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Online misinformation about the presidential election plummeted after President Donald Trump was suspended from Twitter and several other social media platforms. Claims of election fraud dropped 73 percent after the ban, according to a new report from research firm Zignal Labs, from 2.5 million mentions to 688,000. The fastest and biggest decline was on Twitter, … Read more
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey was reluctant to ban President Donald Trump’s account, and only acted after his team said that Trump’s tweets were inspiring calls for violence among his supporters on Parler, according to a new report. As well, anxious Twitter employees compared the situation to IBM’s work for the Nazis during World War II, … Read more
Amir Khan’s wife Faryal Makhdoom was accused of making a ‘homophobic slur’ on Wednesday when she referred to her husband’s taste in music as ‘gay’. Faryal, 29, was seen in a Snapchat video with boxer Amir, 34, lounging around on a bed listening to music. Faryal was hiding her face and wincing at her husband’s choice … Read more
Faryal Makhdoom has labelled the UK government a ‘dictatorship’ over its new travel restrictions for those travelling to and from Dubai. On Monday it was revealed the UAE had been removed from the UK’s travel corridor list, and travellers returning to the UK from there will have to quarantine following a 52 per cent surge … Read more
Outrage after students in Leeds and Sheffield film themselves at packed university raves as they now face months of online lessons after England was plunged into a third full lockdown Video in Leeds was recorded on snapchat late last night and was shared online Footage shows dozens of students crammed into small dark room as … Read more
The 20-year-old Muslim son of a police officer was beaten up by a gang of five other Muslims for enjoying a Christmas dinner with his family in France. The unnamed victim was also attacked because his police officer mother is Muslim while is step father – also a police officer – is not, France’s interior minister … Read more
A Virginia student says he has no regrets about sharing a video online of a white high school classmate using a racial slur that forced her to withdraw from her dream college. Jimmy Galligan, of Leesburg, revealed to the New York Times how he had been in history class at Heritage High School last year … Read more
A man is going viral for claiming that he caught his girlfriend cheating on Tinder by seeing the app reflected in her eyes. Sam Nunn made the allegation on TikTok this weekend, sharing a video of his girlfriend lying in bed, looking at her phone. When he zooms in on her eyes, though, they reflect … Read more
Snapchat is considering adding a symbol or logo to celebrity and other users’ digitally-altered pictures to alert viewers they may not represent reality. The social media giant – worth an estimated £56billion – said it believed proposals to make it law had merit. Tory MP Dr Luke Evans drew up the Bill which would mean … Read more
‘They are playful’: TikTok and Snapchat defend use of photo filters amid fears they can impact on youngsters’ mental health Social media giants defended ‘playful’ photo filters as MPs raised concerns TikTok’s Alexandra Evans filters ‘developmentally necessary’ for teenagers Denied platform included filters to encourage a ‘stereotypical sense of beauty’ By Paul Revoir For The … Read more