November 2019

Facebook Is A Cesspool Of Fake Accounts And Hate. Here’s What They’ve Done About It.

Facebook said Wednesday it removed 3.2 billion fake accounts over the past six months, as well as millions of instances of hate speech and child nudity. The social media giant on Wednesday published its biannual transparency report, which details its work to combat the spread of 10 types of negative and prohibited content from the […]

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Strained French public hospital workers protest cost cuts

Thousands of exasperated nurses, doctors and other public hospital workers are marching through Paris to demand more staff and resources after years of cost cuts November 14, 2019, 1:25 PM 1 min read Thousands of exasperated nurses, doctors and other public hospital workers are marching through Paris to demand more staff and resources after years

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YouTuber Nikki Lilly: ‘Ugly is such a thrown-around word’

Image copyright Bafta? YouTube star Nikki Lilly, 15, has already interviewed a prime minister, won junior Bake-Off and pulled off a ukulele rendition of Here Comes the Sun that would have made George Harrison proud. She is now being officially recognised at next month’s British Academy Children’s Awards, where she will become the youngest ever

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ISIS Suspect Trapped at Turkish-Greek Border Is to Be Deported to U.S.

ISTANBUL — Turkey announced on Thursday that it would repatriate an American suspected of being a member of the Islamic State, after a commitment from the United States that his entry would not be blocked. The American, Muhammad Darwish Bassam, 39, had been stranded on a strip of land at the Turkish-Greek border for the

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Flu vaccine delay for schoolchildren across Scotland

Image copyright Science Photo Library Image caption Health boards across Scotland are having to reschedule flu vaccine sessions Thousands of children across Scotland are facing delays in receiving their flu vaccination at primary school. Scottish health boards confirmed flu programmes have been disrupted with a number of sessions being rescheduled. Priority is being given to

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