From Click: Extremists using video-game chats to spread hate
Campaigners say including extremist narratives among everyday conversations can be a pathway to radicalisation.
BBC Click’s LJ Rich looks at the best of the week’s technology news stories including: YouTube announces it will remove videos containing vaccine misinformation for all approved vaccines, expanding on its ban of false claims about Covid-19 jabs A new law to stop workers being fired if they are not meeting productivity targets set by…
Nato foreign ministers are meeting in Riga in Latvia on Tuesday to discuss the build-up of Russian forces on the border with Ukraine and the migrant crisis on Poland’s border with Belarus. The Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has called on Nato for more help in the region – and for countries to address the…
Lord of The Rings director, Peter Jackson, has restored more than 50 hours of outtakes from the 1970 Beatles documentary Let It Be. The documentary sheds new light on the relationship between Paul McCartney and John Lennon before the band finally split in 1970. The film is in three parts and almost seven-hours long. The…
A sea life centre has created a web app to help visitors identify species within its 65,000 strong marine life population. The Lost Chambers Aquarium app uses image recognition. The app tells users information about where the animal can be found in the wild, its endangered status and planned or ongoing conservation projects. BBC Click’s…
The Oprah Winfrey interview with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex has helped put republicanism back on the agenda in Australia, the historian and biographer Prof Jenny Hocking has said. She told BBC World News: “The interview has really shown us once again just how out of touch the monarchy is with Australian values and…
A massive Covid financial relief plan will mean many Americans getting cheques for $1,400 (£1,008). Donna Kelly-Yu told BBC World News of the relief she felt, knowing the money was coming. Donna was laid off from her job as an order taker and cashier at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas last March. She said the…