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Jumat, 19 Juni 2020

Katie Hopkins permanently banned by Twitter for breaking 'abuse and hate' rules - Sky News

Katie Hopkins has been permanently banned by Twitter for breaching its rules on "abuse and hateful conduct".

Hopkins, who first rose to fame in the third series of The Apprentice, has become renowned for airing controversial opinions on the platform and has previously been accused of using her account to incite racial hatred.

The 45-year-old former LBC presenter, who has tweeted support of far-right figures such as English Defence League founder Tommy Robinson, had her account frozen in January after a campaign by Countdown's Rachel Riley.

Twitter has suspended Hopkins in the past for limited periods of time, but has now opted to banish her from the site for good.

It is not clear what led to the company's latest intervention, but a spokesperson told Sky News: "Keeping Twitter safe is a top priority for us - abuse and hateful conduct have no place on our service and we will continue to take action when our rules are broken.

"In this case, the account has been permanently suspended for violations of our Hateful Conduct policy."

Ms Hopkins has been contacted for comment.

Despite being removed from the site, her name was the top trending topic on Twitter in the UK following the announcement of her suspension.

She has recently criticised the Black Lives Matter movement online and sparked a Twitter feud with England football star Marcus Rashford over his successful lobbying over the extension of the free school meal scheme.

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Previously, Hopkins has written for The Sun newspaper and the Mail Online.

She left LBC in 2017 following comments about the Manchester Arena terror attack.

In the same year, she l ost a libel case against food blogger Jack Monroe, where she ended up paying out £24,000 in damages after suggesting they approved of defacing a war memorial during protests in London.

More recently she has been associated with the conservative Canadian organisation Rebel News.

Hopkins still has more than 60,000 subscribers on her personal YouTube channel, where she uploads speeches and videos giving her opinions about current affairs.

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2020-06-19 18:00:00Z
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Katie Hopkins permanently suspended from Twitter - BBC News

Controversial commentator Katie Hopkins has been permanently suspended from Twitter for violating its hateful conduct policy, the social media giant said.

Ms Hopkins, who had more than one million followers, was previously suspended in January for a week.

But Twitter said her latest ban is permanent.

The social network did not, however, say which tweets Ms Hopkins had posted, to result in the ban.

"Keeping Twitter safe is a top priority for us - abuse and hateful conduct have no place on our service and we will continue to take action when our rules are broken," it said.

The cited hateful conduct policy bans promotion of violence or direct written attacks and threats on other people, based on a wide range of personal characteristics such as race, gender or sexual orientation.

Ms Hopkins is well-known for both her media appearances and controversial right-wing viewpoints.

She has been re-tweeted by US President Donald Trump on several occasions.

Twitter has recently taken a firmer line against Mr Trump himself over tweets it says break its policies.

The US President has seen warnings placed on some of his tweets and others hidden from general view, although they remain online.

But leaving such tweets up in the public interest is an exception Twitter makes for world leaders - other accounts like Ms Hopkins' risk being suspended when they break Twitter's rules.

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2020-06-19 17:32:36Z
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Pupils sing Happy Birthday to Boris Johnson during handwashing | Coronavirus - The Telegraph

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2020-06-19 15:58:16Z
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LIVE: Government's daily coronavirus briefing as UK lowers COVID-19 alert level - Sky News

Larger classroom 'bubbles' planned for autumn term

Mr Williamson says the government is looking at creating larger "bubbles" to allow class sizes to expand in time for the autumn term.

He said: "We've been creating bubbles of children in the classroom, creating a protective environment for those children.

"Currently that is at 15, what we would be looking at doing is expanding those bubbles to include the whole class."

He said signs the virus was reducing meant ministers could look at "making sure every child returns to school".

Mr Williamson added: "We recognise there is still going to have to be protective measures put in place to make sure children are safe and make sure that teachers and all those who work in school are safe as well, and that is why we are going to be issuing further guidance in the next two weeks."

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2020-06-19 15:52:19Z
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UK coronavirus alert level downgraded as cases continue to fall - The Independent

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2020-06-19 13:45:48Z
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Coronavirus latest: UK scientific task force recommends downgrading threat level - Financial Times

Australia is suffering state-sponsored cyber attack, says prime minister

Jamie Smyth in Sydney

A sophisticated, state-sponsored cyber attack is actively targeting Australian government, business, education and political organisations, Australian prime minister Scott Morrison, said on Friday.

He did not reveal the identity of the state actor that is responsible for the attacks, which he said had been happening for many months. But the scale and sophisticated nature of the malicious activity has led Australia’s security services to determine that a state actor is responsible, he said.

“Based on advice provided to me by our cyber experts, Australian organisations are currently being targeted by a sophisticated state-based cyber actor,” Mr Morrison told reporters.

“This act is targeting Australian organisations across a range of sectors including all levels of government, industry, political organisations, education, health, essential service providers and operators of other critical infrastructure.”

Mr Morrison said no large scale personal data breaches had been revealed so far and he had talked to Australia’s Five Eyes intelligence network partners, including Boris Johnson, about the malicious activity. When pressed on the possible identity of the state actor, he said there were not very many state-based actors which had the capabilities to undertake the type of operation under way.

Despite the lack of detail provided by the government on the timing and nature of the cyber attacks, analysts said China was the most likely suspect owing to the broad scope of the institutions targeted.

Sino-Australian relations have slumped to their lowest level in a generation following Canberra’s recent call for an inquiry into the origins of the Covid-19 outbreak in Wuhan, China.

“Of course it is China. There are a few countries that have the capability: Russia, China, US, UK, and perhaps Iran and North Korea, although they may not have the scale. Only China in this list will have the appetite for such a broad approach,” said Tom Uren, a cyber security analyst at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, a Canberra-based think tank, in a social media post.

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2020-06-19 13:45:37Z
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Boris Johnson 'sure' all pupils can be back at school full-time from September - Sky News

The prime minister has announced he is "sure" all children can be back in school full-time from September.

Boris Johnson hinted social distancing rules in classrooms could be relaxed to help more pupils return faster, as he told people to "watch this space".

Asked about calls from some Conservatives to cut the recommended two metre gap to one metre to help more pupils join lessons, he said: "We will be putting in further changes as the science allows."

He was also asked if the return to school plan would see kids return full-time from the autumn instead of just going in for some or half days.

Mr Johnson confirmed: "Absolutely... Provided we can make the classroom safe, and I think we can, I want every child, every student, every pupil back in September and I'm sure we can get it done.

"I'm making no bones about it - I think that's the right way forward for our country."

Hours after the UK's coronavirus alert level was lowered, the prime minister said on a visit to a school in Hertfordshire: "We have to start thinking of a world in which we are less apprehensive about this disease.

"Yes it has been a horrible shock for the country and for the world, and I think the British people have worked incredibly hard to drive it down...

"I hope, as we go forward into the autumn, people will be much, much more confident."

The levels of COVID-19 across the country are "really diminishing amongst us all", he added.

Concerns about emergency measures having to be strengthened again were also dismissed by Mr Johnson, when asked about the threat of a second peak.

He said the government would use its test and trace programme to "take the preventative measures necessary on the spot, rather than going back to the national lockdown approach".

Schools in England have been reopening further to pupils from 1 June, although some did not meet the deadline over safety fears for children and staff.

Mr Johnson sought to convince parents it is safe for teaching to continue, telling them on Friday: "Schools are safe to come back to - early years, reception, year one, year six in primary, year 10 and 12 in secondary - now is the time to come back."

It comes after news a £1bn catch-up programme for children who have missed out on months of education has been announced by Downing Street.

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2020-06-19 13:07:30Z
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