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China Blasts Swatch for ‘Slanted Eyes’ Ad

Swiss watch company Swatch apologized on Saturday for running an advertisement that featured a model using his fingers to pull his eyes back, making a “slanted eyes” gesture, which Chinese social media users found offensive, even though the model was himself Asian.

Pedestrians pass by the Swatch watch store on Nanjing Road Pedestrian Street in Shanghai,

Australia Bans YouTube for Children Under 16

The government of Australia has reversed its decision to grant YouTube an exemption from its sweeping ban on social media for children under 16. YouTube’s parent company Google is threatening legal action, but Australian officials vowed to push ahead with the ban.

In this photo illustration, a teenage child looks at the screen of a mobile phone on Janua

Fitness Influencer’s ‘Morning Routine’ Goes Viral Sparking Mockery

Fitness influencer Ashton Hall went viral on social media for posting a video montage of what he claims is his morning routine between 3:52 a.m. and 9:26 a.m. In one clip, Hall is seen pouring an entire bottle of Saratoga Spring Water into a bowl of ice and submerging his face into it, before later bizarrely rubbing a banana peel over the skin of his face.

Ashton Hall's banana peel video