Seamus Kearney
@seamuskearneylyon.bsky.social
Presenter, Producer & Journalist/Media Consultant & Trainer/Conference Moderator. Ex-Euronews, BBC, Radio France International & Radio New Zealand. Kiwi/Irishman, squeezing as many lives as I can into one (seamuskearneymedia.com) (seamuskearneypiano.com)
Spain, Greece consider teen social media bans, drawing fury from Elon Musk… www.reuters.com/world/spain-...
Spain, Greece weigh teen social media bans, drawing fury from Elon Musk
Spain and Greece on Tuesday proposed bans on social media use by teenagers as attitudes hardened in Europe against technology some say is designed to be addictive and the measures announced by Spain's...
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February 3, 2026 at 10:23 PM
Spain, Greece consider teen social media bans, drawing fury from Elon Musk… www.reuters.com/world/spain-...
Reuters exclusive: Despite new curbs, Grok produces sexualized images - even when told subjects didn’t consent… www.reuters.com/business/des...
Exclusive: Despite new curbs, Elon Musk’s Grok at times produces sexualized images - even when told subjects didn’t consent
Elon Musk’s flagship artificial intelligence chatbot, Grok, continues to generate sexualized images of people even when users explicitly warn that the subjects do not consent, Reuters has found.
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February 3, 2026 at 11:38 AM
Reuters exclusive: Despite new curbs, Grok produces sexualized images - even when told subjects didn’t consent… www.reuters.com/business/des...
Paris prosecutor's cybercrime unit searches X office, Musk summoned… www.reuters.com/world/europe...
Paris prosecutor's cybercrime unit searches X office, Musk summoned
French police raided the offices of Elon Musk's social media network X and prosecutors ordered the tech billionaire to face questions in April related to a widening investigation into the platform, th...
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February 3, 2026 at 11:37 AM
Paris prosecutor's cybercrime unit searches X office, Musk summoned… www.reuters.com/world/europe...
Spain to ban social media access for children under 16… www.reuters.com/world/spain-...
Spain to ban social media access for children under 16
Spain will ban access to social media for minors under 16 and platforms will be required to implement age verification systems, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Tuesday at the World Government Sum...
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February 3, 2026 at 9:51 AM
Spain to ban social media access for children under 16… www.reuters.com/world/spain-...
Spotted on a Tesla in France yesterday…
February 2, 2026 at 11:15 AM
Spotted on a Tesla in France yesterday…
“A judge ordered the 5-yr-old & his father be released from the detention center, saying: ‘The case has its genesis in the ill-conceived & incompetently-implemented govt pursuit of daily deportation quotas, apparently even if it requires traumatizing children.’” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Five-year-old Liam Ramos and his father released from Texas detention center
Boy and his father back in Minneapolis after being detained by ICE and held in immigration facility for more than a week
www.theguardian.com
February 1, 2026 at 10:56 PM
“A judge ordered the 5-yr-old & his father be released from the detention center, saying: ‘The case has its genesis in the ill-conceived & incompetently-implemented govt pursuit of daily deportation quotas, apparently even if it requires traumatizing children.’” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
“A magistrate judge rejected an earlier attempt by Justice Dept to charge Lemon, whose commentary has made him frequent target of political right. Justice Dept vowed to continue seeking charges and had been expected to bring case to a grand jury this week.” www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
What video shows about Don Lemon’s activities at the church protest
A Post review of Lemon’s livestream at Minnesota’s Cities Church offers a detailed look at the events that led to the arrest of the former CNN anchor.
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January 30, 2026 at 5:30 PM
“A magistrate judge rejected an earlier attempt by Justice Dept to charge Lemon, whose commentary has made him frequent target of political right. Justice Dept vowed to continue seeking charges and had been expected to bring case to a grand jury this week.” www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
Former CNN presenter Don Lemon arrested after church protest in Minnesota… www.reuters.com/world/us/for...
Former CNN journalist Don Lemon arrested after church protest in Minnesota
Former CNN anchor Don Lemon has been arrested for his involvement in a protest at a church in Minnesota, his lawyer and a U.S. Justice Department official familiar with the situation said on Friday.
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January 30, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Former CNN presenter Don Lemon arrested after church protest in Minnesota… www.reuters.com/world/us/for...
Surely Trump is not surprised that mistreated, once-close US allies are going to look around for new friends… www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/w...
Trump Tells U.K. and Canada That Boosting Trade With China Is ‘Dangerous’
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January 30, 2026 at 12:24 PM
Surely Trump is not surprised that mistreated, once-close US allies are going to look around for new friends… www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/w...
Almost two million Russian and Ukrainian military casualties… www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Russian and Ukrainian military casualties in war nearing 2m, study finds
Thinktank says about 1.2m Russians troops killed, wounded or missing to date and 600,000 Ukrainians
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Almost two million Russian and Ukrainian military casualties… www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Trump is no longer being embraced by the far right in Europe, with the threats against Greenland making him a political liability… www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/w...
How Trump Became a Liability for Europe’s Far Right
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January 27, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Trump is no longer being embraced by the far right in Europe, with the threats against Greenland making him a political liability… www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/w...
Another pushback by a major artist against the influence of Trump… www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
Philip Glass pulls world premiere from Kennedy Center
The pioneering composer announced that “the values of the Kennedy Center today are in direct conflict with the message” of his Symphony No. 15: “Lincoln.”
www.washingtonpost.com
January 27, 2026 at 8:52 PM
Another pushback by a major artist against the influence of Trump… www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
‘Mother of all deals’: EU and India sign free trade agreement www.theguardian.com/business/202...
‘Mother of all deals’: EU and India sign free trade agreement
Tariffs cut to zero for many industrial products, including iron and steel, plastics, chemicals and pharmaceuticals
www.theguardian.com
January 27, 2026 at 8:37 PM
‘Mother of all deals’: EU and India sign free trade agreement www.theguardian.com/business/202...
US ICE agents to support security at Winter Olympics, stirring anger in Italy - www.reuters.com/sports/us-ic...
US ICE agents to support security at Winter Olympics, stirring anger in Italy
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel will help protect U.S. delegations at the Winter Olympics in Italy, a U.S. embassy source said on Tuesday, confirming local media reports and prompti...
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January 27, 2026 at 8:33 PM
US ICE agents to support security at Winter Olympics, stirring anger in Italy - www.reuters.com/sports/us-ic...
US judge threatens ICE chief with contempt, orders court appearance - www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
US judge threatens ICE chief with contempt, orders court appearance
The chief judge of Minnesota's federal court ordered the acting chief of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to appear in court on Friday to personally explain why that agency has not complied wi...
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January 27, 2026 at 8:31 PM
US judge threatens ICE chief with contempt, orders court appearance - www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
UK's Starmer heads to China to repair ties as he navigates tensions with US - www.reuters.com/world/china/...
UK's Starmer heads to China to repair ties as he navigates tensions with US
Prime Minister Keir Starmer will fly to China on Tuesday on the first visit by a British leader in eight years, in a bid to mend ties with the world's second-largest economy and reduce its dependence ...
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January 27, 2026 at 8:30 PM
UK's Starmer heads to China to repair ties as he navigates tensions with US - www.reuters.com/world/china/...
Further signs of Trump retreating? Thanks to growing and more forceful pushbacks against what he and his team are doing? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
White House avoids Minneapolis tirade as signs suggest Trump backing down
Karoline Leavitt seemed unusually defensive in discussing Alex Pretti’s killing – and refused to endorse Stephen Miller
www.theguardian.com
January 26, 2026 at 11:34 PM
Further signs of Trump retreating? Thanks to growing and more forceful pushbacks against what he and his team are doing? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
The friends and families of Trump’s top officials must also be watching the videos coming out of Minneapolis. I would love to listen in to what’s being said privately over the dinner tables in their homes… www.reuters.com/world/us/min...
Minneapolis shootings put Trump’s immigration surge at center of election-year fight
While Republicans have mostly backed the crackdown, Saturday's shooting of a legally armed U.S. citizen raises particular political risks for a party that sees itself as the home of gun rights support...
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January 26, 2026 at 8:27 PM
The friends and families of Trump’s top officials must also be watching the videos coming out of Minneapolis. I would love to listen in to what’s being said privately over the dinner tables in their homes… www.reuters.com/world/us/min...
Thank goodness people are filming what’s going on in the US from all angles. It’s citizen journalism at its best. Can you imagine if we didn’t have the videos? Just the astonishing words that flow so quickly from team Trump? www.reuters.com/world/us/min...
Minneapolis shootings put Trump’s immigration surge at center of election-year fight
While Republicans have mostly backed the crackdown, Saturday's shooting of a legally armed U.S. citizen raises particular political risks for a party that sees itself as the home of gun rights support...
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January 25, 2026 at 11:31 PM
Thank goodness people are filming what’s going on in the US from all angles. It’s citizen journalism at its best. Can you imagine if we didn’t have the videos? Just the astonishing words that flow so quickly from team Trump? www.reuters.com/world/us/min...
President Obama speaks out: “Many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.”
January 25, 2026 at 9:55 PM
President Obama speaks out: “Many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.”
Large protests spread across US after nurse Alex Pretti fatally shot by federal agents www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Large protests spread across US after Alex Pretti fatally shot by federal agents
Wave of demonstrations comes a day after thousands marched through Minneapolis streets to protest ICE
www.theguardian.com
January 25, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Large protests spread across US after nurse Alex Pretti fatally shot by federal agents www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Incredibly, with a straight face, they are trying to tell people not to believe their own eyes and ears. Will they get away with it?
January 25, 2026 at 1:38 PM
Incredibly, with a straight face, they are trying to tell people not to believe their own eyes and ears. Will they get away with it?
Horrific watching what is happening in the US. Really hoping that human decency and sense prevails, before it becomes too late… www.nytimes.com/live/2026/us...
Minneapolis Live Updates: Videos Appear to Contradict Federal Account of Killing
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January 25, 2026 at 1:43 AM
Horrific watching what is happening in the US. Really hoping that human decency and sense prevails, before it becomes too late… www.nytimes.com/live/2026/us...