Twitter detects those responsible for racial abuse at Euro 2020 final

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August 11, 2021

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In the wake of the Euro 2020 final, Twitter has found that UK residents were largely responsible for the racial abuse directed at three of Britain’s football players

Marcus Rashford, Bukayo Saka and Jadon Sancho were attacked on social media after missing in the penalty shootout to Italy and losing the match as a result.

Twitter has since released data showing where the racial abuse largely came from, saying UK residents were responsible for the majority of it.

The social media giant removed almost 2,000 tweets in the 24 hours following the match citing a violation of its policies.

Police also arrested 11 people for sending racially motivated messages after England’s loss.

Although the abuse came from all parts of the globe, Twitter says “it is important to acknowledge the UK was – by far – the largest country of origin for the abusive tweets we removed.”

Twitter has recently implemented a brand new range of A-I designed to immediately identify and remove racist tweets.

The company says they are also moving to “test a new product feature that temporarily autoblocks accounts using harmful language.”

President Biden signs TikTok bill – what’s next?

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April 26, 2024

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TikTok users could soon find that the popular social media service is either under new ownership or could be outright banned in the United States.

President Joe Biden signed a bill into law that requires TikTok to find a new owner—or face a ban in the United States.

Over the past several months, Washington D.C. has been under pressure to ban the popular Chinese-owned social media app.

Lawmakers and security experts have long raised concerns that the Chinese government could tap TikTok’s trove of personal data about millions of U.S. users.

TikTok’s CEO said the bill is disappointing and reiterated that the company has committed to challenge it.

David Zhang from China Insider. joins Veronica Dudo to discuss

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Threading the needle: Meta’s new platform finally dethrones X

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April 26, 2024

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Threads, the social media platform owned by Meta, is gaining traction with a surge in daily active users, outpacing X in the U.S.

With Threads averaging 28 million daily active users compared to X’s 22 million, Meta’s ambitions to reach a billion users seem within reach despite a slowdown in growth. While X still boasts 550 million monthly active users globally, Threads’ focus on user experience and avoidance of real-time and political content could position it as a formidable competitor moving forward.

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Zendaya is serving in saucy sports drama “Challengers”

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April 26, 2024

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This weekend’s entertainment lineup has something for everyone.

Apple TV+ brings “Sugar,” a drama set in New York City, while “Civil War” offers historical intensity.

“Challengers” with Zendaya brings a saucy sport drama to life, and superhero buffs can catch the trailer for “Deadpool and Wolverine” for action-packed fun.

With options spanning drama, history, reality, and superheroes, there’s excitement in store for all this weekend.