by Daniel James | Apr 19, 2019 | Media & Politics
Facebook has taken drastic action to ban ‘far-right’ groups such as the British National Party (BNP) and the English Defence League (EDL) from its platform. Facebook cited the ban as part of it’s battle against pages violating the rules by promoting...
by Daniel James | Apr 18, 2019 | Media & Politics, People & Culture
A Twitch streamer has been kicked off the site after wearing blackface makeup as part of cosplay dress on her stream. The Lithuanian streamer, known as Karupups (twitter @karupups) and whose real name is Karina Martsinkevich, was cosplaying the Apex Legends character...
by Daniel James | Mar 14, 2019 | Media & Politics
YouTube has deleted a network of kids vlogging channels after the owner admitted to abuse of one of the channel’s stars. Ian Rylett Ian Rylett, owner of the SevenAwesomeKids network of YouTube channels, signed a plea deal admitting the abuse. As a result,...
by Daniel James | Feb 27, 2019 | Media & Politics
Folsom Lake College school leaders have sent a clear message to students and the community: Pepe is not welcome on campus. In fact, the offending frog is seen as a symbol of hate by the school, after a student posted the offending amphibian on the door of a faculty...
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Facebook bans UK ‘far-right hate groups’Facebook has taken drastic action to ban ‘far-right’ groups such as …
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Boogie2988 gets an extreme makeoverWe’re used to him coming at us through the power of the internet, but a …
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