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Defender Marc Bola, of Championship side Middlesbrough, has been charged with misconduct over the nine-year-old social media post, the English FA announced on Friday. Bola was a child in Arsenal’s academy at that point, three years away from receiving the scholarship he earned among the Premier League club’s youth ranks …

Something about Twitter has long irritated me, not so much the platform itself but the smug self-righteousness of a bunch of tech nerds adopting the moral high ground over the inalienable right to free speech. I’m not just talking about Jack Dorsey and his Silicon Valley sidekicks who blocked Donald …

The scale of Xi Jinping’s social revolution intensifies every day, and nothing seems to be safe from its reach. To go alongside the dramatic reorganisation of private tutoring, the mauling of big tech and the campaign against celebrity culture, now the Chinese state is turning its sights towards what it …

The 2008 banking crisis led citizens in Western democratic countries to massively lose faith in their political systems and their political leaders – especially those for whom the system was clearly not working. In the UK, they were named ‘the left behind’ in an effort to explain Brexit. And then …

The Social Democrats have emerged as the strongest political force in Germany, according to one of the leading market research and opinion polling companies in Germany – the Forsa Institute. The center-left party enjoys the support of 23% of Germans, the Forsa poll, published on Tuesday, says. That puts the …

Online activism comes in many forms, from symbolic signaling of a position on a crisis or issue, such as changing one’s profile picture, to a more engaged form, such as writing posts about events online. Awareness can be good, and campaigns for humanitarian aid online can even be better. However, …

Facebook, which claims it has blacklisted Taliban-linked groups under its “dangerous organizations policy” for “years” due to US Treasury Department sanctions, does not plan to alter its approach now, a spokesperson declared on Tuesday. Instead, Facebook will defer to the “authority of the international community.” This policy holds for its …

In the years since 9/11 a political divide emerged within America that widened through the Obama years, continued to expand during Trump’s tenure and, despite Biden’s claims to the contrary, still grows today. We have seen the definitions of words constantly changed or applied in places that make no sense. …

In addition to reportedly considering an approach for Barcelona’s Neto, the Gunners are currently locked in negotiations with Sheffield United’s much younger Aaron Ramsdale. Having two bids turned down for the 23-year-old, north London outfit are currently considering a third. This is rumored to consist of a package worth £18 million ($25 …

In the 70-page document, issued to schools across the country on Thursday, teachers are instructed not to question students who declare that they are transgender or tell them “it’s just a phase”. Instead, they are urged to “be affirming” of the students’ feelings. Other “tips” for teachers include asking these …