Dorset Police staff investigated for misusing social media (Oscar Tollast, Dorset Echo, 7/7/14) TEN members of staff at Dorset Police have been investigated for misusing social media in the past five years – leading to the resignation of one employee. Data obtained from a Freedom of Information request has provided a breakdown of each investigation. The 10 investigations, which were […]
Troops leaked confidential data on Twitter and Facebook (The Daily Telegraph, 11/7/14) Members of the Armed Forces have leaked confidential information on Twitter and Facebook, according to figures obtained from the Ministry of Defence Social media blunders by members of the Armed Forces have risked compromising operations and national security by leaking patrol times, details of sensitive visits and photos […]
With free schools already coming under attack even from within the Coalition, Toby Young speaks to Paul Nizinskyj about why the European Court of Human Rights is on their side, why PGCEs are a waste of time and why he’s going off UKIP. With the venom they elicit from the left and the suspicion (or is that opportunism?) they engender within the breasts of […]
This week, Dr Charles Tannock MEP will be meeting the European Union’s representative in Baghdad to discuss the civil war taking place in Iraq and the Union’s response. However, while he will do so as a member of the European Parliament’s foreign affairs committee, he makes it clear there is also a dangerous domestic angle to the conflict. “It’s no […]
Social media is impacting life in Africa at breakneck speed, and it is not just the usual suspects Facebook and Twitter. Parliament Street’s Clare George-Hilley explores. I have participated a number of high profile relief effort campaigns in Kenya, The Gambia working with The Glove Projectand Sierra Leone on the Street Child project. A common challenge for all these humanitarian […]
The economy is gathering up a head of steam, more people can afford holidays abroad, more passports are being renewed and HM Passport Office has a backlog. But is this 500,000 or just 30,000 passport applications in the backlog? The figures differ greatly depending on who you believe but the truth remains that a backlog exists. We have learnt that […]
By Steven George-Hilley On Iraq, what is unforgivable is knowingly withdrawing from a country still struggling to defend itself from extremism and effectively leaving it vulnerable to those extremists. The alarming revelations that the Sunni militant group, Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIS) is aiming to launch an offensive on Baghdad after toppling government forces in Tikrit and Mosul is […]
From the Manchester Evening News – 11th June 2014: Revealed: How GMP officers and staff fell foul of social media More than 40 officers and staff have been disciplined over their use offensive Facebook images, tweets about on-going incidents and misjudged jokes on YouTube over the last five years Today the M.E.N. can reveal the shameful catalogue of social media […]
So Lutfur Rahman has once again been re-elected as mayor of Tower Hamlets, a borough I have only recently moved to. Since moving from west Berkshire, I have had something of a culture shock, in a good way though. The borough is alive, bustling, young, ethnically diverse and highly politically charged. This feels a thousand miles away from the pleasant, but […]
Originally published in The Times newspaper on Tuesday June 10th 2014 The number of police officers facing disciplinary action for offensive or inappropriate commentary on social networking sites such as Facebook has increased up to fivefold, figures show. Police officers have tweeted or posted comments about ongoing criminal investigations or revealed details of police operations, while some made derogatory comments […]
