Civil Rights & Constitutional Law
Pornhub Stars Want to Teach You How to Make Dinner
Faced with censorship and anti-porn laws, the adult site is encouraging creators to embrace cooking, gaming, podcasting, and other safe-for-work content. Porn star Sweetie Fox is known for all kinds of gamer cosplay. She's performed as a sex-hungry vault dweller from, as Lara Croft "The Dick Rider." On Pornhub, one of the platforms where she uploads content, her character videos do massive numbers. But Fox is also a miner--the term for someone who plays --and in September, she posted a video of herself playing the game fully clothed. In less than a month, it has surpassed 1 million views on the site.
You may get the right to find out what your colleagues earn - here's why
You may get the right to find out what your colleagues earn - here's why Employees should legally be able to find out what their colleagues are earning, the UK's equality watchdog has said. Bosses should be required to respond to questionaires about colleagues' pay to cut pay discrimination, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has proposed, external . In addition, employers should be prevented from asking about current salary when offering a job to stop a history of discrimination from carrying on, it said. Employers in the UK are currently allowed to ask you how much you get paid in your current role, but applicants are under no obligation to tell them . At present, employers do not have to respond to employee requests for salary information about colleagues. The EHRC urged lawmakers to make it compulsory for employers to provide information including colleagues' basic pay and hours worked, how employees' pay compares with each other, and information about bonuses, overtime, shift-premiums and performance-related pay, within a specific timeframe.
Canadian publisher drops writer Thelyson Orelien over AI use in novel
The publisher of best-selling Haitian-Canadian writer Thelyson Orelien says it has severed its professional relationship with the author after confirming he used artificial intelligence to help write his novel, "It Was Either That or Die". Boreal said on Wednesday that it conducted a further investigation after allegations surfaced in September to determine whether AI was used to write the novel. Orelien had previously denied allegations surrounding his breakthrough novel, and last week, the Canadian publisher said it was standing by the 38-year-old writer. Boreal said it did not know the extent of AI's use in the writing process "and we will likely never have a definitive answer". It said it gathered all the working versions of the novel and hired an outside party to analyse the various drafts.
Ben-Gvir mocks Gaza destruction in AI-generated video
'This is an apartheid regime' Does Trump have real leverage over Netanyahu? Far-right Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has posted an AI-generated video mocking the devastation in Gaza. He is campaigning for Israel's October election with a plan to displace 1.86 million Palestinians under the guise of'voluntary migration'. Is Cyprus becoming Israel's backyard?
St Petersburg under attack from Ukrainian drone swarm
Is the war entering a new phase? Video posted on social media shows multiple explosions and fires around the port of St Petersburg, Russia after a suspected Ukrainian drone swarm. Witnesses say an oil terminal and data centre were hit in the attack. Rubio wants'crackdown' on settler violence after US journalist attack
Israeli drone attacks kill six Palestinians across Gaza despite 'ceasefire'
'This is an apartheid regime' Does Trump have real leverage over Netanyahu? Israeli drone attacks kill six Palestinians across Gaza despite'ceasefire' Share Israeli drone attacks kill six Palestinians across Gaza despite'ceasefire' on social media Israeli drone attacks killed at least six Palestinians across the Gaza Strip on Saturday, according to Palestinian medical and emergency workers, as deadly raids continue despite a year-old "ceasefire". The attacks were in northern, central and southern Gaza, with one of the latest reported deaths near Jabalia refugee camp. One Palestinian was killed and several injured when an Israeli drone struck the al-Mawasi area of Rafah, Wafa said. Earlier, two people were killed and others wounded in an attack in the Tuffah neighbourhood of northeast Gaza City, according to staff at al-Shifa Hospital.