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# Blogger

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Dublin blogger and actor accused of online campaign of harassment against CBeebies presenter
Blogger, comedian and actress Frances Winston, 45, is accused of harassing CBeebies star Ferne Corrigan online.
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Dec 17th 2018, 10:25 PM
Dublin woman charged over alleged campaign of social media harassment against BBC presenter
The woman is alleged to have used “various social media platforms” to harass the CBeebies presenter.
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Sep 10th 2018, 4:48 PM
'I said the worst word I could possibly think of': YouTube star PewDiePie apologises
He said there was no excuse for using the word.
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Sep 12th 2017, 8:30 PM
Outrage after controversial YouTube star PewDiePie uses the N-word in latest video
It’s not the first time he has been accused of being racist.
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Sep 11th 2017, 6:28 PM
Taoiseach says Minister Regina Doherty 'felt she was being harassed' by blogger
Answering questions in the Dáil today, Leo Varadkar said that it was a “private matter” between the Minister and the academic.
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Jul 11th 2017, 6:46 PM
The advertising watchdog has handled its first complaint about a Snapchat influencer
Faces By Grace came under scrutiny over a post about a detox drink.
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Jun 22nd 2017, 5:16 PM
The woman who went viral with her story of 'parent sex' has another message for mothers
She’s back, and it’s reached even more people than last time.
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Jan 18th 2016, 7:04 PM
WATCH: Why this Instagram star revealed she was 'living a fake life'
She has deleted thousands of photos and quit social media.
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Nov 3rd 2015, 11:00 AM
Saudi court upholds 10 year jail sentence and 1,000 lashes for blogger
The father of two has been behind bars since 2012 for setting up the website ‘Saudi Arabian Liberals’.
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Jun 7th 2015, 7:03 PM
Second blogger 'brutally hacked to death' in Bangladesh
He had criticised fundamentalist Islamic views.
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Mar 30th 2015, 8:36 PM
Google's blogging site is banning anything that resembles porn
Unless it’s artistic, then it’s fine.
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Feb 24th 2015, 5:59 PM
Protest outside Saudi Embassy for blogger sentenced to 1,000 lashes for insulting Islam
Raif Badawi criticised clerics and the kingdom’s notorious religious police.
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Jan 22nd 2015, 4:11 PM
Saudi blogger's flogging for "insulting Islam" postponed
Raif Badawi criticised clerics and the kingdom’s notorious religious police.
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Jan 16th 2015, 7:15 AM
Blogger receives first 50 of 1,000 lashes for insulting Islam
Raef Badawi has been behind bars since 2012.
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Jan 9th 2015, 6:50 PM
Microsoft admits it snooped on blogger's emails to track company leaks
The decision was taken after an ex-Microsoft employee leaked early copies of Windows 8 and Windows 7 to a tech blogger.
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Mar 21st 2014, 9:18 AM
Malala Yousafzai to visit Ireland next week
Malala Yousafzai is to receive the Tipperary International Peace Prize in honour of her campaign work to ensure girls’ access to education across the developing world.
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Aug 14th 2013, 8:00 PM
King Joffrey had a very awkward encounter in Dublin
ARGH. Also, he is turning down sex.
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Aug 14th 2013, 8:52 AM
Video: Internet censorship in China explained
Blogger Michael Anti explains how the social media space works in a country where site like Twitter and Facebook are blocked.
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Jul 31st 2012, 4:34 PM
China to tighten Internet control with new rules
China’s government plans to extend nationwide a requirement for microblog users to register with their real names as part of a sweeping update of rules governing the Internet.
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Jun 7th 2012, 2:40 PM
Artist imagines Incredible Hulk's anatomy
If you have ever wondered what the real-life anatomy of the Incredible Hulk would be like, wonder no more. Someone has drawn it.
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Jun 2nd 2012, 10:30 AM
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Nine things you need to know by 9am: ESB workers to vote on strike action, is Norris preparing for one last tilt at the Áras? And Ireland’s newest blogger – you’ve probably heard of him…
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Sep 15th 2011, 8:34 AM
"Too salty": Jail time for blogger after negative restaurant review
Blogger’s review crossed the line, according to a Taiwanese judge.
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Jun 24th 2011, 10:45 AM
Doubts over the identity of kidnapped Syrian blogger
Images used to portray the blogger Amina Arraf have been revealed as those of a London woman, who says she’s never met Arraf.
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Jun 9th 2011, 6:37 PM
Gay Syrian blogger kidnapped by armed men
Amina Arraf, author of ‘A Gay Girl in Damascus’ had written posts and given them to her cousin in case anything happened to her. Her family believe she is alive and well.
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Jun 7th 2011, 5:39 PM
Twitter user inadvertently live-blogs deadly attack on Bin Laden
The IT consultant living in Abbottabad – the city where Osama bin Laden was killed – was initially annoyed by the noise of a helicopter hovering over his roof.
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May 2nd 2011, 10:50 AM
The Daily Fix: Tuesday
In today’s Fix: more bad news from the IMF; Cork toddler cleared of rare cancer by US treatment; and New York police make further grim discoveries in Long Island.
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Apr 12th 2011, 8:06 PM
Crown accepts Herbert apology
But the Prof is considering further legal action against media outlets.
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Jul 26th 2010, 4:59 PM
Legal threat to Irish blogger
Prof. John Crown threatens legal action over a blog post in which he was criticised.
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Jul 26th 2010, 12:38 PM