En science, des avancées recèlent leur lot de périls, comme l’énergie atomique ou l’IA, et des pratiques sont sujettes à débat, telle l’expérimentation animale. Comment réduire les risques et guider les chercheurs et chercheuses ? Une question qui se pose au quotidien dans les laboratoires et au Comité d’éthique du CNRS.

The Council of Europe has successfully voted to ban so-called ‘conversion therapy’ despite anti-trans lobbying calling for a ban to be reconsidered.

The human rights body, which is separate from the European Union, voted to pass a resolution brought by labour MP Kate Osborne calling for the abusive practices to be prohibited across its 26 member states.

So-called ‘conversion practices‘ are acts of physical or psychological abuse that attempt to change an LGBTQ+ person’s sexuality or gender identity, which is not possible. They are typically performed by conservative religious groups and includes forms of torture such as shock therapy.

Seventy-one members voted in favour of banning continued use of the widely-condemned tactic during a Thursday (28 January) vote. Twenty-six members voted against it, and two abstained.

Osborne, 59, tabled the resolution on 6 January as part of a campaign urging member states to “prevent and counter the harm caused” by conversion practices.

“Conversion practices have no scientific basis and have harmful consequences on the individuals to them,” Osborne wrote.

“They induce or strengthen feelings of shame, guilt, self-disgust, and worthlessness, and lead to increased rates of depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, suicidal ideation, and suicide attempts.”

According to the Trevor Project, survivors of conversion practices are more than twice as likely to attempt suicide and nearly three times as likely to report multiple suicide attempts in a year.

Sex Matters condemned for lobbying against conversion therapy ban

Members succeeded in passing the ban despite lobbying from the ‘gender-critical’ group Sex Matters, which called on the Council Europe to reject what it described as a “shocking resolution”.

It claimed in a statement that prohibiting conversion practices would make it “even harder” to subject trans youngsters to psychological screenings, which it insisted could reveal whether they are “confused about their sex”.

The statement called on supporters to email their MPs over their concerns that the resolution would sanction those who “do not affirm a child’s declared trans identity”.

Despite Sex Matters’ claims that trans children can grow out of their gender dysphoria, research from the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) reports that they are as consistent in their identity as cisgender youngsters.

In the lead-up to the vote, legal campaign organisation, Good Law Project, urged immediate action against Sex Matters for attempting to repeal the resolution.

According to the organisation, more than 10,000 people emailed their UK parliamentary representatives at the Council of Europe urging for them to “stand up for what’s right”.

Good Law Project’s trans rights lead, Jess O’Thomson, said following the resolution’s passage that the vote was a major win for the community and all marginalised people.

“As a member of the queer community, I sadly have many friends who have been subjected to conversion practices. I was unfortunate enough to experience them myself,” they said. “No person deserves to be tortured for who they are.”

O’Thomson turned next to the UK government, which has yet to follow-through on its promise to ban conversion therapy after former prime minister Theresa May made the pledge in 2018.

“It’s now time for the UK government to follow the Council of Europe and ensure a trans-inclusive ban on conversion practices,” they said.

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Canonical expands Ubuntu Pro to minimal cloud images available on AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform.

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In my previous article in this series I looked at a specific BIOS option that lets you set the AMD Configurable TDP (cTDP). There are a lot more options available in the BIOS. Before exploring them, let’s first recap what the term BIOS means.

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Ubuntu derives from the South African philosophy of “humanity to others”. With the hope that the Ubuntu operating system would connect people across the globe. Today, Ubuntu is a popular operating system due to its ease of installation and use. This is true for both desktops and servers. In a Linux environment, there is a default user named root. This has the highest level of authority on the system. Therefore, when you install Ubuntu desktop, your access is restricted since you are not utilizing root as the default user. The word root also has several additional meanings when combined with other terms. This is one of the sources of confusion for people new to using GNU/Linux-based operating systems. In this article, we will show you how to add user to sudoers in Ubuntu 24.04.

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Firefox 148 promises improved support for screen readers accessing mathematical formulas embedded in PDF documents, support for viewer local weather on the New Tab page, and a new “Suggestions from Firefox” option in Search > Address bar settings to get suggestions from the Web related to your search.

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KDE Plasma 6.5.5 is now available as the January 2026 bugfix release, delivering fixes across Wayland, KWin, Discover, and core desktop components.

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Nintendo’s upcoming game Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream will allow players to form same-sex couples as well as permitting the creation of non-binary and asexual characters.

After nearly a decade of waiting and hoping, the Nintendo Switch game will allow players to select gender identity and dating preferences during character creation. This gender and sexuality update, however, though warmly welcomed by fans, has (predictably) triggered some right-wingers.

Tomodachi Life, first released in 2013, follows the daily lives of Mii characters, known as islanders. Gamers oversee the Mii’s interactions as they build relationships, solve problems, and interact with the player on a remote island.

When creating a character, players will be able to select the character’s gender. Options displayed appear as male, female and non-binary.

“TOMODACHI LIFE HAS NON BINARY OPTIONS OMFG NINTENDO HAS GONE WOKE,” one fan posted with confetti canon emojis.

Then, you can also choose the Mii’s dating preferences. A note on the screen reads: “You can pick one, more than one, or none.” Options that appear allow a character to be attracted to male characters, female characters, non-binary characters, any or none of the options.

‘My jaw dropped, I feel seen.’

This essentially means that gamers can create gay, lesbian, bisexual and asexual Miis.

“Oh my god you can actually be asexual in Tomodachi Life holy s**t my jaw dropped, I feel seen,” another fan posted.

Previously, Nintendo had said it didn’t plan to add same-sex relationships to the game because it “never intended to make any form of social commentary.”

However, following backlash to the comment, the game company released a statement that it would “strive to design a gameplay experience from the ground up that is more inclusive, and better represents all players”.

While many were thrilled with this update, others were angered by it.

“Really???” one user posted in response to the news of Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream’s dating preferences.

Another, in response to the same post, shared: “rip Nintendo”

“As if I had another reason to not buy this game,” one user also posted.

However, overwhelmingly, the response to the new Tomodachi Life era has been positive.

Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream heads to Nintendo Switch on 16 April 2026.

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Kennedy Center vice president Kevin Couch has stepped down just 12 days after being appointed to the role. 

During his short stint, Couch served as vice president of artistic programming at the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts, known as the Kennedy Center – the national cultural centre of the US.

In December, Kennedy Center’s board “unanimously” voted to rename the institution the Trump-Kennedy Center following Trump replacing the chairman with himself and removing existing board members. 

Couch’s appointment followed his predecessor, Jeffrey Finn, resigning in September after nearly a decade. Finn gave no reason for his departure. 

The entertainment leader stepped down on Wednesday (28 January), but gave no reason why, as per The Washington Post. 

His departure comes less than two weeks after the centre announced his success in securing the role. 

In a statement announcing his appointment, Couch said at the time: “I am honored to join the Trump Kennedy Center at such a pivotal moment for the performing arts. 

“I look forward to the extraordinary creative possibilities ahead — championing our artists and partners to deliver meaningful experiences at America’s cultural center.”

The change to the centre’s name prompted artists protest by refusing to perform, with Wicked composer Stephen Schwartz cancelling his appearance, joining the Hamilton musical production, actor Issa Rae, veteran jazz band The Cookers and musician Chuck Redd, who has hosted a Christmas performance since 2006. 

The Kennedy Center has been embroiled in growing controversy. Trump hosted the Kennedy Center Honors 2025 where he claimed he “turned down plenty” of “too woke” nominees.

Also, ticket sales at the Kennedy Center have plummeted. According to a report from The Washington Post, sales for orchestra, theatre and dance performances are the worst they’ve been since the pandemic.

The report outlines that over 43 per cent of seats went unsold between September 3 and October 19, compared to only 7 per cent during the same period in 2024.

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NVIDIA 580.126.09 is a small update in the NVIDIA 580 series, improving compatibility with recent Linux kernels, adding support for FP16 DRM formats by updating libnvidia-egl-gbm, and fixing a bug that prevented certain display modes that require YUV 4:2:0 subsampling from working.

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Relational databases continued to dominate enterprise and cloud workloads in 2025, according to DB-Engines’ popularity trends.

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Coming a year after Wine 10, the Wine 11 release introduces support for the NTSync driver for fast synchronization, Vulkan H.264 decoding, clipboard support in the Wayland driver, initial Vulkan video decoder support in WineD3D, and support for larger page sizes on ARM64 (AArch64).

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Long-running TLC show 1000-Lb Sisters is back for its eighth season – and fan-favourite Tammy Slaton is completely unrecognisable from the first episode.

Starting back in 2020 off the back of Tammy and sister Amy’s popular YouTube channel, the reality show followed their difficult journey to lose weight. It’s also given fans a direct look at their personal lives, including their romantic relationships and their struggles with other family members.

Despite a difficult start for Tammy, she’s become the real success story of the show, losing around 500lbs and more recently finding love with her fiancée Andrea, after coming out as pansexual in 2021.

Slaton started off on the show weighing 608lbs, however she has said: “At my heaviest, I was 700+lbs.” Viewers watched as she struggled to crack her food addiction.

But in recent years, with the help of bariatric surgery, she’s dropped to an incredible 238lbs.

“Everybody keeps telling me I’m looking smaller than Amy,” she said on the show. “That’s kind of hard to believe.”

The sisters started the show with a combined weight of over 1,000lbs, hence the 1000-Lb Sisters title. So how did Tammy lose the weight?

How did Tammy Slaton lose weight?

Tammy and Amy had been struggling with their weight all their lives, turning to food as a comfort when their grandmother died.

However when the show started, Tammy was seen really trying to kick bad habits. She first went to rehab for food addiction, but she still struggled, leaving one centre early in 2021.

She left the centre after shedding 60lbs, which was 40lbs less than her goal. In season three, she said it had showed her what she needed to do, so she didn’t need to be there anymore.

But she soon put the weight back on – and more – and went to her heaviest weight of 725 lbs.

She was put in an induced coma because her lungs had “given up”, and three weeks later she was released from hospital.

Things started to change in 2022.

She entered another facility in Ohio and lost 180lbs, which meant she was eligible for bariatric surgery. The surgery decrease’s a patient’s food consumption. Tammy had the surgery the same year.

By the summer of 2023, after checking into another facility, she had lost almost 300lbs.

Fast forward to the season seven premiere of 1000-Lb Sisters, which aired in early 2025, Tammy shared that she was “down 500lbs”.

However, her extreme weight loss left her with some other issues which needed more surgery.

What surgeries has Tammy Slaton had?

After her successful bariatric surgery, Tammy was left with a lot of loose skin all over her body.

During an eight-hour procedure, the reality star had more than 15lbs of excess skin removed from her lower stomach, “bat wing” arms and her chin.

The surgery journey was documented on the seventh season of the show in 2025.

And it’s clear she’s enjoying her new life and showing off her results.

In a recent episode, she told a friend she’d had something done to her face too to help with her smile, as her weight had left her with a “resting b**** face”.

And it’s safe to say she’s been smiling plenty, as she has a new love in her life.

Last year, she got engaged to her partner Andrea Dalton, and their relationship is documented on season eight of the show.

1000-Lb Sisters airs on TLC.

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KDE Plasma 6.6 is packed with lots of goodies, including a new “Plasma Login Manager” display manager, OCR support in Spectacle, the ability to adjust the visual “sharpness” of all content on the screen on distros running Linux kernel 6.19, support for XRandr emulation in KWin, and support for per-DRM-plane color pipelines.

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According to our writer, three small, easy-to-miss plugins were all it took for Joplin to live up to its Evernote-killer reputation.

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Contrairement à ce que l’on pourrait penser, les parlementaires ne parlent pas que du budget. Comme chaque année, ils et elles échangent aussi sur leur autre sujet favori, avec la bénédiction du gouvernement : la dérive autoritaire, avec plus de sécurité, plus de surveillance et plus de censure. Après plusieurs mois de pause parlementaire et à l’approche des municipales où ces sujets peuvent faire office de vitrine électorale, le nombre de lois sécuritaires en discussion explose. C’est l’occasion de faire un petit point sur les sujets du moment.

JO 2030 : allonger l’autorisation de la vidéosurveillance algorithmique

En mai 2025, le gouvernement a déposé au Sénat un projet de loi pour préparer l’organisation des jeux olympiques d’hiver de 2030.

Première disposition qui nous intéresse : l’extension de l’autorisation de la VSA jusqu’en 2027. Pour rappel, la loi sur les JO de 2024 avait autorisé le déploiement de logiciels de reconnaissance de comportements en temps réel dans l’espace public. Malgré un bilan plus que douteux sur l’intérêt de cette technologie, le gouvernement ne veut pas s’arrêter en si bon chemin et souhaite prend l’excuse des JO 2030 pour continuer (avec les industriels de la sécurité) les expérimentations jusqu’en… 2027 (avant une probable reconduction d’ici-là). Nous avions consacré un article à ce sujet cet été.

À noter aussi, moins numérique, mais tout aussi grave : ce texte veut créer un nouveau régime d’interdiction de paraître dans les lieux où se déroulent un grand évènement : le ministère considère en effet que le régime existant (celui des MICAS, pour mesures individuelles de contrôle administratif et de surveillance¹Nous avons consacré une émission à ces mesures et à leur utilisation à l’encontre des personnes musulmanes, que nous vous invitons à revoir ici.) ne lui suffit plus et serait trop contraignant. Il veut donc créer un nouveau régime, plus simple à utiliser (rappelons que pendant les JO 2024, il y avait eu plus de 300 MICAS prononcées par le ministère). Ces interdictions de paraître permettent au préfet d’empêcher quelqu’un de venir sur un lieu, sans intervention du juge ni nécessité d’une condamnation pénale préalable. Elles ont été introduites dans le droit par la loi Narcotrafic et ont déjà été utilisées 1682 fois depuis le mois de juin 2025. La loi JO 2030 viserait à les étendre à « toute personne pour laquelle il existe des raisons sérieuses de penser que son comportement constitue une menace d’une particulière gravité pour la sécurité publique ». Difficile de faire plus large et vague.

Et on en est où ? Adopté au Sénat en mai 2025 puis à l’Assemblée nationale ce 13 janvier. On attend la synthèse du texte par la commission mixte paritaire avant un nouveau vote au Sénat et à l’Assemblée nationale.

Faciliter l’usage des logiciels de lecture de plaque d’immatriculation

Il s’agit ici des LAPI, des lecteurs et logiciels de lecture automatisée de plaques d’immatriculation des voitures (par exemple montés sur des caméras) et utilisées aujourd’hui par la gendarmerie, la police nationale ou les douanes. En octobre 2025, un sénateur de droite (Horizon), Pierre Jean Rochette a déposé une proposition de loi pour « assouplir les contraintes à l’usage de dispositifs de lecture automatisée de plaques d’immatriculation… ».

Ces dispositifs se sont démultipliés dans les villes de France cette dernière décennie en étant liés aux caméras des rues et des péages. Ce déploiement constitue une surveillance à une échelle de masse qui permet d’identifier les voitures, et donc les personnes qui en possèdent la carte grise, dans l’espace public et sur les routes.

Même refrain pour justifier son extension : l’outil serait pratique mais le cadre actuel trop restrictif. Le sénateur (on imagine inspiré par le ministère ou certains lobbies sécuritaires) veut élargir les finalités pouvant justifier l’utilisation de ces LAPI, étendre la durée de conservation des données et faciliter l’échange des données entre services.

Et on en est où ? Pour l’instant, c’est adopté par le Sénat et renvoyé à l’Assemblée nationale, où il n’y a toujours pas de calendrier.

Étendre les pouvoirs de la police municipale et des gardes champêtres

C’est un projet de loi (donc venant du gouvernement – et plus spécifiquement de son ministre de l’intérieur, Laurent Nuñez). Le titre en entier : « projet de loi relatif à l’extension des prérogatives, des moyens, de l’organisation et du contrôle des polices municipales et des gardes champêtres ».

L’idée est malheureusement plutôt simple : extension massive des pouvoirs des polices municipales et des gardes champêtres. C’est-à-dire, entre autres : autorisation à utiliser des logiciels de lecture de plaques d’immatriculation (LAPI, ce qui leur était refusé jusque là – à part pour le contrôle de stationnement payant), autorisation pour les gardes champêtres à utiliser des drones de surveillance et des caméras piétons, autorisation de dresser des amendes forfaitaires délictuelles (qui est unanimement dénoncé par les associations et dont le nombre, notamment pour réprimer l’usage de stupéfiants, explose), autorisation pour les régions de subventionner les équipements de sécurité des communes (une demande de Valérie Pécresse qui risque de voir son programme phare de « bouclier de sécurité » retoqué par la justice)…

L’impact de ce projet de loi risque d’être assez massif pour nos droits et libertés – vu que ces agents gagnent aussi des pouvoirs de contrôle d’identité. Nous reviendrons bien vite dessus plus en détails. Notons à ce titre que c’est un mouvement continu depuis notamment la loi dite de « sécurité globale » : un glissement des pouvoirs de police vers des agents de moins en moins formés et de moins en moins publics : officiers de police judiciaire, police municipale, gardes champêtres, agents de sécurité privé…

Et on en est où ? Le texte a été déposé au Sénat en octobre et devrait être débattu en commission et en séance publique début février.

Augmenter les pouvoirs de contrôle des administrations sociales

De nouveau ici, un projet de loi déposé dans un premier temps au Sénat. Son objectif affiché par le gouvernement : accentuer la détection et la lutte contre les « fraudes fiscales ou sociales ».

Nous avions écrit en décembre à son sujet (l’article est ici) : nous y critiquions l’extension de l’accès des contrôleurs·ses des principaux organismes sociaux à de multiples données, dont notamment les fichiers des passagers aériens et les données de communications téléphoniques. Ce texte est une nouvelle malheureuse illustration des dérives des politiques de « lutte contre la fraude sociale » qui, en 20 ans, ont déjà démultiplié les capacités de contrôle et de surveillance des administrations sociales.

Et on en est où ? Adopté au Sénat en novembre 2025, le texte devrait bientôt être discuté en séance publique à l’Assemblée.

Interdiction des réseaux sociaux

Autre texte dans cette revue, le projet de loi issu de la volonté de gouvernement d’interdire les réseaux sociaux aux moins de 15 ans.

Le texte le plus avancé est celui d’une députée Ensemble pour la République, Laure Miller qui a reçu très récemment le soutien du gouvernement. Au programme : interdiction des réseaux sociaux pour les moins de 15 ans avec obligation de vérification de l’âge pour les plateformes… Difficile de savoir si cette interdiction sera effective, puisque que le Conseil d’État a déjà commencé à exprimer des limites aux velléités des parlementaires, et que la faisabilité technique et légale est très incertaine.

Et on en est où ? Le texte de la sénatrice Laure Miller a été voté par l’Assemblée nationale. Il devrait être prochainement débattu au Sénat sur le temps parlementaire du gouvernement, celui-ci ayant activé la procédure accélérée (qui permet de ne faire qu’une seule lecture par chaque chambre du Parlement) et qu’Emmanuel Macron a annoncé vouloir son application en septembre 2026.

Surveillance automatisée des magasins

Dernier texte dans cette litanie sans fin : la surveillance automatisée des magasins. Il s’agit ici d’une proposition de loi déposée par un député EPR, Paul Midy, un des promoteurs de la « french tech » — comprendre l’écosystème de jeunes entreprises françaises spécialisées dans le numérique.

L’idée ici est plutôt simple : légaliser la vidéosurveillance algorithmique dans les magasins. Il s’agit en réalité d’un service rendu à une partie de l’industrie sécuritaire française qui voudrait non seulement déployer ses outils de VSA sur la voie publique, mais aussi dans les supermarchés. C’est ce qu’essaie de faire par exemple Veesion depuis des années en prétendant pouvoir détecter des comportements ressemblant à du vol. Ces entreprises se heurtent à une difficulté qui n’est pas négligeable : ce n’est pas légal. Nous le disons depuis des années, la CNIL le dit, le Conseil d’Etat le dit… bref, aucun doute dessus, même si Veesion n’a jamais été sanctionnée et continue au contraire à bénéficier de soutien financier – on en parlait ici. Heureusement pour eux, Paul Midy se propose avec ce texte de rendre cette technologie légale en l’inscrivant dans le code de sécurité intérieure.

Et on en est où ? Le texte a été adopté mercredi 28 janvier en commission des lois et arrive en séance le lundi 2 février.

Comme on le voit, le Parlement et le gouvernement continuent tranquillement de savonner la planche vers l’autoritarisme : plus de surveillance, plus de censure, moins de juge… Si cette liste peut paraître effrayante, il nous donne également le vertige face au peu de moyens que nous avons, d’une part, pour suivre ces texte et vous transmettre l’actualité des débats, et d’autre part de tenter un minimum de s’y opposer.

Surtout que l’inventaire n’est pas terminé : le ministère de l’intérieur veut déposer un projet de loi sur la sécurité du quotidien (si le texte semble limité aux « rodéos urbains », il risque d’être un véhicule législatif bien pratique pour d’autres dispositions plus dangereuses, telles que la pérennisation de la VSA) et continue de brandir des mesures islamophobes dès qu’il le peut.

Do we need better verb tenses to describe a counterfactual present from the future perspective? Any trained linguists in the audience, please helped out.

Reinier B. will wonder "Does this mean my cloud storage plan never expires? Or does it expire every day at noon? It's an obvious phishing mail though."

From ground central of the most durable time traveler "ever", Michael R. noted a London club with a wrinkle: "...their events people seem to have a relaxed approach to date and time." To be fair, this entry was provided in an alternate timeline where it's still 2025.

Heterodox theorist TheRealSteveJudge announces "Scientists say it is very safe to assert that teleportation is NOT possible in our universe. I do not believe in this assertion."

"Time travellers of the world, unite!" Stuart could have proclaimed. "It seems that this medical clinic is branching into an as yet untapped wellspring of clients: time travelers!"

Finally Jason H. predicts that Hell will freeze over any day now. "In addition to having lows 10 - 20 degrees below average for this time of the year, the world is ending after 2/2/26. I'm trying to stay warm, not plan for the end."

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• Processor: Intel Core i5-8400 or AMD Equivalent
• Memory: 16 GB RAM
• Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 / AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
• Storage: 20 GB available space

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• Processor: Intel Core i5-12600K or AMD Equivalent
• Memory: 16 GB RAM
• Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 / AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
• Storage: 20 GB available space
• Additional Notes: SSD Storage is recommended

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INAZUMA ELEVEN: Victory Road Free Download PC Game Cracked in Direct Link and Torrent. INAZUMA ELEVEN: Victory Road – The latest entry in the character collection and football simulation RPG series, “Inazuma Eleven!” With an original story…

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Release Date: 13 Nov, 2025

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Euphoria star Sydney Sweeney is the latest target of anti-LGBTQ+ fake news, after an viral Instagram post alleged that she donated money to “find a cure” for being queer.

The unsubstantiated claim states that the 28-year-old actor donated $1,000,000 to “advocacy groups”. This latest rumour comes just weeks after conspiracy theorists claimed she is secretly transgender.

It began with a post on Wednesday (28 January) that outlined the fake news, which subsequently went viral. At the time of writing, the post has over 95,400 likes.

However, the account’s bio reads: “This page features satire and parody stories that are exaggerated, developing fictional — created for entertainment purposes only.”

The post details: “The actress was widely praised for the seven-figure donation, which supporters called one of the most meaningful celebrity contributions in recent memory.

“Advocacy groups applauded the move, saying the money could significantly boost healthcare, education, and outreach programs.

“During a discussion tied to the donation, Sweeney allegedly said she hoped “they find a cure”.”

In the comments, one user noted: “It’s sad how many people think this is true.” Another wrote: “Obviously this isn’t real.”

A number of comments seem to believe the post, which also attracted a significant volume of anti-LGBTQ+ hate speech. One person wrote: “They do need a cure… it is a sickness that needs real funding.” Another comment (which we reported to Meta) incited violence against the queer community: “There is a cure. Slugs and bullets.”

These sorts of posts, aiming for virality, are no rarity online. In fact, the Sydney Sweeney rumour is reminiscent of targeted posts about Stranger Things’ Millie Bobby Brown, claiming she was homophobic.

Outside of this fabricated ‘news’, Sweeney’s controversial comments have made headlines recently.

In a new interview with Cosmopolitan, Sweeney said she does not want to engage with claims that she is a “MAGA Barbie.”

She outlined: “I’ve never been here to talk about politics. I’ve always been here to make art, so this is just not a conversation I want to be at the forefront of.

“And I think because of that, people want to take it even further and use me as their own pawn. But it’s somebody else assigning something to me, and I can’t control that.”

She furthered that she’s “not a hateful person” but says there’s “no winning” when it comes to correcting MAGA claims.

“I can’t make everyone love me. I know what I stand for,” she also noted.

Sweeney became embroiled in controversy last year after her “great jeans” American Eagle ad was perceived to align with right-wing political views. Many claimed the ad made light of white supremacist and eugenicist rhetoric.

The Trump administration defended the ad, calling those outraged “moronic and dense”.

This wasn’t the first time Sweeney was roped into the right-wing political circle. In 2022, she shared images where her family members were wearing MAGA hats and “Blue Lives Matter” shirts.

Addressing the controversy, Sweeney tweeted: “You guys this is wild. An innocent celebration for my mom’s milestone 60th birthday has turned into an absurd political statement, which was not the attention. Please stop making assumptions.”

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Just because you're paranoid about digital sovereignty doesn't mean they're not after you

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Happy birthday Olivia Colman! The Oscar-winning Heartstopper star turns 52 today (30 January), and to mark the occasion, we thought it would be a good time to highlight her inspiring LGBTQ+ allyship over the years.

Olivia Colman first rose to fame in cult comedy Peep Show (2003-2015), but her major breakthrough came with the hit drama series Broadchurch (2013-2017), where she starred alongside David Tennant.

Since then, her career has gone from strength to strength, racking up awards along the way. She won the Oscar for Best Actress for her role as Queen Anne in The Favourite (2018) and her acclaimed performance as Queen Elizabeth II in The Crown bagged her both a Golden Globe and an Emmy.

But despite her ever-increasing fame, she has stayed loyal to the LGBTQ+ community, and has always been an outspoken supporter of the queer community. Here are five examples of her excellent allyship:

She condemned ‘violence and hostility against trans women’

In November 2020, Olivia Colman signed an open letter condemning “hostility and violence” against trans women, alongside other famous names such as Paloma Faith, to mark International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and Girls.

The open letter said: “We are feminists and we write, on international day for the elimination of violence against women and girls, to express our solidarity with trans women, particularly trans women of colour, who experience violence and hostility so frequently it is almost a way of life.

“Trans women are more likely to be murdered, more likely to be victims of violent attacks in their own homes, and more likely to be homeless, again increasing the risk of violence, than their cis sisters. 

“Those who use hostile, crude or mocking language towards trans women, demeaning their bodies, and refusing to accept that they are who they say they are, contribute to the culture which creates those discriminatory disparities,  a culture which de-humanises trans women and girls thereby legitimising prejudice and violence against them.

“Those people, many of them in high places of fame, wealth and power, absolutely do not speak for us.”

She wishes she could work with the LGBTQ+ community ‘on every film’

Speaking to Vanity Fair in January 2025 about her film Jimpa, in which she plays the mother of a non-binary teenager, Colman shared her experience with working within LGBTQ+ spaces.

“The people on the film were all from the queer community, and I don’t know if it’s because they’ve had to all have a journey of their own to get to where they are—seen and confident—but I’ve never felt more welcomed by a group of people,” she said.

“I find it so upsetting and so mystifying that there is such hatred towards any group of people,” Colman continued. “But clearly, hatred can only come from people that just don’t know any of these people, because I don’t know how you could hate people that are so kind and lovely. It’s just about acceptance and love. How can that p*ss people off? I will never understand.”

She also shared that she loved being surrounded by the LGBTQ+ community on set. “If I could work with the queer community and trans people on every film, I’d have the happiest life,” she said.

She backs LGBTQ+ inclusive education

In 2019, Olivia Colman backed LGBTQ+ inclusive education in a quick-fire video interview with Vogue for its ’73 Questions’ series.

In the video, filmed at the Ritz in London, she humorously answered questions over “high tea.”

But when she was asked: “Is there any particular cause that is important for you to get behind?” Colman responded: “I would like all children to have relationship classes in schools.”

From September 2020, in spite of protests, inclusive relationships and sex education became statutory in the UK. Primary school children learn about different types of families, including those with same-sex parents, while secondary school students learn about sexual orientation and gender identity.

She blasted ‘bullies’ who forced Kit Connor to come out as bisexual

In 2022, Olivia Colman made it very clear that said she was “so proud” of Heartstopper co-star Kit Connor for the way he handled coming out as bisexual amid accusations of queerbaiting. 

Colman, who plays the 21-year-old’s mother on the Netflix series, shared her admiration for Connor at the LA premiere of her drama Empire of Light. 

“I am so proud of him, but I am not proud of how people bullied him,” Colman told Variety at the time.

“I think people should be allowed to have their own journey,” she added, “but I’m incredibly proud of him as a young man to deal with all of that and be in the spotlight. It’s unfair.

“But he’s amazing. He’s a very beautiful human being.”

She said ‘gay rights’ at the 2019 BAFTAs

Comedy-drama The Favourite, which stars Colman as a lesbian Queen Anne, cleaned up at the 2019 BAFTAs on winning a total of seven awards, but despite having a very busy night, the proud ally still took time out of her evening to interact with an LGBTQ+ fan.

A young woman called Grace, who goes by @lgbtdisney on what was then Twitter, approached Olivia Colman and her co-star Rachel Weisz on the red carpet, and asked them to say “gay rights” into the camera.

They did, and the clips of the stars repeating the phrase racked up nearly half a million views between them.

Happy birthday Olivia Colman! Hope you have a fantastic day…. from all of your queer fans.

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In 2026, could any five words be more chilling than “We’re changing our privacy terms?”

The timing could not have been worse for TikTok US when it sent millions of US users a mandatory privacy pop-up on January 22. The message forced users to accept updated terms if they wanted to keep using the app. Buried in that update was language about collecting “citizenship or immigration status.”

Specifically, TikTok said:

“Information You Provide may include sensitive personal information, as defined under applicable state privacy laws, such as information from users under the relevant age threshold, information you disclose in survey responses or in your user content about your racial or ethnic origin, national origin, religious beliefs, mental or physical health diagnosis, sexual life or sexual orientation, status as transgender or nonbinary, citizenship or immigration status, or financial information.”

The internet reacted badly. TikTok users took to social media, with some suggesting that TikTok was building a database of immigration status, and others pledging to delete their accounts. It didn’t help that TikTok’s US operation became a US-owned company on the same day, with Senator Ed Markey (D-Mass.) criticizing what he sees as a lack of transparency around the deal.

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In this case, things are may be less sinister than you’d think. The language is not new—it first appeared around August 2024. And TikTok is not asking users to provide their immigration status directly.

Instead, the disclosure covers sensitive information that users might voluntarily share in videos, surveys, or interactions with AI features.

The change appears to be driven largely by California’s AB-947, signed in October 2023. The law added immigration status to the state’s definition of sensitive personal information, placing it under stricter protections. Companies are required to disclose how they process sensitive personal information, even if they do not actively seek it out.

Other social media companies, including Meta, do not explicitly mention immigration status in their privacy policies. According to TechCrunch, that difference likely reflects how specific their disclosure language is—not a meaningful difference in what data is actually collected.

One meaningful change in TikTok’s updated policy does concern location tracking. Previous versions stated that TikTok did not collect GPS data from US users. The new policy says it may collect precise location data, depending on user settings. Users can reportedly opt out of this tracking.

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So, does this mean TikTok—or any social media company—deserves our trust? That’s a harder question.

There are still red flags. In April, TikTok quietly removed a commitment to notify users before sharing data with law enforcement. According to Forbes, the company has also declined to say whether it shares, or would share, user data with agencies such as the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) or Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

That uncertainty is the real issue. Social media companies are notorious for collecting vast amounts of user data, and for being vague about how it may be used later. Outrage over a particularly explicit disclosure is understandable, but the privacy problem runs much deeper than a single policy update from one company.

People have reason to worry unless platforms explicitly commit to not collecting or inferring sensitive data—and explicitly commit to not sharing it with government agencies. And even then, skepticism is healthy. These companies have a long history of changing policies quietly when it suits them.

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Trans hockey star Harrison Browne has condemned USA Hockey’s “quiet” trans ban, describing the new rules as “horrible”.

In 2016, Browne became the first openly trans professional ice hockey player, paving the way for other LGBTQ+ sports stars, such as former pro hockey player Jesse Kortuem to come out.

Browne, who stars in gay sports drama Heated Rivalry as Connors, Ilya’s teammate and player for the Boston Raiders, has now spoke out about USA Hockey’s new “Participant Eligibility Policy”. 

Taking to Instagram, Browne shared a video in which he spoke about the organisation’s latest guidelines, which were approved in November 2025, but not immediately announced to the public. The changes will go into effect on 1 April, 2026. 

The history-making hockey player-turned actor condemned the policy, which effectively bars trans athletes from sex-restricted programs, describing the move as one that has “quietly barred trans people from participating in hockey safely. Myself included”. 

“It’s no surprise that men’s hockey is not a safe environment for gender non-conforming individuals and the women’s side is often the only place for most queer people to play. Barring trans individuals from these spaces essentially bars us from hockey. Horrible,” he wrote in the caption. 

USA Hockey’s updated rules overturn its previous “USA Hockey Transgender Athlete Eligibility Policy” which was adopted in January 2019. “That policy is now superseded by this Participant Eligibility Policy,” the new policy states. 

Trans athletes can no longer compete in its competitions, even if trans girls suppress testosterone or trans boys take testosterone for boys.

The new policy means athletes are only allowed to register for hockey programs based on “sex assigned at birth”. 

The policy adds: “A female (as assigned at birth) may not play in programs restricted to females if they have undergone any male hormone therapy.”

“Trans men are effectively barred from men’s recreational leagues,” Browne said of the policy. 

The youth, school and adaptive programs remain without sex-based restrictions, although a disclaimer notes: “High School/Prep Hockey, and some Adult teams, leagues or events are restricted by their internal rules to males or females.”

The updated policy falls in line with the US Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC), which stipulates that each sport’s national governing body must “update and adopt their own policies to follow federal guidance”.

In compliance with president Donald Trump’s “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports”, the USOPC barred trans women from women’s Olympic competitions last year. 

Share your thoughts! Let us know in the comments below, and remember to keep the conversation respectful.

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