Category: Controversy

Sky Sports News Caught In Sexist Controversy !

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Sky Sports News Caught In Sexist Controversy !

SKY SPORTS NEWS have enraged staff after sending out an online survey asking viewers to judge whether their presenters are ‘sexy’ and ‘good-looking.’  The rolling news channel has landed in a spot of bother after its failed attempt at market research led to senior presenters demanding crisis talks with management. The channel has promoted award-winning female broadcasters and journalists for the last 20 years, but have caused outrage with a bungled attempt at market research that led to senior presenters demanding crisis talks with management.  According to The Daily Mail, the Sky…

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New App made in UK to help reduce COVID-19 spread faces controversy

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New App made in UK to help reduce COVID-19 spread faces controversy

LONDON: A British government virus-tracing app launched as part of measures to combat COVID-19 is facing criticism over data privacy and concerns over London’s broader pandemic strategy. Scientists advising the government believe that the app, which would alert users when someone who has the virus is near them, could allow the government to ease lockdown restrictions while reducing the disease’s spread. The app, which will run on an opt-in basis, is expected to be released around the time the lockdown is lifted. But experts fear that the government has failed…

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AMERICANS BUYING RECORD-BREAKING NUMBERS OF GUNS AMID COVID -19

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AMERICANS BUYING RECORD-BREAKING NUMBERS OF GUNS AMID COVID -19

Americans have responded to the coronavirus epidemic with a record-breaking number of gun purchases, according to new government data on the number of background checks conducted in March. More than 3.7m total firearm background checks were conducted through the FBI’s background check system in March, the highest number on record in more than 20 years. An estimated 2.4m of those background checks were conducted for gun sales, according to adjusted statistics from a leading firearms industry trade group. That’s an 80% increase compared with the same month last year, the…

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CHINA & RUSSIA PUSH ‘FAKE NEWS’ ON CORONAVIRUS CRISIS, CLAIMS EAST STRATCOM

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CHINA & RUSSIA PUSH ‘FAKE NEWS’ ON CORONAVIRUS CRISIS, CLAIMS EAST STRATCOM

EU officials claim Moscow and Beijing continue to peddle disinformation on social media whose aim is to undermine the European Union and its partners. China and Russia continue to use the global coronavirus crisis to spread false reports and other online disinformation, according to the latest update published Wednesday from the European External Action Service’s team dedicated to highlighting such digital tactics. The group, called East Stratcom and whose mandate includes debunking fake news originating from Russia, said there had been more than 150 cases of pro-Kremlin disinformation linked to the global health…

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CANADA ACTOR’S UNION IMPOSES NEWS RULES FOR FILMING NUDITY, SIMULATED SEX & SEXUAL VIOLENCE.

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CANADA ACTOR’S UNION IMPOSES NEWS RULES FOR FILMING NUDITY, SIMULATED SEX & SEXUAL VIOLENCE.

ACTRA’s best practices go beyond intimacy coordinators to protect actors during nude and simulated sex scenes from auditions and closed sets to the edit suite. Canada’s actors union, ACTRA, on Friday unveiled “best practices” to protect actors in scenes involving nudity, intimacy, simulated sex and sexual violence. The Canadian guidance includes the use of intimacy coordinators as already recommended stateside by SAG-AFTRA. But the ACTRA guidelines, hammered out in the wake of the #MeToo movement, also cover auditions and nude, intimate and simulated sex scenes from preproduction through to postproduction….

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Google fined a record $5 billion by EU

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Google fined a record $5 billion by EU

European controllers brought the pain on another U.S. tech goliath Wednesday, fining Google a record $5 billion for compelling cellphone producers that utilization the organization’s Android working framework to introduce Google pursuit and program applications. The European Union said Google’s practices limit rivalry and diminish decisions for buyers. While Google can without much of a stretch bear the cost of the fine, the decision could undermine the organization’s plan of action, which depends on giving endlessly its working framework as a byproduct of chances to offer advertisements and different items….

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Crocodiles In Vietnam Skinned Alive For World Wide Fashion Industry 

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Crocodiles In Vietnam Skinned Alive For World Wide Fashion Industry 

Disturbing Footages taken from inside several crocodile farms in Vietnam shows the horrific ways in which the animals are skinned alive for luxury fashion goods of the world’s leading fashion brands. (Pics Courtesy / Credits – Peta) The video, filmed in March and April 2016, is part of an investigation into the exotic skin trade conducted by the animal right group People for The Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), and provided exclusively to FORBES ahead of its general release. Video courtesy / credits – Peta The confronting images show the…

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Australian Cricket Board Bans Andre Russell’s Black bat

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Australian Cricket Board Bans Andre Russell’s Black bat

Andre Russell’s controversial big black bat has lasted just seven deliveries before being black-banned by Cricket Australia officials. In one of the shortest cameos in cricket history, Russell’s black Spartan bat will have to remain in the kit bag the remainder of the Big Bash League, starting with the Sydney Thunder’s away clash against the Melbourne Renegades on Thursday night. The ultra-cool West Indian, who already has an anti-doping verdict hanging over his head, will now have to resort to a no-frills weapon of choice. Dre Russ caused no fuss…

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Govinda lamblasts Karan Johar and so called Bollywood’s ‘Bhayankar’ camps

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Govinda lamblasts Karan Johar and so called Bollywood’s ‘Bhayankar’ camps

In a interview to Indian Express, Actor Govinda slams camps ‘bhayankar camps’  and groups in Bollywood none of which he is a part of or made a part of.  Govinda said “If you see, Karan Johar never called me for any of his interviews. He has called comedians, singers, actors, newcomers and everyone else. A time comes when people think if we have to remove an actor from the hero category, you need to start a comedy awards show. And you start a Karan Johar show in which Govinda should never…

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“Sonam Kapoor molested in her youth days”: The star reveals at the round table with Rajeev Masand

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“Sonam Kapoor molested in her youth days”: The star reveals at the round table with Rajeev Masand

Actress Sonam Kapoor made a personal and shocking revelation of being sexually molested in her younger days, in a special show hosted by film critic Rajeev Masand.In the interview with Sonam Kapoor there were four other actresses which included Alia Bhatt, Anushka Sharma, Vidya Balan and Radhika Apte.They were part of a short promo that celebrates this year’s best female film performances. (From Left to Right) Alia Bhatt, Anushka Sharma, Sonam Kapoor, Vidya Balan and Radhika Apte at the Roundtable conversation with Rajeev Masand. Sonam, who appears on the show with the…

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