The National Institutes of Health is now admitting to funding gain-of-function research on bats infected with the coronavirus at a lab in Wuhan, China despite
Category: Shame List
People and Companies that have let themselves down during crisis.
Ready to field decentralized digital ID services, Microsoft seeks partners | Biometric Update
In a decentralized ID landscape, the person’s critical data is stored securely and released only when and how that person chooses. Source: Ready to field
UK’s Johnson invites Bill Gates, JPMorgan’s Dimon, others to dinner -The Telegraph
Mysterious or badly timed meeting? This is taking part the day before a big Covid vote in the UKs Parliament. Thought provoking. UK Prime Minister
Wealth-X report: Billionaire wealth surged during pandemic
A new report from research firm Wealth-X found that the global COVID-19 pandemic has intensified the growth of social inequality and witnessed an unprecedented accumulation
Who has been named in the Pandora Papers?
Some of those named after secrets files were leaked to a consortium of journalists that revealed offshore deals. Source: Who has been named in the
Pandora Papers: Rich and powerful deny wrongdoing after dump of purported secrets
The Czech prime minister, the king of Jordan and the chairman of a well-known Indian conglomerate were among global figures denying wrongdoing on Monday after
Fossil fuel firms sue governments across the world for £13bn as climate policies threaten profits
Fossil fuel companies are suing governments across the world for more than $18bn (£13bn) after action against climate change has threatened their profits, according to
Billionaires’ wealth rises to $10.2 trillion amid Covid crisis
Super-rich increase fortunes by more than a quarter during market turmoil The world’s billionaires “did extremely well” during the coronavirus pandemic, growing their already-huge fortunes
Report: Secret Facebook Program Exempted Celebrities, VIPs From Moderation Policies, Internal Review Calls It ‘Breach of Trust’
For years, Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has insisted that the ground is level on his platform, and the company treats its nearly three
Shame: Tony Blair – ‘Time to distinguish’ between vaccinated and unvaccinated, says he.
The former PM has called for vaccine passports to be rolled out to allow those who’ve had the jab to return to their normal lives.