On Friday, the Interior Ministry ordered the telecommunications authority to “completely” cut off access to Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp, YouTube, and Telegram until 3pm local time (11:00 GMT), said Khurram Mehran, a spokesman for the media regulator, without giving any further details. “In order to maintain public order and safety, access …
Read More »Italian TV hosts mock Chinese and this racism would’ve gone unnoticed if not for social media… ‘Because it’s the Chinese, y’know’
Not that most people would ever admit to it, but certainly among the lingering symptoms of long-Covid lies an acceptance of racism towards the Chinese that would be considered almost criminally intolerable if directed at any other nationality. The problems began when the two Italian television hosts of the long-running …
Read More »‘Social justice pays well’: BLM leader ripped for ‘buying $1.4 million Los Angeles home’ in predominantly white neighborhood
Khan-Cullors’ lavish Topanga Canyon home, which consists of three bedrooms and a guest house, is in a neighborhood that is nearly 90% white, according to reports. The home was sold to a corporate entity controlled by the 37-year-old activist. The social activist helped create the Black Lives Matter movement after …
Read More »Trump teases 2024 run & promises more rallies in interview BANNED from social media
While Trump initially kept a low profile after departing the White House for Florida, he has made a growing number of statements and public appearances in recent weeks. Sitting down to an interview on Tuesday with his daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, the former president got straight down to brass tacks. Asked …
Read More »‘Nobody wants a complete ban on foreign social networks,’ Kremlin says, but companies must be forced to comply with Russian rules
President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, told Moscow’s Argumenty i Fakty newspaper on Tuesday that he was optimistic foreign-owned social media giants could learn to live within the country’s laws. “It is necessary to find a middle ground between the priorities of media freedom and regulation,” he said. “More and …
Read More »‘Is this real?!’: French star Lauriente sends social media into meltdown with ‘ridiculous’ 40-yard free-kick (VIDEO)
With his team 1-0 down inside the last five minutes of a crucial meeting at the wrong end of Ligue 1, Lauriente stepped up for a free-kick with the ball a full 40 yards from goal. Despite his teammates and opposition defenders being lined up for a potential cross into …
Read More »Trump will return to social media with OWN platform ‘in two or three months’, says adviser
Miller announced the project to Fox News on Sunday, saying that Trump’s platform would be ready for launch in “two or three months.” Trump was banned from his platform of choice, Twitter, in January. After a crowd of his supporters stormed the US Capitol to protest the certification of President …
Read More »Social media outrage in Ukraine as 8-year-old girl blogger announces relationship with teenage boy — and her mom is fine with it
The young Milana Makhanets has almost seven million followers on Singaporean video-sharing app Likee, a TikTok analog popular with young Russian and Ukrainian kids. Milana also works as a model, often participating in children’s fashion shows. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Мила Маханец 🌺ᗰนᏁåℍᎯ🌺 (@milamaxanets) On …
Read More »Paige Spiranac sermonises about being ‘more real on social media’ as golf stunner backs Max Homa over Tiger Woods tribute backlash
Several top golfers, including Rory McIlroy, Jason Day and Tommy Fleetwood, donned red and black gear in tribute to Woods’ trademark colors at Sunday’s final round of the WGC Championships event in Florida, with Woods himself later tweeting that he was “touched” at the wide-ranging gesture from several members of the …
Read More »‘Everything offends everybody’: US football rep axed over speech querying ‘social justice warriors’, knee-taking & slavery claims
Seth Jahn, a former member of the US seven-a-side Paralympic team, was speaking in opposition to the policy which was put in place in support of United States football superstar Megan Rapinoe’s decision to follow the lead of ex-NFL player Colin Kaepernick by carrying out silent “kneeling” protests before games. The United States Soccer …
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