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Does UK's Online Safety Act cover misinformation? Well, that depends

Minister, platform providers disagree on whether law would have helped avoid last summer's riots

MPs heard a range of interpretations of UK law when it comes to the spread of misinformation online, a critical factor in the riots across England and Northern Ireland sparked by inaccurate social media posts about the fatal stabbings at a children's dance class on 29 July last year.…

Fujitsu and its no public sector bids promises... what happened to them?

Government procurement process is very involved

Comment  It's easy to miss £125 million ($166 million). It could happen to anyone. Take Paul Patterson, for example. In January 2024, the director of Fujitsu Services Ltd emailed the UK government's commercial arm to confirm the Japanese tech services provider would pause bidding for public sector work after the Post Office Horizon scandal became public knowledge.…