A year after racist riots erupted across England and Northern Ireland following the murder of Bebe King (aged 6), Elsie Dot Stancombe (aged 7) and Alice da Silva Aguiar (aged 9) in Southport, Amnesty International has found that social media platform X played a central role in the spread of false narratives and content which incited violence against Muslim and migrant communities. Our analysis of X’s open-source code reveals that the platform’s content ranking algorithms prioritise the type of content that can spread misinformation and hate, with deeply inadequate safeguards to prevent human rights abuses. “Our research demonstrates that these design choices significantly exacerbated human rights risks for racialised communities in the wake of the Southport riots– and continues to present a serious human rights risk today,” said Pat de Brún, Amnesty International’s Head of Big Tech Accountability. Islamophobic and xenophobic rhetoric on X after Southport Attack Within hours of the murder of the three young girls and attempted murder of ten others by 17-year-old Axel Rudakubana, incendiary posts by far-right influencers went viral on X. Within 24 hours, posts falsely claiming the attacker was Muslim, a refugee and/or a migrant who had arrived by boat reached an estimated 27 million impressions. Our analysis of the recommender system and the removal of safeguards at X demonstrate that it is set up to amplify this type of harmful content and that there are few safeguards to prevent it. The net result was a staggering amplification of hate speech and anti-migrant sentiment. Andrew Tate, a notorious online influencer, posted a video falsely claiming the attacker was an “undocumented migrant” who “arrived on a boat” whilst Elon Musk claimed that “civil war is inevitable”. Stephen Yaxley-Lennon’s (also known as Tommy Robinson’s) posts on X, including claims such as there being “more evidence to suggest Islam is a mental health issue rather than a religion of peace”…

New research out today: Amnesty International has found that X/Twitter played a central role in the spread of false narratives and content which incited violence against Muslim and migrant communities in the UK last summer

Prince Harry and Meghan backstage at the Cowboy Carter tour in LA. Meghan is Beyhive for life 😍

Ahh you got your As Ever jam 😍. It’s delicious 😋

Yummy! ❤️

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People may lie, but numbers don’t. Meghan is the Duchess of Success 👑

Congrats to @meghan on the successful launch of @aseverofficial 🥳

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The mutual support between women business owners is inspiring. Akilah Releford-Gould received a lovely gift from Meghan Sussex and is reciprocating with a harvest basket of her handmade goods. This is a wonderful example of their support for each other.

Speechless.

#MomSky 😐

#withlovemeghan

Before With Love, Meghan, I was intimidated and never would have attempted it. But Meghan Sussex inspired me to give it a try — and here we are: I’m making homemade focaccia bread!

Not the GOAT Simone Biles being #inspiredbyMeghan & making the one pot pasta/ single skillet spaghetti from #WithLoveMeghan

Before asserting that something like this is happening because he says he can do it, journalists should ask what the statutory authority is, and if it is unclear or nonexistent, the headline and story should reflect that.

French Resistance Steps in After AP Banned From Trump-Macron Presser The Paris Press Corps today ensured that an AP reporter could enter and ask a question.

The AP was banned from the event but the French press corps conspired to get a US AP reporter inside and insisted she be allowed to ask her question.

Celebrating the NAACP-Archewell Digital Civil Rights Award  | The Archewell Foundation Each year, the NAACP awards one individual with the NAACP-Archewell Digital Civil Rights Award. This award celebrates leaders who are advancing civil rights in digital spaces and leading the way to bu...

I am humbled to be join the company of visionaries like @safiyanoble.bsky.social @nabiha.bsky.social @poetofcode.bsky.social as recipient of the 2025 NAACP-Archewell Digital Civil Rights Award.

More about the award from the Archewell Foundation.

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Prince Harry gifted sacred blanket during meaningful visit to Tsleil-Waututh Nation Elected Chief Jen Thomas shares what it was like for the Duke of Sussex to visit, but also the importance of local First Nations being part of the Invictus Games

It’s hard for Chief Jen Thomas not to get emotional when looking back on how the Tsleil-Waututh Nation was included in the Invictus Games. “I almost cried because it meant so much to the four leaders, to our Nations, to be part of it. We got to show our culture, our traditions.” #IG25

Prince Harry&Meghan’s Archewell Foundation highlights Cyber Collective, a RTYPF grantee:
“Cyber Collective was founded by Tazin Khan..Through Cyber Collective, she leads a global network of 50 BIPOC leaders working to ensure technology serves all communities equitably”
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NAACP Announces Dr. Alondra Nelson as the Recipient of the 2025 NAACP – Archewell Digital Civil Rights Award Join our community of over 2 million activists across the nation fighting for change and for justice.

You did the thing, @alondra.bsky.social! 👏🏽 👏🏽 👏🏽 Huge CONGRATULATIONS on winning the NAACP-Archewell Digital Civil Rights Award at the NAACP Image Awards! 🙌🏽 #BlackExcellence

Mindy Kaling on Making a Show About the 'Famously Dysfunctional, Extremely Wealthy' Family That Owns the Lakers The writer discusses her new LA Lakers Netflix series, Renée Rapp, appearing on Meghan Markle's show, and Legally Blonde 3

“I think a misconception about Meghan is that she’s in any way fussy or has expectations of fanciness. She really is a down-to-earth person who knows a lot of fun tricks to make entertaining and cooking easier.” - Mindy Kaling on #MeghanMarkle

I love how Jasmine Crokett's voice, fire, and fortitude are being elevated right now, but I am also so weary bc you know the ✋🏻's loooooove a sassy BW they can support and quote and digitally high-five - until they don't.

Important always to remember that the people spearheading the hatred of “mass immigration” think that the ideal number of non-white immigrants in the country is zero.

Salinas therapy dogs meet Prince Harry while supporting wildfire efforts in LA Two therapy dogs with the Salinas Fire Department were sent to Southern California to help with the wildfires and met a member of the British royal family.

Cruz and Taffy, 2 therapy dogs with the Salinas Fire Department, were sent to Southern California to assist firefighters and communities impacted by wildfires in LA. There they met an unlikely volunteer, Prince Harry, who was thanking 1st responders. www.ksbw.com/article/sali...

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Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are doing their part to help those impacted by the deadly wildfires in Southern California. l 📷: FOX

Uber wealthy tycoons lean into eugenics and life extension for a reason.

These people are so fcking wealthy, and have been for so long, they honestly are ok with the world burning down as long as they + their people are good. The ability to shift global consciousness and behavior has to be a helluva drug.

Things are about to get so much more worse simply because our institutions are run by a bunch of cowards.

I hope everyone is clear that we're going beyond "fake news" "alternative facts" and "misinformation" into full blown state-sponsored propaganda.

And we're fcked, bc way too many Americans still don't realize we've been frogs in pots for a solid decade now.

To cut a long story short, the richest man in the world has recognised that representative democracies are, at this point, an impediment to his further accrual of wealth and power, and so is acting directly against those democracies. His peer group is following suit.

The real story is that 2 weeks before Trump retakes office, the most wealthy/powerful people on earth have decided to *publicly* embrace him because they have calculated that being in his good graces will help them more than any public backlash to *openly* joining his fascist movement will hurt.

Happy New Year! Hope 2025 is a great one 🥳

Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, kicks off 2025 by returning to Instagram with new video.

Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni and a Smear Campaign After ‘It Ends With Us’ Private messages detail an alleged campaign to tarnish Blake Lively after she accused Justin Baldoni of misconduct on the set of “It Ends With Us.”

Struggling to find the words for just how disturbing this is.

But suffice it to say that at one point, even Baldoni’s own publicist essentially says “thank goodness people hate women.” nyti.ms/3DoqZSq