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3729: LawNewsIndex is a UK based daily legal news archive on Law,
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Legal Ethics & Human Rights since 2011.
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Today's Highlighted Video Story: Meta, the company that owns Facebook and Instagram, could soon be banned in Russia as an 'extremist organisation'.
The Kremlin also announced it's blocking Instagram, a move that will affect some 80 million users.
This is all in response to Meta announcing a change in its hate speech policy, allowing violent posts in some instances.
There's now a partial exception when the target are Russian soldiers in Ukraine.
Users are even allowed to call for Vladimir Putin's death.
But what are the consequences of this change in policy?
- Proceedings began this week in Ukraine v Russian Federation at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague | NLJ https://t.co/0oc8Ssbkwc
- Only
30 Nightingale courtrooms―introduced to help with the backlog during
the COVID-19 pandemic―are to be kept in use until March 2023, the
government has said | NLJ https://t.co/feHKhC43De
- Mother
and daughter turned away from UK border after fleeing Ukraine - Alena
Semenova, 22, and Tetyana Tsybanyuk, 40, from Kyiv, are trying to reach
close friends in Wales after their neighbourhood came under bombardment https://t.co/FmHOqOL6P5
- Thorntons announces merger with Edinburgh-based Stuart & Stuart WS | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/cTo3io36G1
- Fast track entry is now available at all courts and tribunals through the Professional Users Access Scheme (PUAS) | NLJ https://t.co/ag8bLIGj
- The
city of Seattle in the #US is being sued by salmon in a novel legal
case invoking the “rights of nature” | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/2qF8k7DzTa
- Penny
Mordaunt suggests colleagues should not take funds from Tory donor:
Tory minister issues statement after it emerges Alexander Temerko called
her an ‘absolutely uncontrollable woman’ https://t.co/g3zWgsFTA
- Mishcon fighting football club’s £20m negligence claim | Law Gazette https://t.co/PpZDQdP1q5
- All
UK crypto-currency cash machines (ATMs) are operating illegally and
must be shut down, the Financial Conduct Authority has announced.
Crypto-ATMs look like regular cash machines & let people buy
crypto-currency, such as Bitcoin, using their bank cards https://t.co/4AObG9foN7
- Vexatious litigant banned after bringing 40 ET claims | Law Gazette https://t.co/UhkDKczGN4
- ‘It’s about survival’: the Yorkshireman seeking justice for the Mariana dam disaster #Brazil https://t.co/xAl6DE0W5t
- Norwegian
computer expert has created a website enabling anyone to send an email
about the war in Ukraine to up to 150 #Russian email addresses at a time
https://t.co/SC32Ivo2EN
- The
Next 100 Years, the successor project to the First 100 Years, has
launched a photo competition to mark the centenary of the first four
women to be admitted to the Law Society as solicitors―Carrie Morrison,
Maud Crofts, Mary Pickup and Mary Sykes https://t.co/z36Zouzka1
- Walt
Disney's CEO apologised for his "painful silence" on a Florida sex
education bill critics warn will isolate LGBT youth. "You needed me to
be a stronger ally in the fight for equal rights and I let you down. I
am sorry," Bob Chapek told employees #US https://t.co/peYUDcsZiO
- ‘Disrespectful
and wrong’: lawyers slam push to restore power to deport Aboriginal
non-citizens. Federal government’s appeal against the release of NZ man
due to his claim of Aboriginality is being criticised as ‘a significant
step backwards’ #Australia https://t.co/dYAaOCj68n
- The
Ministry of Justice has extended its consultation to reform the Human
Rights Act 1998, replacing it with a Bill of Rights, after legal groups
including Justice and Liberty pointed out accessibility issues | NLJ https://t.co/2YtXzjnYWM
- From
#Rohingya refugee camp to Street Child World Cup - Jasmin Akter is a
Rohingya refugee who resettled in the UK when she was just eight years
old https://t.co/sNP1ZDyIvD
- Fears funeral plan reforms could mean thousands lose money https://t.co/YqOgbh1NFP
- Highway Code rule means drivers can be fined £100 for parking near their homes https://t.co/Pjx7jV9GiT
- The police banned our vigil for Sarah Everard and that was illegal – how can women trust them? https://t.co/9JrUW61N92
- Brodies pair launch Scottish women’s insolvency group | Scottish Legal News https://t.co/Nq479YcTgT
- Is bullying ever dealt with effectively? | Law Gazette https://t.co/YuInqFI0av
- Belfast firm Tughans hires Julie Huddleston as banking partner | Irish Legal News https://t.co/FEquUse506
- Ballot on legal aid action reaches final hours | Law Gazette https://t.co/1y88kTPwIh
- Northern
Ireland’s former director of public prosecutions, Barra McGrory QC SC,
has joined Red Lion Chambers in London as an associate tenant | Irish
Legal News https://t.co/Rg1JfnDNul
- A
Texas judge has extended an order to prevent state officials from
investigating allegations of so-called "abuse" against parents seeking
gender-transitioning care for their children #US https://t.co/Wp5UUXY5NT
- Law Society president wins diversity award | Law Gazette https://t.co/Dku0AviFXC
- Intimate image abuse: His confession protected him https://t.co/Xf0jOi4E1m
- Met
police breached rights of organisers of Sarah Everard vigil, court
rules: Reclaim These Streets welcomes judges’ decision as ‘a victory for
women’ and calls for Met reform https://t.co/57ay1h8Rl4
