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The former CEO of Facebook has accused the social media giant of trying to ‘bully and intimidate’ Australia by banning its news sources. Facebook blocked Aussies from reading and sharing local news in response to a world-first law to make tech companies pay media outlets for the content they use. From Thursday, when Australians went … Read more
Ofcom must not ‘take sides in the culture war’ by banning blackface on TV, ex-BBC chief warns, as watchdog probes family-run channel for showing 1970s sitcom Rogue’s Rock Ofcom is investigating Talking Pictures TV for airing episode with blackface in Lord Grade of Yarmouth warned the OFCOM probe sets a ‘worrying precedent’ Writing to OFCOM, the former … Read more
A woman has divided opinion after revealing that she’s dropped out of her brother’s wedding because she can’t take her children, prompting most of the rest of her family to follow suit. Taking to Reddit’s Am I The A******, the unnamed woman from the US said she didn’t want to leave her kids at home … Read more
Married At First Sight’s Dean Wells has criticised dating app Bumble’s decision to ban body-shaming language on its platform. The creative director, 43, slammed the company’s move and argued it was somehow an attack on free speech. ‘Yet another example of our freedoms being taken away one by one,’ he wrote on Instagram next a … Read more
Facebook apologises for banning users from mentioning National Trust beauty spot Devil’s Dyke after branding it ‘hate speech’ Facebook group users given bans for using the name of the Sussex beauty spot Tech giant warned the term goes against ‘community standards’ on hate speech Spokesman for the US social media firm apologised for their ‘clear … Read more
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has said that banning President Donald Trump from Twitter was the ‘right decision’ but added the ban sets a dangerous precedent. Dorsey spoke out in series of Tweets on Wednesday musing about the permanent ban Twitter handed down last week after Trump’s supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol. ‘I do not celebrate … Read more
It is inhumane! Dad slams Covid 19 rules banning him and partner from seeing sick son, one, at the same time as he waits for life-saving bone marrow transplant in hospital Max, one, diagnosed with aplastic anaemia and needs bone marrow transplant Mum Rachel Nicholson was a near perfect match and waiting for operation Dad … Read more
The US could ban travellers from Britain as flights continue to cross the Atlantic Ocean despite major fears over the new coronavirus strain spreading across the UK. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo last night called for flights from Britain to stop, saying that six are still arriving every day at John F. Kennedy Airport in … Read more
A London council has been blasted by the government for a lack of ‘common sense’ after it set up metal barriers in front of goals in a park to stop children playing football. Southwark council blocked the goals in Warwick Gardens in Peckham, south London, along with a sign that warned people not to touch … Read more
The heartbreaking image that appeared on the front page of yesterday’s Daily Mail proved beyond doubt that Britain’s shameful treatment of its care home residents needs to end. Showing a loving wife having to kneel in the street to see her husband’s face through a metal railing, it was yet more disturbing proof that the … Read more