Kelly Ng Reporting fromSydney, New South Wales BBC/Kelly Ng Mandarin and Cantonese dominate conversations in Burwood, an area often billed as Sydney’s second Chinatown With days left to the election, Australian opposition candidates have been wooing a crucial group that turned its back on the conservative Liberal-National coalition in the last election: Chinese Australian voters....
A man has been arrested in relation to threatening messages being sent to school settings on social media, police have said. Devon and Cornwall Police said officers arrested a man in Exeter on suspicion of malicious communication offences and they are “not seeking anyone else in connection to this matter”. Officers said news of the...
Jon Kay BBC Breakfast presenter André Rhoden-Paul BBC News ‘You don’t know what your children are looking at’ warn parents of teen Jools Sweeney A group of British parents who believe social media played a part in the death of their children have travelled to the US to demand better online safety protections for children....
Sean Coughlan Royal correspondent Jon Kay Reporting fromNew York City Getty Images Prince Harry and Meghan are in New York calling for more safety online for children The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are calling for stronger protections for children from the dangers of social media, saying “enough is not being done”. Prince Harry and...
Emma Lynch/BBC “Be mindful about what you’re sharing, because once it’s online, it’s online forever,” says Lilly Sabri. The fitness influencer, who has six million followers on YouTube, has urged fans to heed her words as she plans to return to Instagram after a long absence. Two years ago she was living her dream, running...
Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg has taken the witness stand in a landmark antitrust trial to defend his company against allegations that his company operates a social media monopoly. His testimony is part of a case first brought by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in 2020 during the final days of the first Trump administration. The...
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The Trump administration this week reportedly classified thousands of immigrants living in the United States as dead in a Social Security database in an effort to force them out of the country, a scheme that was met with furious uproar from advocates and lawmakers. By entering the names and Social Security numbers of roughly 6,000...
“You are not welcome here,” read a chilling statement from a top DHS official. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced that it is monitoring immigrants’ social media accounts for supposed “antisemitism” — a seeming code word for speech criticizing Israel’s U.S.-backed occupation of Palestine and genocide of Palestinians. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration...
Revolutionary struggle is never a solitary endeavor; rather it is an unfolding process replete with contradiction and tension. But sifting through the complexity what fundamentally endures is solidarity and principles. When we – anarchist and communist revolutionaries – embark on the path of struggle we expect to exist, grow and die in a life of...
South Wales Police Hakan Barac arrived in the UK in April 2023 An Islamic extremist who arrived in the UK seeking asylum has been jailed for supporting terror group Islamic State. Turkish national Hakan Barac, 28, of Commercial Road, Newport, posted videos on social media sites glorifying terrorists Osama bin Laden and Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi....
World number one Luke Humphries says he will keep quiet in the future after facing backlash regarding his comments about struggling with the current darts schedule. After a 6-1 win over Dirk van Duijvenbode in the second round of the International Darts Open on Saturday, an emotional Humphries told Sky Sports that playing felt like...
Matt BerningerBrudenell Social Club, Leeds3rd April 2025 The National’s frontman makes his long-awaited solo debut with two intimate shows in Leeds. This is, quite incredibly, only Matt Berninger’s second solo show proper; the first was last night, at this same venue. As frontman for one of the world’s biggest and most revered indie rock bands,...
When Wharton was selected for England’s Euro 2024 squad, manager Gareth Southgate said the midfielder was the type of player the Three Lions had missed “for seven or eight years”, and praised his forward-thinking game. “[It’s] just the way I play football,” says Wharton. “When I was younger I used to play as more of...
Guy Hedgecoe Business reporter BBC Blanca Castro, who rents an apartment in central Madrid, says she is being forced out by her landlord Blanca Castro puts on a builder’s helmet before opening the door to her kitchen. Inside it, the ceiling has a large hole that is dripping water and it looks as if it...