Jessops Danger, Porn Block Axed, Facebook Tax: TM 182

Special guest Tom Merritt of Daily Tech News Show.

This week on the regular version of Tech’s Message:

- UK porn blacklist is dead after government abandons age verification

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/10/uk-government-abandons-planned-porn-age-verification-scheme/

- Fury as Facebook pays just £28m of UK tax despite record £1.7bn revenues

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2019/10/11/fury-facebook-pays-just-29m-uk-tax-despite-record-17bn-revenues/

- Jessops is Today's Doom-Threatened High Street Name

https://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2019/10/jessops-high-street-closures/

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