The Guardian yesterday reported that Neo-Nazi groups are making money from YouTube’s advertising revenue-sharing system when posting videos online. Google’s AdSense programme means that users who upload non-copyrighted videos which are popular are invited to join Google’s partner programme...
Islamophobia Watch alerts us to a local report on the suspended sentences handed down to two men from Wales for racist and Islamophobic comments posted on Facebook. From the South Wales Argus: “Two Gwent men escaped a jail sentence yesterday after they admitted writing offensive comments on...
The news agency, Associated Press, has reported that an investigation by the US military into the Qur’an burning incident at Bagram airbase in Afghanistan in February has recommended that around seven troops face disciplinary action and not criminal charges. From AP: “A U.S. military...
Islamophobia Watch draws our attention to an article by the writer and Guardian columnist, Gary Younge in the US-based magazine, The Nation, in which he touches on the “repressive legislative and rhetorical onslaught” against Muslims and Islam which has taken hold of Europe’s political...
The Southern Daily Echo, The Portsmouth News, The Huffington Post and The Metro have all reported on the trial of a man charged with incitement to violent disorder during the riots last summer, including posting comments on Facebook encouraging attacks on Muslims. From the Southern Daily Echo:...
The Guardian today reports on a legal challenge brought by two individuals concerned at the potential breach of their right to privacy under arrangements that allows data from the 2011 Census to be passed on to third parties. The data processing of the Census 2011 is being undertaken by Lockheed...
The Norwich Advertiser reports that the English Defence League have been banned from meeting at a pub in Norwich following complaints disapproving of their presence at the establishment. The EDL were due to meet at the pub last weekend. From the local paper: “Meetings of the controversial English...
The Guardian yesterday reported that Andrew Tyrie MP, the chair of the all party parliamentary group on rendition, who is also currently involved in legal action against America to uncover more information about UK involvement in US-led renditions, has joined others in speaking out against the...
Saturday’s Daily Mail carried a short piece by columnist Kelvin MacKenzie in which he described the veil ban in France as a ‘great success’, framing the garment as a choice tool for criminals, and suggests that a 2015 Conservative manifesto clause in support of a UK ban on the face veil would...
Islamophobia Watch alerts us that the Mayor of Tower Hamlets, Lutfur Rahman has lashed out at a report in the Daily Mail that Tower Hamlets council is amongst a number of authorities to have ‘banned’ pork in schools. Similar claims were also published in the Sunday Telegraph. The Daily Mail...
