Day: March 4, 2017

    Activist and actress Jane Fonda has spoken for the first time about being raped and sexually abused as a child, saying she was raised with the disease to please others. Fonda, 79, a long-time outspoken advocate of women’s rights, said it had taken her years to stand up for herself in Hollywood on issue such as pay and the roles she took. I’ve been raped, I’ve been sexually abused as a child and I’ve been fired because I wouldn’t sleep with my boss and I always thought it was my fault; that I didn’t do or say the right thing, Fonda told fellow actress Brie Larson in a conversation for the March 2 edition of Net-a-Porter magazine. Fonda gave no details of the assaults. I know young girls who’ve been raped and didn’t even know it was rape, she said. ‘They think, It must have ...

    Uber on Friday acknowledged the use of a secret software program to steer drivers away from trouble, including sting operations by local authorities to catch lawbreakers. In the latest in a streak of damaging news for the ridesharing giant, Uber came forward about its Greyball software after a New York Times report which said the program aimed to deceive authorities in markets around the world. According to an Uber statement, the tool was used in cities where it was not banned from operating, and the main intent was to protect drivers from disruption by competitors using the smartphone application to interfere instead of summon legitimate rides. This program denies ride requests to fraudulent users who are violating our terms of service, an Uber spokesperson said in an ema...

    As Donald Trump desperately tries to distance himself and his administration from links with Russia, over in Moscow businessmen, oligarchs and politicians are raising eyebrows and wry smiles. The President may have told a Washington press conference, “I have no deals that could happen in Russia because we’ve stayed away”, but those in the know believe the truth is very different. The Mirror travelled to the former Soviet state to investigate allegations which have engulfed Trump and his team regarding clandestine links. We discovered that far from “staying away” Trump has formed associations with some of Moscow’s most powerful and influential players, has sold his Miss Universe contest there, has a Hollywood Boulevard-style signed star in a shopping mall and even had plans...