TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A court in Russia on Thursday convicted a prominent lawyer and sentenced him to seven years in prison for speaking out against the war in Ukraine on social media, a Russian human rights group reported. The verdict in the case of Dmitry Talantov, who once chaired a regional association of lawyers…
India’s stand-in captain Jasprit Bumrah ran through the Australian top order in the final session of Day 1 of the first Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Perth. After India made only 150 with the bat, Bumrah led the bowling effort from the front. The 30-year-old first dismissed debutant opener Nathan McSweeney. Two…
India batter KL Rahul’s controversial dismissal against Australia on Day 1 of the first Test in Perth triggered a wave of disappointment on social media. Rahul, who looked like India’s best batter on the day, was given out caught behind by the third umpire after Australia decided to review the on-field umpire’s call….
The science secretary has said he will “keep everything on the table” when it comes to restricting social media for children aged under 16 if tech companies do not act. Peter Kyle told Sky News he wanted the regulator Ofcom to be “more assertive” when it comes to “grotesque” behaviour on social media – including…
Actress Jamie Lee Curtis, The Guardian newspaper, and even the Clifton Suspension Bridge have joined swathes of people deserting Elon Musk’s social media site X. Millions have instead joined Bluesky, which has a stronger focus on moderation, set up by former Twitter founder Jack Dorsey – who is now no longer affiliated with the social…
Republican vice presidential candidate, Senator J.D. Vance was doing his rounds on the Sunday morning political shows, when he made an interesting admission. And yes, it’s about his and Donald Trump’s baseless claim that Haitian immigrants are eating pets in Springfield, Ohio. Vance said that the “American media” ignored Springfield, “until Donald Trump and I…
Guardian Media Group (GMG) is in talks to sell The Observer, the world’s oldest Sunday newspaper, to Tortoise Media, a start-up founded five years ago by a former BBC and Times executive. GMG confirmed on Tuesday afternoon an exclusive report by Sky News’ City editor Mark Kleinman, that it was in negotiations with Tortoise Media…
Guardian Media Group (GMG) is in talks to sell The Observer, the world’s oldest Sunday newspaper, to Tortoise Media, a start-up founded five years ago by a former BBC and Times executive. Sky News can exclusively reveal that GMG was in the process of informing staff on The Observer on Tuesday that it is in…
Instagram and Facebook owner Meta is banning RT and other Russian state media networks from its platforms over claims they carried out covert operations to influence social media users. The ban, which was announced on Monday, will block the accounts from Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp and Threads users over the coming days. “After careful consideration, we…
Sky News picked up two gongs at the Press Gazette’s Future of Media Awards, for the Money blog and the podcast series, Patient 11. Money was recognised in the live journalism category at the Press Gazette’s Future of Media Awards, beating competition from the Financial Times, the Telegraph, Bloomberg and the Athletic among others. “This…
