This summer we revealed that convicted loyalists from Belfast travelled to Glasgow for a far right protest. Further digging has unearthed a rapidly expanding anti-immigration network between Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Authorities tightened the rules around this Scottish business scheme after years of exploitation for financial crime. Moscow entities – and a man accused of facilitating child sex abuse – are still selling it to clients seeking “financial privacy”.
The Scottish Government’s green watchdog sent seven letters over three years alleging multiple breaches at a fish farm – and then issued a final warning letter.
Facebook has issued an apology to the Scottish Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) after blocking people from accessing the peace organisation’s website from its platform.
The Ferret reported last week that Scottish CND was considering a complaint to Ofcom because people trying to access its website from its Facebook page were advised the URL breached “community standards”.
Facebook has now resolved the issue but Scottish CND criticised the social media giant for failing to explain why its site was blocked in the first place.
The peace group thinks it may have been a “malicious complaint” or the word “bomb” in its URL which proved problematic.
David Mackenzie, assistant secretary at Scottish CND said: “Facebook has issued an apology ‘for any inconvenience caused’ by its blocking of any reference to our website banthebomb.org. How much better if it had gone on to explain what the reason was for the blocking action.”
Mackenzie argued that Facebook’s failure to offer an explanation “leaves hanging in the air” the possibility it was responding to a “malicious complaint from an individual or an authority that finds our opposition to the UK’s appalling weapons of mass destruction too irksome to tolerate”.
A spokesperson for Facebook said: “We have resolved the issue brought to our attention. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.”
Founded in 1958, not-for-profit Scottish CND is one of the longest running peace organisations in Scotland.
The peace group says it plays a “vital role in building peace and justice” and it works closely with churches and faith groups, trade unions, academics, politicians and other organisations.
Ofcom is the regulator for communications services.
Last year Facebook removed a number of Scottish groups on its platform identified by The Ferret as being associated with a far-right cult called QAnon.
The company that runs Scotland’s ageing nuclear power station wants to weaken safety standards to keep it running for at least four more years. But the nuclear safety watchdog has its doubts.
A disproportionate number of children and young people growing up in care are dying prematurely, prompting calls for preventative action.
Lives are being lost because people are failing to get mental health support when they most urgently need it, a Ferret investigation has found.
Politicians and advocates call for action due to “serious concerns” that children are still being placed in “dangerous environments” when their families are homeless.
