heighten Disinformation Risks to This Year’s US Elections

UK Columns Assessment of the Kids Online Safety Act: 

Enables widespread censorship, and it will lead to age verification and identification checks across the internet.

UK Column Article (2019): Screen Time Is Damaging Us

Al Gore With His Alternative Climate Reality

09:09 Climate Reality Team UK (Facebook): Climate Reality Team UK

Climate Reality Project: At The Climate Reality Project, our global network of 3.5 million is working to build a just and sustainable true net zero future

We train and mobilize people worldwide with four global campaigns to accelerate climate action this decade and help us reach true net zero by 2050

Eventbrite: Love Your Planet: Together, let's transform awareness into action & make a tangible impact on our planet

Rise UK (Telegram): Al Gore's opening remarks from yesterday's event at UCL

Future Leaders Network: We make a difference today with the leaders of tomorrow

 Egypt–Bulldozing The Buffer Zone 

22:19 Washington Post: CIA visit to Egypt: Hostage talks continue in Egypt

Haaretz: Egypt Turkey reconciliation: Even Burying the Hatchet With Egypt's Sissi Can't Get Erdogan a Foothold in Gaza

Sinai Foundation for Human Rights (Arabic): SINAI FHR website

Sinai Foundation for Human Rights (YouTube): Video of works from SINAI Foundation for Human Rights: "Unidentified" engineering works in eastern Sinai under intense military presence

Sinai Foundation for Human Rights (Arabic): Article in Arabic by SINAI FHR: “Unknown” engineering works in eastern Sinai or the beginning of Sisi’s project to establish “popularly rejected” development clusters in Sinai

CNN: CNN report on bulldozing of buffer zone area: Egypt is building a new walled buffer zone more than 2 miles wide on Gaza border, satellite images show

Al Monitor (2014): Egypt evicts Rafah residents to create buffer zone

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Forthcoming Symposium: The Organisation for Propaganda Studies, in collaboration with UK Column and Propaganda in Focus, presents Silencing the Academics—Sunday 18 February, 6–9 pm

Forthcoming Symposium: The Midazolam Murders: Exposing State-sanctioned Involuntary Euthanasia

Brian Gerrish (YouTube): Walking the dog–Episode, Premieres Feb 18, 2024

 UK Column Interview: Demanding a New Inquest into a 9/11 Death: Matt Campbell and Ted Walter

Forthcoming UK Column interview: Cheryl Grainger—Thursday 15 February at 1 pm

New UK Column Series: Walking The Dog

Event: Sounds Beautiful Festival 2024—27–30 June

Event: Stand In The Light Music Festival—24–27 May

Event: Alternative View 14—26 May 2024