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“Social-media companies have a pitiful record of tackling disinformation,” shadow culture secretary Jo Stevens said Sunday on Twitter.  The government must “deal with some of the dangerous nonsense, nonsensical anti-vax stuff that we’ve seen spreading on social media, which erodes trust in the vaccine,” Ashworth said. He added that the …

The Libertarian Party leader has been targeted by angry Americans, who blame her for deciding who the next president will be. Dr Jo Jorgensen received 1.76 million votes, but it was where they were cast that proved vital.  Across Georgia, Arizona, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin; her ballots were far greater than …

“I think that Vice President Biden campaigned on an incredibly progressive and aggressive agenda,” deputy campaign manager Kate Bedingfield said in an interview Sunday on NBC’s Meet the Press program. She added that “he’s going to make good on those commitments.” Bedingfield described Biden’s program to combat climate change as …

On October 29, 2020, Jeremy Corbyn was suspended from the British Labour Party – why? The Equality and Human Rights Commission, the UK equality watchdog, concluded its 130-page investigation with the claim that the Labour Party could have tackled antisemitism more effectively “if the leadership had chosen to do so,” …

Black Lives Matter is undeniably political. And debate over its intentions was seemingly ended with the news that the group had applied to officially register as a political party in the UK. The application covers eight derivatives, across Great Britain, Scotland, Wales and the Greater London Authority. Interestingly, it has …

“For around 600 guests at a fetish party in Mitte [a central borough in Berlin], it probably ended unsatisfactorily,” police reported in a tongue-in-cheek message on Twitter late on Saturday.  Local law enforcement pooled forces with the federal police to swoop on the party, which was taking place both inside …

Ex-president Morales declared that his party, the Movement for Socialism (MAS-IPSP), scored a “resounding victory” in the election, as citizens voted for the president, vice president, and Congress members. “Our political movement will have a majority in the both houses [of parliament],” he tweeted, promising to “restore the dignity and …

In an interview with radio host Charlamagne Tha God, as well as through a series of tweets, P. Diddy announced the launch of Our Black Party, a new political party meant to “address the needs of black people” through “developing a coalition of people and organizations committed to building Black …

In a statement, Facebook said that the page had been scrubbed due to “repeated violations” of its policy prohibiting misinformation about Covid-19 that could lead to physical harm.  The move comes just two days before New Zealand holds a general election. A spokesperson for Facebook insisted that the decision was …

Protesters held banners comparing the political party, which is controversial for its fiercely anti-immigrant views, to Nazis as they stood outside the Athens courthouse. Videos show the massive crowd filling the main roadway and side streets surrounding the building.  Fights broke out in the crowd, with police using tear gas …