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LONDON (AP) – British police said Thursday they have made 11 arrests in connection with the online racial abuse of England soccer players following their team’s loss to Italy in the final of the European Championship last month.

On Monday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas stated that the department is working with tech companies “that are the platform for much of the disinformation that reaches the American public, how they can better use

Just hours before D.C. Mayor Bowser’s mask mandate took effect on Saturday photos surfaced of her officiating a wedding and partying maskless.

According to former Tesla employees, the company’s solar power unit Tesla Energy has a dedicated team for hunting down complaints on social media and convincing customers to delete negative comments.

During an interview aired on Friday’s broadcast of PBS’ “Firing Line,” Columbia University Professor and author John McWhorter argued that many people “end up pretending to agree with ideas” on race because they’re afraid of being attacked on social media.

During Friday’s “MediaBuzz” podcast, FNC host Howard Kurtz reacted to the Biden administration pushing social media platforms to crack down on what it considers misinformation on coronavirus by pointing out that no one knows what the White House considers misinformation

On Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Ayman Mohyeldin Reports,” Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) stated that there need to be “tougher efforts made, whether it’s oversight, regulatory treatment to stop the spread of misinformation. Because I do agree that it is

Portraying herself a victim of “character assassination,” now-former BBC journalist Tala Halawa published a lengthy statement on Wednesday blaming

Michelle Easton joined host Alex Marlow on SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Daily Wednesday morning to discuss her new book ‘How to Raise a Conservative Daughter.’

Country music star John Rich of Big & Rich told Breitbart News this weekend that the “very liberal” majority of those in the country music industry have become “emboldened” in recent months to push woke leftist ideology publicly in contravention of the views of the majority of the country music audience. Rich said that the mere “threat of cancellation” keeps conservative-leaning artists from speaking out, arguing that it is actually a “step deeper than” cancel culture–ultimately creating a divide between the country music industry and the country music audience.

A globally renowned China scholar said Twitter temporarily restricted her account after she mocked Chinese President Xi Jinping. The New Zealand academic added Facebook, LinkedIn, Zoom and other major social media players appeared eager to silence critics of the Communist Party dictatorship.

Amazon has blamed social media companies for its own failure to remove rampant fake reviews from its website, claiming that “bad actors” turn to social networks to buy and sell fake product reviews.

The White House on Tuesday announced an effort to fight “misinformation,” arguing it was responsible for radicalizing domestic terrorists in the United States.

In a bizarre woke social media post, a top Canadian Conservative Party MP asked for “forgiveness” because of her “cis/straight/white” privilege.

On Wednesday’s “Fox Business Tonight,” Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) said Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg should testify before Congress on Facebook’s correspondence with White House Chief Medical Adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci on Facebook’s handling of posts on coronavirus. Blackburn said, “When

Priti Patel has reportedly demanded that social media companies censor videos of illegal migrants as they “glamourise” the perilous journey.

Facebook should be sued for its political censorship related to the coronavirus and its origins in China, Charles Hurt said.

Thirteen people are on trial in France for their roles in the massive harassment campaign of a French teen who was critical of Islam.  

LeBron James and John Cena are “Chinese finger puppets,” said the UFC’s Colby Covington of both James’s and Cena’s acquiescence to China.

In late April, Colombia watched as peaceful demonstrations against an ill-timed tax reform turned violent. The ensuing riots spanned several weeks and engulfed almost every major city in the country.

Opposition politicians have questioned whether Berlin’s Social Democrat (SPD) Mayor Michael Müller abused his power after he triggered a police operation and search of the home of a woman who had criticised him on social media in actions later deemed unlawful.

A woman in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, has been accused of impersonating a teen girl online, then forcing the girl to have sex with young males she reportedly lured on social media.

According to a recent NBC News poll, the majority of Americans say that they use social media at least once a day and also believe that platforms like Facebook and Twitter are dividing the nation rather than bringing it together. 77 percent of conservatives believe social media platforms are dividing the country.

Several police officers in the Canadian city of Montreal say they increasingly avoid intervening in situations that involve minorities in case they are filmed and vilified as racists on social media.

Activists have turned on a SF artist who has painted public art images of the honey bear around the city, blaming him for gentrification.

Republicans have made a formal complaint against Democrat Zoe Lofgren for her report on GOP social media posts and the Capitol riot.

China’s ambassador to the U.S. on Friday cited the presence of “social media influencers” in China’s western territory of Xinjiang as proof “stability has returned” to the region since the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) launched a genocide against Muslim Uyghurs in the territory in 2017.

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has taken it upon itself to flag multiple Twitter accounts sharing Donald Trump statements, according to its own reporting.

Failed U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has claimed that Russian interference in the U.S. election in 2016 is now “beyond a doubt” and that Moscow was likely involved in the Brexit vote, too.

This week, a federal appeals court ruled that the parents of three young teenagers who died in a car crash while using Snapchat’s “speed filter,” should have the right to sue Snap over what they claim is the platform’s role in the accident.

On Wednesday’s broadcast of NBC’s “Late Night,” Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) applauded Facebook not reinstating former President Donald Trump’s account because “someone like him shouldn’t be allowed to make people believe lies.” Klobuchar said, “That was the right thing to

On Wednesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The ReidOut,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) reacted to Facebook’s review board deciding whether to reinstate former President Donald Trump’s account by saying that Facebook is more powerful than the government and part of the way

Jen Psaki said Joe Biden believes that social media companies have the “responsibility” to block questionable content.

President Donald Trump’s team clarified Tuesday that the launch of a new section of his website was not a new social media network.

On Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Ayman Mohyeldin Reports,” Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) stated that while he doesn’t necessarily support banning former President Donald Trump from Facebook for life, letting him back on now is too early, as Trump is still

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis intends to sign a bill banning social media companies from “deplatforming,” “shadow banning,” and “censoring” users.