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Google, Facebook and Twitter should be held liable for illegal and dangerous content on their platforms, an ethics body has said. The BBC understands that the Committee on Standards in Public Life (CSPL) will urge the government to introduce new laws on extremist and abusive content. Prime Minister Theresa May has said companies need to remove extremist content quickly or ...

Can something which has no physical presence consume as much electricity as an entire country? The internet has recently been awash with claims that the digital currency Bitcoin could be using more electricity than a number of developed nations. So Reality Check wants to know: how did they work it out, and is it true? Although it has been around ...

Several influential figures responsible for creating the internet have demanded that a controversial vote be cancelled. This week the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will decide on whether to repeal an Obama-era law that protects “net neutrality”. It refers to the principle that all traffic on the internet is treated equally. The pioneers said the FCC did not know what it ...

Juba – More than 170 people have been killed in fighting between rival cattle herders in central South Sudan in the past week, a lawmaker said on Tuesday. “When it comes to those who are wounded, it is almost 200,” added Dharuai Mabor Teny, a member of parliament from the Western Lakes area, some 250km northwest of the capital Juba. ...

Mogadishu – A senior Somali intelligence official says a suspected US airstrike has largely destroyed a minibus travelling near a rebel-held village in southern Somalia. The official says the strike by an unmanned drone occurred near Mubarak village in Lower Shabelle region late on Monday night. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to speak ...

MANCHESTER UNITED were beaten by Manchester City on Sunday in a game that means the Premier League title race is all but over. But Manchester United could be looking down, rather than up, at their local rivals had Jose Mourinho got his way in the summer. At the time, fans were happy. Romelu Lukaku, Victor Lindelof and Nemanja Matic were ...

While Liverpool and the two Manchester clubs will be fairly pleased with the Champions League draw, Chelsea have paid a high price for finishing second to Roma at the group stage. The Blues have been drawn against Barcelona in the Round of 16, leaving them with an uphill struggle to make it into the later rounds. Though it might be ...

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Manchester United players will have to motivate themselves at home to Bournemouth on Wednesday after manager Jose Mourinho suggested their Premier League title challenge was probably over. The 2-1 defeat at home to Manchester City on Sunday leaves United second in the table but a daunting 11 points behind their city rivals. However, United’s Spanish ...

HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwe’s former president Robert Mugabe has left the country for medical checks in Singapore, his first foreign travel since the army forced him from office last month, a state security official said on Tuesday. The 93-year-old, who ruled the southern African nation for 37 years, resigned after the army and his ruling ZANU-PF party turned against him ...

REAL MADRID and Neymar are pushing to advance a deal for next summer. Real Madrid want to land Neymar as their next superstar and believe he can take the mantle from Cristiano Ronaldo, who won the Ballon d’Or for the fifth time last week. And OK Diario chief Eduardo Inda has claimed both Real Madrid and Neymar are pushing for ...