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A number of brands have suspended advertising their products on Facebook over a failure to combat hate speech.
The National Foundation of Educational Research (NFER) has found that 4/10 pupils in England have not been in regular contact with their teachers during school's closure in the UK.
In an attempt to increase falling birth rates, the Iranian government has ended the provision of contraceptives and vasectomies.
During the recent protests in the USA, one call of action by the protestors has been to 'defund the police.'
Here is an article that discusses how organised crime has profited from the impacts of the coronavirus, including in the illegal drug trade and online scams.
US Supreme Court backs protection for LGBT workers
Last week the US Supreme Court ruled that employers who sack workers for being gay or transgender are breaking civil rights laws.
George Floyd death: Anti-racism demonstrations
Anti-racist demonstrations have continued around the world, including in the UK that were sparked as a result of the death of George Floyd in the United States.
Trump threatens to shut down social media companies
Donald Trump has threatened to take action against social media organisations claiming that they "stifle free speech."
Last week footage of an incident between a white woman and a black man that took place in New York went viral, and led to fierce debate about everyday racism.
Oxfam International has made the decision to close a number of their operations globally, and the result of which means people will lose their jobs.
The boss of the dating app Tinder has described how the coronavirus has changed how people are dating.
A scheme to help relatives of family members that have died from Covid-19, has been extended to include low-paid workers.
Research collected by a non-partisan organisation in the USA has found that African Americans have been dying from coronavirus at a rate of three times higher than that of white people.
Facebook to pay $52m for failing to protect moderators from 'horrors' of graphic content
I imagine that when Facebook was first started there was probably little consideration about the impacts of extreme content on the moderators who work for the company, however Facebook has recently...
This article from The Guardian focuses on the difference between the amount of academic research published by women compared to men during the lockdown in the UK.
'Young face job despair'
This article from BBC News paints a bleak picture of some of the impacts of the coronavirus on young people in respect to their jobs and training.
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has claimed that for people living in poor parts of England and Wales are more likely to die from the coronavirus than people living in wealthier areas.
Rise in 'Corona divorce' in Japan
Although this is reportedly not isolated to (hetereosexual) couples living in Japan, this story about those living though the lockdown highlights how social media is being used to help couples vent...
It has been reported that patients from black African backgrounds that are suffering from coronavirus are more likely to die than white Britons.
Here is an interesting article about a woman who was raised in a Christian fundamentalist household and how she believes that her upbringing may have helped prepare her in some way for a global...