Neighbour wins privacy row over smart doorbell and cameras

A judge has ruled that security cameras and a Ring doorbell installed in a house in Oxfordshire “unjustifiably invaded” the privacy of a neighbour, in a case that could have implications for home surveillance devices.

Dr Mary Fairhurst claimed that the devices installed on the house of neighbour Jon Woodard broke data laws and contributed to harassment.

The judge upheld both these claims.

Mr Woodard now faces a substantial fine.

Share

Cambridge Students’ Union publishes pro-trans guide claiming that being a woman is not just down to ‘biological sex’ – and accuses feminists opposing such views as being linked to ‘far right’

Not sure what it imagines itself to be

Cambridge Students’ Union has published a pro-trans guide claiming that being a woman is not just down to ‘biological sex’.

‘How To Spot TERF Ideology’ accuses feminists who question this mantra as being ‘transphobic’ and suggets they could even be linked to the ‘far right’.

Written by new women’s officer Milo Eyre-Morgan, the guide accuses Terfs – short for Trans-Exclusionary Radical Feminists – of having a ‘narrow definition’ of women.

Share

Walgreens closes five more San Francisco locations, citing ‘organized retail crime’

Walgreens is closing five more San Francisco locations as drug stores from the Bay Area to the Big Apple are besieged by rampant shoplifting and lax enforcement.

San Fran shoplifters have been emboldened by a referendum that lowered the penalty for stealing goods worth less than $950 from a felony to a misdemeanor, cops and prosecutors have said.

Share

UK Teachers Union Says Members are Allowed to ‘Self-Identify‘ as Black

A leading higher education trade union in Britain has drawn criticism after supporting so-called trans-racialism, in which people can self-identify as another race.

Last week, the Edinburgh branch of the University and College Union (UCU) wrote on social media to reassert its position in favour of “trans inclusion”, saying that “liberation cannot be built on exclusion”.

Share

Norway: Bow and arrow attacker who killed 5 is a convert to Islam familiar to mental health authorities

Update: Norwegian convert arrested for the killings in Kongsberg

Sources inform TV 2 that the arrested man in Kongsberg is a Norwegian convert to Islam, who has had contact with the Norwegian health service several times.

A man has been arrested after injuring and killing multiple people with a bow and arrow and multiple areas have been evacuated in Norway, and police say it is too early to tell whether the attacks were terror-related.

An exact count of the number of injured or dead from Wednesday’s incident has not yet been released. There is no suspicion that anyone else was involved.

Twitter Kongsberg

Share

Muslim foreign ministers to make women’s rights plea to Taliban

Foreign ministers from several Muslim-majority countries are planning to go to Kabul in part to urge the Taliban to recognise that the exclusion of women and girls from education is a distortion of the Islamic faith.

The proposal has the support of western diplomats, who recognise that calls from them concerning universal values are going to have less traction with the Taliban than if the request comes from leaders of largely Islamic states.

Share

Woman Gets $4.9 Million After Son Shot By Police; Now She’s Arrested For Allegedly Buying Guns For Other Son’s Gang

A Madera, California, woman who received roughly $5 million from a settlement after police fatally shot her son was arrested after purchasing guns allegedly for another son and gang members.

Christina Lopez, 42, received $4.9 million last April following the 2017 death of her son, 16-year-old Isiah Murrietta-Golding.

Share

Child actors used for Kamala Harris’ bizarre space video

A video meant to sell children on the wonders of space exploration featured Vice President Kamala Harris giving a memorably loopy performance alongside a quintet of child actors who auditioned for their roles, it was revealed Monday.

Share