Watching TV reports on this last night was utterly baffling. If anybody wants to access any news source on the internet why on earth does Facebook need to be involved? Various people talking about da… (View Post)

Much of the talk about needing to regulate Facebook makes it sound like some essential monopoly along the lines of gas or electricity. It's a complete farce - it is a completely optional leisure acti… (View Post)

Finally I can't imagine how Facebook could be forced to enter the news market. If Facebook says they have no interest in selling news (if links are deemed to come within the definition of a sale) the… (View Post)

Interesting situation with over 75s TV licences. The Mirror had a report yesterday and now similar reports have appeared in several papers, eg The Times today reports: "The BBC confirmed that 2.… (View Post)

I can answer my own question: Daily deaths are by date of death. Weekly deaths are by date registered. The Daily deaths with Covid on Death Certificate must already be over 120,000 by now. (View Post)