TikTok has banned all political advertising on its platform, according to "Mobile Marketing."

Unilever CEO Alan Jope has a column in "The Times" today arguing that plastic is not always the enemy, as long as it lives in the "circular economy" in which it is constantly recycled and reused. To that end, he has reiterated the company's pledge to halve the amount of "virgin" plastic it uses by 2025 and to collect and recycle more plastic than the group sells.

The Home Secretary, Priti Patel, has urged Facebook to reconsider message encryption across its platforms, saying they provide an opportunity for terrorists and threaten the safety of children, the BBC reports.

While the Home Secretary may be angered at Facebook's plans to encrypt messages on its services, "The Independent" brings news of a new deal that will allow UK authorities to greatly speed up requesting information about suspects from US-based tech giants. Campaigners are warning that the new powers could impact privacy.

The European Court of Justice has ruled that social media giants must remove illegal content before they are asked to do so, "Wired" reports. This means the tech giants can no longer wait for a request for material to be taken down and the court has gone so far as to insist that content is removed globally. The site believes Facebook will appeal the global aspect of the decision.

Ladbrokes Coral has appointed BBH to its creative account for the UK and Ireland following a competitive pitch, "Campaign" reports.

"The Guardian" is reporting that the lawyer representing US tech entrepreneur Jennifer Arcuri is willing to talk to the media "at the right price." So far, the paper has been told, the highest bid is $225,000 to hear details of her close friendship with UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, and get her view on how she came to receive grants and overseas business trips at taxpayer expense.

Vice Media has bought Refinery 29 in a deal that values the combined group at $4bn, "Press Gazette" reports. The site points out that Vice allowed its staff to unionise in the UK this year and that Vice workers have told it they are ready to support Refinery 29 if the merger leads the group to reconsider staff numbers in London.

A class action against Google for tracking iPhone users without their permission has finally been given the go-ahead to proceed in a London court, the BBC reports.

"The Guardian" can hardly hide its annoyance that another tech firm is managing to funnel money out of the UK to shift its tax liability to a country with a lower corporation tax. Today we have news that despite making an estimated GBP700m out of British streamers, Netflix actually got a tax rebate of GBP51,000 from the UK government