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Facebook posting ads encouraging people to sue the NHS
By Chris Bovey
Facebook has been condemned for running adverts during the Coronavirus crisis encouraging people to sue the British National Health Service.
The tech giant which likes to promote an image that its platform is about creating…

Facebook wrongly bans accounts during Corona outbreak
By Chris Bovey
An apparent bug in Facebook’s algorithm blocked news articles about the COVID-19 outbreak and has restricted some users from using their service.
Legitimate articles concerning safety and health advice were marked as spam,…

Facebook restricting organic reach of pro-EU pages
By Chris Bovey
Facebook has become an instrumental part of people’s lives for sharing and disseminating information.
Newsfeeds will show you a mixture of paid-for sponsored ads together with posts from friends, groups you have joined…

Police harassing protestors ahead of Trump D Day visit to Portsmouth
By Kevin John Braid
Police have been harassing known anti-racist and anti-fascist protestors ahead of US President Donald Trump’s visit to Portsmouth for the 75th anniversary of D Day.
The authorities are shitting themselves the orange…

Facebook says standing up to racist bullies is 'hate speech'
By Chris Bovey
Whether we like it or not Facebook is an integral part of many people’s lives to share information and to communicate with each other.
I’m sure many of you will have fallen foul of Facebook’s ban hammer for sharing…

Police given Facebook ban for sharing seized drugs photo
By Akash Hashmi and Chris Bovey
The Police Service of Northern Ireland received a Facebook ban from the tech social media giant for sharing a photo drugs they had seized.
Many of you will have probably been sent to Facebook prison, often…

Banned by Facebook for anti-Brexit meme
By Chris Bovey
Once in a while, a message appears asking me to relog into Facebook, which tells me I am blocked from using their services for 30 days.
The first few times you get a Facebook ban, it starts at 24 hours, then 3 days, then…

West Yorkshire Police polish tiny turds
By Richard Shrubb
West Yorkshire Police jubilantly posted an article on Facebook last week that they’d busted someone for about a joint’s worth of weed. They were a little unamused at the response of the cannabis community and threatened…

YouTube is shutting down marijuana related channels
By Chris Bovey
Since its inception, YouTube has been a popular social media source for cannabis information, with some weed related channels having hundreds of thousands of subscribers.
Nobody is really sure what YouTube is actually doing,…