Reddit’s CEO Steve Huffman has found himself once again embroiled in a controversy surrounding his website’s policy on moderation. In a Reddit thread announcing the platform’s 2017 transparency report findings, in which Reddit identified and listed close to 1,000 suspected Russia-linked propaganda accounts that have been banned, Huffman replied to a straightforward question about the company’s rules around hate …
Hungary’s racist Fidesz-KDNP coalition wins general elections
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s ruling Fidesz-KDNP coalition won a landslide victory in general elections. Based on 91 percent of the votes counted, the coalition of the Fidesz party and Christian Democratic People’s Party (KDNP) received at least 48 percent of the vote while Hungary’s main opposition Jobbik party received 19 percent and the left-wing Hungarian …
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PYD/PKK supporters attack EU Council building in France
Supporters of the PYD/PKK terrorist organization in April 6, attacked the Council of Europe’s Agora building in Strasbourg, France. Around 30 people got past a security checkpoint where nearly 600 people were working, according to an Anadolu Agency correspondent reporting from the scene. The PYD/PKK sympathizers hung a banner that called for the release of …
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Turkey’s Athens consulate comes under attack
Turkey’s Athens Consulate-General came under attack late April 4, according to Consul-General Oya Yazar. Yazar told Anadolu Agency that a group of 15 to 20 people came to the street where the consulate is located in the evening of Wednesday and began smearing the building’s walls with red paint. No one was injured in the …
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YouTube restricts video exposing Israeli brutality
YouTube on April 25 decided to reinstate a video exposing Israel’s brutality towards Palestinians after receiving backlash on social media. Claiming the content violated its terms of service, the video-sharing platform on Sunday deleted the video, which was posted by Palestinian academician and activist Sana Kassem to pay tribute to Palestinians killed by Israeli forces during …
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Israel Reaches Deal With UN to Deport Asylum Seekers to West, Not Africa
Netanyahu says Canada, Germany, Italy among countries to take in asylum seekers. Israel will deport 16,250 refugees to West, grant 16,250 temporary residency status. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that Canada, Germany and Italy are among the Western countries that will take in asylum seekers from Israel after the country signed a deal with …
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Sheffield universities investigate four allegations of racism
Two Sheffield universities are investigating four allegations of racism, including claims a black student was hit with a banana during an ice hockey game. Tyrell Pearce, a PE student at Sheffield Hallam University, said a supporter of rival Sheffield University threw a banana at him at a match last month. He said it was “the most racially abused …
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Singer RAYE accuses The Ivy Chelsea of racism
Dance-pop musician RAYE says a London restaurant refused entry to her black friend because of his clothes – moments after letting a white pal into the venue in a similar outfit. The 20-year-old British singer posted a video to Twitter of her attempt to enter The Ivy Chelsea Garden, which has since been shared thousands of times. …
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Royal wedding: German broadcaster ZDF accused of racism in its coverage
ZDF commentators consistently described Meghan Markle and her guests as “exotic” and were fascinated by her black hair. The public broadcaster has been roundly condemned by news outlets and people on social media. German public broadcaster ZDF was heavily criticized on Saturday for its sometimes questionable coverage of the royal wedding. Social media users and …
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Far-right Greek mob attacks, beats Thessaloniki mayor
Police in Greece’s second-largest city say they have arrested two people as suspects in an attack that left the mayor of Thessaloniki hospitalized. Mayor Yiannis Boutaris of Greece’s second-largest city was hospitalized Saturday with head, back and leg injuries after being set upon by nationalist extremists. Thessaloniki City Council President Calypso Goula said Boutaris was …
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