Jack Monroe Has Begun Libel Proceedings Against Katie Hopkins For ‘Harmful Tweets’

Food blogger and anti-poverty campaigner Jack Monroe is claiming damages from MailOnline columnist Katie Hopkins.
Monroe, whose father served in the F...

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#BagelGate Is The Weirdest Thing To Ever Happen On A London Train

There were bagels, jeering, two women nearly had a fight and the police ended up intervening.
Oh, and it happened on a train out of London.
That’s a...

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Corbyn's Media Team Provokes Dismay With Very Public Rebuke Of Former MP

Labour MPs have shared their exasperation after Jeremy Corbyn’s media team publicly rebuked claims made by a former colleague.
The party leader’s ...

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6 Things You Wish You Didn't Know About Milo Yiannopoulos

Far-right provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos has created a career out of being offensive and was so successful at being spiteful that up until Monday he wa...

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University Challenge Legend Eric Monkman Reveals What It's Like To Be A Social Media Icon

In the space of 30 minutes Eric Monkman went from academically gifted nobody to cult hero, and arguably even University Challenge’s greatest fan fav...

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Alt-Right YouTuber's Offer Of Free Trip To Sweden Backfires Beautifully

Paul Joseph Watson, provocateur-in-chief at ‘alt-right’ and conspiracy site Infowars, has had his offer to pay journalists to experience the ‘cr...

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You Might Love Twitter But It's Still Not Making A Penny And That's A Problem

With the year that we’ve just had it’s hard to imagine how it would have unfolded had we not had Twitter at our fingertips.
Yet despite its seemin...

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Twitter Has A New Weapon Against The Trolls

Twitter is cracking down on abuse, again.
Now this might sound like a broken record but add together all the features that the company has introduced ...

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KCL Lecturer Sparks Racism Row By Arguing Trump's Travel Ban 'Makes Sense'

A top university professor has apologised for saying Donald Trump’s travel ban “makes sense in human capital terms” after hundreds of students s...

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Twitter's Staff Donate Over £1m To Fight Trump's Muslim Ban

Twitter’s staff have donated more than £1m to the American Civil Liberties Union in an act of defiance against Donald Trump’s Muslim ban.
The ACL...

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Twitter, Facebook Facing New Legal Curbs On Online Abuse

Facebook and Twitter could be legally forced to tackle abusive online trolls under a fresh crackdown considered by Parliament.
The two US internet gia...

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