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USA

Call to raid Area 51 military zone draws hordes of alien hunters

Presumably tongue-in-cheek Facebook post calls on people to "storm" the restricted area, which has captivated generations of conspiracy theorists.

China

Hong Kong protesters abandoned Facebook for other platforms

Contrary to the 2014 Occupy Hong Kong movement, protesters chose to organise on forums and encrypted message services rather than rely on Facebook.

Europe Decoded

How is Nigel Farage's Brexit Party winning the social media battle?

Six weeks after the 2019 European Parliament elections, Nigel Farage’s party are still receiving far more interactions on their official social media pages than any other major UK political party.

Russia

Why all is not what it seems at Siberia's answer to the Maldives

Paradise or peril?

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France

French supermarket managers hunted out of job over safari pictures

Pictures of the couple proudly posing rifles in hand with wild animals they had just slaughtered — including a lion, a leopard and a zebra — were shared on social media last week.

France

French MPs pass landmark bill to fight online hate speech

It means social media networks will have to remove offending content within 24 hours.

World News

Facebook to 'downgrade sensational or misleading health posts'

Facebook is using the same tactic that it used with clickbait posts to reduce the visibility of posts with exaggerated or misleading health claims.

Italy

Pope bombarded with insults after tweeting to pray for migrants

Insults in Italian replying to a tweet from Pope Francis flooded Twitter on Monday after he wrote about migrants.

Europe Decoded

Instagram aims to tackle bullying with new 'restrict' feature

"It’s our responsibility to create a safe environment on Instagram," the Head of Instagram, Adam Mosseri, said in a blog post.

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Huda Kattan talks business, beauty and babies

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She's a self-made international beauty businesswoman worth an estimated 490 million euros. Dubai-based Huda Kattan is also one of the world's leading social media influencers with an Instagram following upwards of 37 million. Kattan spoke with Euronews about beauty, empowerment and Generation Alpha.

USA

More mental health research needed for social media stars, experts say

"We're only breaking the ice on how social media is affecting teens and adults but those are not influencers we're studying," one researcher said.

United Kingdom

Teenagers sent to prison for online Prince Harry 'race traitor' threat

A neo-Nazi teenager who posted an image calling Prince Harry a “race traitor” has been sentenced to 4 years in a British young offenders' institution.

USA

Actor John Cusack apologizes for retweeting anti-Semitic image

"Made a mistake retweeting that — as i said — and sorry," Cusack tweeted.

USA

Child porn found in emails Alex Jones sent to Sandy Hook family lawyers

Jones denies any knowledge of the images, and Infowars describes the emails as a "malware attack attempting to embed" child porn on their servers.

China

'Do you hear the people sing?': Hong Kong protesters find their voice

A song from Les Misérables was heard on the streets of Hong Kong as hundreds of thousands of protesters rallied against their Beijing-backed rulers.

Europe Decoded

#BlueForSudan: Social media users show solidarity

"Mohammed Mattar was a very loved person, who believed in the people’s right and their revolutions. And he gave a lot to it. Eventually his life."

World

Raw Politics in full: D-Day remembered and Denmark elections

Catch the full episode of Thursday's Raw Politics here.

Europe Decoded

YouTube says comments on gay reporter do not violate guidelines

Where is the line between debate and harassment on social media? YouTube has been caught up in a dispute between a conservative comedian and a gay reporter, which has thrown into question the responsibilities of platforms to protect users while still allowing free speech.

China

Tiananmen Square anniversary: Chinese social media censorship rises

More than 3,400 search terms have been restricted on some websites in China as the world marks the 30th anniversary of the massacre.

World News

EU Elections 2019: Which candidates won the social media battle?

Much of the of #EP2019 European election battle took place on social media. Which candidates had the most engagement?