language

Biden administration bans ICE & CBP from using ‘dehumanizing’ language such as ‘illegal alien’ – reports

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the two agencies dealing with the surge of migrants…

3 years ago

RT’s German-language service prepares lawsuit after notorious tabloid ‘Bild’ falsely accuses its journalists in Berlin of SPYING

In the article published on Tuesday, reporter Julian Roepcke, who has previously been aligned with the 'Disinformation Portal' of NATO's Atlantic…

3 years ago

Mind your language! Kiwi MP says sorry for tweeting ‘women’s rights are human rights’ and getting ‘terfs excited’

Golriz Ghahraman, an Iranian-born legislator who serves as the Green Party’s foreign affairs spokesperson, cheered on the government’s decision to…

3 years ago

Leaked papers allege massive UK govt effort to co-opt Russian-language anti-Kremlin media & influencers to ‘weaken Russian state’

At a European Union summit in November 2017, then-UK prime minister Theresa May announced plans to designate Russia a “hostile”…

3 years ago

‘New language’: School asks parents to rate their ‘whiteness’ & become ‘white traitors’ or ‘abolitionists’

The graphic was sent out by the principal of East Side Community School in New York City, according to a…

3 years ago

‘Torturing the English language’: Biden accused of twisting the truth with promise his Covid-19 stimulus plan ‘finishes the job’

“$600 is simply not enough when you have to choose between paying your rent and putting food on the table,”…

3 years ago

‘Serious injustice’: Uruguayan language experts issue stinging criticism of FA’s ban for Cavani over ‘negrito’ post

Uruguay international Cavani was hit with the ban and a fine of £100,000 over the 33-year-old's use of the term…

3 years ago

Facebook rolls out ban on ‘militarized language’ after Trump calls poll watchers ‘army’

Explaining that Facebook wants to help more Americans register and vote while also protecting the “integrity of the election by…

4 years ago

Bristol University to police ‘diet culture & fatphobia’ language in sports after students’ union denounces ‘burning calories’

The university will work with the union to conduct a “full review of sports, exercise and health messaging to ensure…

4 years ago

American ‘darkness’: Biden recycles Clinton’s 2016 language in final DNC speech, painting divisiveness as unity

Democrats, Biden argued in the final speech of the 2020 Democratic National Convention, were the unifying “light” of America to…

4 years ago