Rescue operation as boat carrying migrants runs aground on Kent beach

[ A major rescue operation took place after a small boat believed to be carrying around 50 refugees ran aground on a sandbank in the English Channel off the Kent coast. Coastguard helicopter rescue teams and RNLI lifeboats were involved in the rescue mission which unfolded on Goodwin Sands off the Deal coast. The rescuers … Read more

Law enforcement struggling to prosecute AI-generated child porn, asks Congress to act

[ Law enforcement is struggling to prosecute abusive, sexually explicit images of minors created by artificial intelligence (AI), Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) told fellow members at a House Oversight subcommittee hearing Tuesday. Laws against child sexual abuse material (CSAM) require “an actual photo, a real photograph, of a child, to be prosecuted,” Carl Szabo, … Read more

New asylum ‘crisis’ as Home Office errors add to avalanche of appeals

[ The Home Office’s unsuccessful scramble to meet Rishi Sunak’s pledge to clear an asylum backlog is leading to a new “crisis” with a rapidly expanding mountain of appeals threatening to clog up the tribunal system, i has learnt. Specialist lawyers have said there will not be enough of them to handle the extra cases … Read more

Dems urge stronger HIPAA protections

[ The Democratic-led, bicameral inquiry into patient privacy found that seven major pharmacy chains and Amazon Pharmacy provided patient prescription records to law enforcement without warrants.     The pharmacy chains included CVS Health, Walgreens Boots Alliance, Cigna, Optum Rx, Walmart Stores, Inc., The Kroger Company and Rite Aid Corporation.    Of those that were … Read more