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#YouTubeDOWN blows up on Twitter as platform hit with global outage

Brew Admin   Mon 14 Dec 2020    

YouTube suffered a major a outage Monday as users took to Twitter alerting the platform, who instantly responded with: Citing a “problem with the server” the app refused to load with users complaining that all Google services were down, including […]

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‘American Gods’ author knits a warm call for forgotten Syrian refugees this winter

Brew Admin   Wed 09 Dec 2020    

The bitter plight of Syrian refugees continues to be shadowed by the pandemic-tainted pitfalls of the year, but fantasy storyteller Niel Gaiman has sought to remind people that their misery should not be forgotten as the weather takes a biting […]

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Twitter 2020: #COVID19, #BLM top hashtags; US politics, Chadwick Boseman in limelight

Brew Admin   Tue 08 Dec 2020    

The coronavirus pandemic and the Black Lives Matter movement topped the list of conversation topics on Twitter in a tumultuous year, the social platform said Monday. In a summary of trends, Twitter said the hashtag #COVID19 and other variations were […]

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Twitter bans ‘dehumanising’ race, ethnicity hate speech on platform

Brew Admin   Thu 03 Dec 2020    

Twitter said Wednesday it was expanding its definition of hateful content to ban language which “dehumanizes” people on the basis of race, ethnicity or national origin. The move announced by the messaging platform is the latest to refine its definition […]

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Japanese gamer wows Twitter with a portable PS4-in-a-case

The Brew News Team   Mon 16 Nov 2020    

Last week the PlayStation 5 went on sale, compelling gamers worldwide to park themselves before their screens and launch an exploration into their newest generation of video game consoles. But while the PS5 might be the latest way to play […]

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India set to watchdog social platforms, online media, including Netflix and Prime

The Brew News Team   Wed 11 Nov 2020    

The Indian government has issued an order to bring online news portals and content providers such as Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Hotstar under the Information and Broadcasting ministry. The regulations, signed by President Ram Nath Kovind, also apply to […]

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K-pop’s Blackpink slammed over panda ‘mishandling’ in newest line of S.Korea-China netizen clash

Brew Admin   Wed 11 Nov 2020    

A reality TV episode showing K-pop girl band BLACKPINK holding a newly born panda was pulled after accusations in China that the group mishandled a national treasure, becomes the latest row between South Korea’s entertainment stars and audiences from its […]

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‘War Room’ Bannon shunned by Twitter, FB for violent rant against Fauci and FBI

Brew Admin   Mon 09 Nov 2020    

Twitter last week banned the account of the former Donald Trump adviser and surrogate Steve Bannon after he called for the beheading of Dr Anthony Fauci and the FBI director, Christopher Wray, and the posting of their heads outside the […]

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Namita’s Natter // 6 instances to show that the Internet isn’t too bad after all

Brew Admin   Sun 01 Nov 2020    

The internet is not usually a pleasant space. Every time we post an opinion, a political take or God forbid a religious sentiment, we are bombarded with vitriolic hate. People, who hide behind a cloak of anonymity given to them […]

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Thousands of ‘QAnon-ists’ pulled off Facebook, Instagram

The Brew News Team   Thu 29 Oct 2020    

In an update to a blog post discussing Facebook’s Dangerous Individuals and Organisations policy, the platform this week dropped the figures associated with QAnon, a far right, extremist conspiracy network, and the removal of all accounts linked with the ideology. […]

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Twitter raises red flag on Trump’s ‘mail-in’ tweet, warns of misleading content ahead of elections

Brew Admin   Tue 27 Oct 2020    

Social media platform Twitter on Monday flagged a tweet by US President Donald Trump about mail-in ballots, adding a disclaimer describing the post’s content as “disputed” and potentially misleading. “Big problems and discrepancies with Mail In Ballots all over the […]

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