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BBC censored film on British army killing child

Post author:PHIL MILLER
Post published:3 August 2026
Post last modified:3 August 2026

The very highest levels of the British government secretly exerted pressure on the BBC to censor a film about the army killing an unarmed child in 1972. Official documents, recently discovered by the Pat Finucane Centre, also show the British Army was aware, shortly after the killing in Derry, that the boy had been killed at “point blank” range by an immensely powerful machine-gun. However the Ministry of Defence falsely informed an inquest into his death that he was shot from 25 meters away by a soldier who thought the boy was armed. The case revolves around the shooting dead of…

Woeful HMRC’s 90% error rate on north of Ireland child benefit grab

Post author:Robert Freeman
Post published:17 July 2026
Post last modified:19 July 2026

Inept HMRC officials got it wrong nine times out of ten when attempting to heartlessly claw back child benefit payments from north of Ireland claimants. That’s according to a new report from the Detail. They reveal that out of the 826 families the bean counters thought were on the take: …at least 742 of these were subsequently confirmed to be eligible for Child Benefit. Only 81 were determined to have been incorrectly receiving Child Benefit, while enquiries remain open in three cases. The Canary previously reported on this scandal last year. Back then we explained HMRC’s cock-up thusly: The error occurred…

Starmer’s ‘child protection’ law is an assault on press freedoms

Post author:Skwawkbox
Post published:18 June 2026
Post last modified:18 June 2026

Keir Starmer’s new ban on under-16s using social media — just as with the supposed ‘Online Safety Act’ (OSA) — does nothing to protect children. In fact, it will harm many and put others at risk as they try dangerous routes to bypass the ban. Furthermore, it will have an enormous chilling effect on meaningful journalism. It will also chill resistance to the authoritarian state he is building for fascist Reform to inherit. Starmer wages war on journalism How does the ban wage war on journalism? Because it is designed to make anonymity impossible and works hand in hand with Starmer’s…

Consortium representing child refugees speaks out against Labour’s AI plans

Post author:Alex/Rose Cocker
Post published:1 June 2026
Post last modified:9 June 2026

The Refugee and Migrant Children’s Consortium (RMCC) has spoken out against government plans to access asylum seekers’ age using AI. On Friday 29 May, the Home Office announced plans to use AI in cases when an asylum seekers’ age is in dispute. However, the RMCC warned that the scheme could lead to yet more wrongful detentions of vulnerable children in adult facilities. The news follows April’s revelations from the independent Humans for Rights Network, which exposed the fact that the Home Office routinely detains so-called “age-disputed children” as adults. Of the 76 age-disputed detainees at the time, 26 had been —…

“No longer in denial” — Israeli settlements admit years of serial, filmed child rape

Post author:Skwawkbox
Post published:29 May 2026
Post last modified:8 June 2026

A screenshot from the Kan 11 programme, which is only viewable on YouTube in Hebrew, and by using a VPN set to Israel. Israel’s long-running paedophilia scandal has exploded. A new documentary shown on Israeli TV has capped years of campaigning by victims and allies this week. Titled “No longer in denial: Gush Etzion admits to ritual abuse”, the Kan 11 ‘Zman Emet’ programme contained testimonies by victims living in illegal settlements that their leaders engaged in the gang-rape of children. The ‘leaders’ filmed the abuse and distributed it to their fellow paedophiles — and the local council has acknowledged the…