LONDON: Leicester midfielder Hamza Choudhury apologised on Monday (Apr 29) after a series of historic offensive social media posts were re-discovered..Choudhury, 21, responded after the Twitter messages from 2013 and 2014 were revealed over the weekend.In June 2013, he wrote: "Why are black people so fast. Because the slow ones are in prison."One tweet was critical of women's football, saying: "That has to be the worst advert sums up womens football to be honest."Choudhury also wrote: "Sorry but I dont feel sorry for people who self harm or commit suicide."Apologising for any offence caused, Choudhury said in a statement: "I've learned a lot as a person in my early years as a professional - certainly enough to know that some of the thoughtless comments I have made in the past are both hurtful and offensive."They do not represent my true beliefs. I'm deeply sorry to anyone I have offended - both at the time and since they've been recirculated."I've grown up a lot since then and learned … [Read more...] about Football: Leicester’s Choudhury apologises over offensive social media posts
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Social media and smartphones important in spreading news: Gobind
KUALA LUMPUR: There is a need for the quick dissemination of news as social media continues to grow, according to Multimedia and Communications Minister Gobind Singh Deo (pix). He said the public wants easy and quick access to news and journalists must provide this without compromising their ethics. “Everyone can record and provide news but they must be responsible and ethical,” he said. “Journalists must provide accurate news for the sake of stability and the well being of the people,“ he said at the closing ceremony of Mobile Journalism: Digital News in Your Hands programme today. Gobind said the use of smartphones had taken the provision of news to a whole new level. He said such devices allowed media practitioners to be innovative and creative when presenting news. “They can record, edit, take photographs while spreading the news. “Therefore in such instances social media platforms play a vital role in the dissemination of news,“ Gobind … [Read more...] about Social media and smartphones important in spreading news: Gobind
‘Influencer’ PM Lee avoided social media in the past because of what dad Lee Kuan Yew told him
1.2 million. That's the number of followers Lee Hsien Loong commands on Facebook. This was what prompted interviewers Kym Ng and Evelyn Lam to declare Singapore's prime minister an "influencer". Although Lee was quick to qualify that "1.2 million accounts [do not mean] they're all fans" during a Mandarin interview shown on Mediacorp Channel 8 last night (April 28), it's fair to say the country's leader is popular, at least on social media. On Instagram, Lee has 383,000 followers and his posts on both platforms are usually well received. His pages contain the usual government policy messages but also show him taking wefies with Singaporeans and other photos of scenery and wildlife he encounters. In fact, when Ng, a veteran Mediacorp host, revealed that her Instagram followers only recently crossed the 100,000 mark, her heavyweight interviewee encouraged her to "keep it up". But Lee wasn't always this fond of social media. He only started becoming active online after the general election … [Read more...] about ‘Influencer’ PM Lee avoided social media in the past because of what dad Lee Kuan Yew told him
The social media etiquette on posting spoilers
The year 2019 promises to be a peak-geek year. April has seen the premiere of the final season of Game of Thrones, as well as the rollout of era-ending Avengers: Endgame (although Kevin Feige is on record saying that the actual plot wrap-up happens in the upcoming Spider-Man: Far From Home). The ultimate season of The Big Bang Theory is also on the horizon, and December wraps up the geek calendar with The Rise of Skywalker, the concluding chapter of the Star Wars sequels. Amidst all of these seismic events, opinions will be posted as Facebook updates, selfies in front of theater standees will be uploaded on Instagram, Twitter will be buzzing with unsolicited exit interviews. Already, my social media feeds are awash with threats to end friendships, unfollow, block, curse firstborns. And so, in the interest of maintaining harmony in the cybersphere, here are a few handy rules on spoilers and social media etiquette in general: 1. When posting an opinion, a grade-one reaction paper is the … [Read more...] about The social media etiquette on posting spoilers
Social media fraud increased 43% in 2018: Report
In a sign that platforms like Facebook and WhatsApp are emerging as new public square for criminal deception, a study has found that social media fraud increased 43 per cent in 2018. The results suggest that cyber criminals are increasingly relying on Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and other legitimate social media and messaging platforms to communicate with each other and sell stolen identities, credit card numbers and other ill-gotten gains. Given the ease of use, absence of fees and other benefits of these platforms, continuation of this trend in 2019 should come as no surprise, said "Current State of Cybercrime - 2019" white paper, released by RSA Security. Trade in stolen identities would gain greater momentum with more stores likely opening on legitimate platforms to sell this type of data, the study said. According to researchers, fraud in the mobile channel has grown significantly over the last several years, with 70 per cent of artifice originating in the mobile channel in … [Read more...] about Social media fraud increased 43% in 2018: Report