News examples

Question 1

Instagram baby account

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DJ Khaled documented his fiancé giving birth to their newborn son via Snapchat in 2016. Asahd’s account features more than 350 posts and the one-year-old already has a huge 1.8m followers.
It is worth noting that Instagram guidelines require users to be at least 13 years old before they can create an account.

Question 2

misuse of privacy- BBC

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Sir Cliff Richard, who is suing the BBC, says coverage of a police search on his home in August 2014 after a sex assault allegation left him feeling “forever tainted” because of the misuse of private information and breaking data protection rules

Question 3

jessie j

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Singer Jessie J wins Chinese equivalent of X-Factor- singer 2018

Question 4

Johnson Beharry - Good Morning Britain

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ex gang member to war her appeared on GMB. he set up a campaign called JBVC foundation which aims to assist young people to leave street gangs & develop sustainable careers April 2018

Question 5

Facebook privacy settings

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In 2015 Aleksandr Kogan collected direct messages sent to and from Facebook users who installed his This Is Your Digital Life app of around 87million people. Then in March 2018, it emerged that Cambridge Analytica may not have actually deleted the data.(UK-based political propaganda firm that’s believed to have worked on both the Brexit and Trump campaigns.)

Question 6

allegations against Cambridge Analytica?

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It used personal information harvested from more than 50 million Facebook profiles without permission to build a system that could target US voters with personalised political advertisements based on their psychological profile

Question 7

coffee chain Starbucks April 2018

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Coffee chain Starbucks is to close more than 8,000 company-owned branches in the US for an afternoon next month to carry out “racial bias” training after the firm had to apologise over last week’s arrest of two black men who were waiting to meet someone in a Starbucks in Philadelphia. The aim is to prevent discrimination in Starbucks stores.a

Question 8

Lloyds Banking Group

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Lloyds Banking Group has announced that 49 branches will be closed.
Those closures, along with reorganisation elsewhere at the bank, will affect 1,230 jobs. Lloyds has been reducing the size of its network as customers have switched to online and telephone banking

Question 9

Royal family

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23rd April Kate in labour had a boy - lack of privacy

Question 10

12th April - Alfie protest

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Hundreds of people have staged a protest outside alder hey hospital where a terminally ill toddler is being cared for

Question 11

Martin lewis

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Martin Lewis is suing Facebook over claims it has published more than 50 bogus adverts bearing his name, many of which have been used to scam thousands of pounds out of people.

Question 12

Tobias ellwood

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Tobias Ellwood banned his family from using all mobile devices on their latest holiday, as he fears we are all “addicted” to our gadgets.
April

Question 13

Malala yousafzai

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Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani girl who became an activist for female education after being shot for going to school in 2012 , and the youngest Nobel Prize laureate in 2014

Question 14

Golden globes - Jan 2018

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Activists for the times up movement asked people to wear black and to speak about the survivors of sexual abuse and harassment

Question 15

Oprah Winfrey quote

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For too long women have not been heard or believed if they dare speak the truth to the power of men . But there time is up

Question 16

Golden globes statistics

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Overall the awards show drew 3.3 million tweets - Jan 2018

Throughout the night viewers tweeted about #TimesUp roughly 473,900 times.
178,500 #WhyIWearBlack
174,300 #MeToo movement.

Question 17

April 2018 passenger on aeroplane

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Passenger in a southwest airline flight live streamed a video during an engine exploding

Question 18

Aeroplane passenger being criticised

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Bobby Laurie spotted a major problem - almost all passengers wore the mask wrong -his tweet went viral.
“ put down the phone , stop with the selfies … and listen - cover your nose and mouth with the mask

Question 19

Royal baby name bets

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People are betting on what the baby is going to be called

Question 20

black panther - feb 2018

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Black Panther, delivers not only an overwhelmingly black cast, but a host of strong female characters

Question 21

Saudi Arabia

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Black Panther to become first film shown in Saudi Arabian cinemas in 35 years after the cinema ban

Question 22

why were cinemas closed in Saudi Arabia

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As a political response to an increase in Islamist activism, including the 1979 seizure of the Grand Mosque in Mecca, the government closed all cinemas and theaters.

Question 23

Stephen Lawrence day

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Prime Minister Theresa May reveals April 22 is to become ‘Stephen Lawrence Day’
A group of up to six thugs attacked the teenager and his friend Duwayne Brooks, simply because they were black, however only two of them were convicted of murder.

Question 24

suffragette statue

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A statue commemorating the life of the suffragist, Millicent Fawcett, has been unveiled opposite Parliament.
She campaigned for women’s right to vote during the early 20th Century and is seen as one of the most influential feminists of the past 100 years.
The only historical figures commemorated there were men.

Question 25

Beyonce coachella

April 2018

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she became the first black woman to headline the festival.Beyoncé focused even more on the contribution of African-American music to today’s pop culture.

Question 26

Formation” Music Video

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Formation” Music Video Is a Powerful Statement During Black History Month- October A number of artists and icons have spoken out against the unfair and racist tactics from (mostly white) police officers,

Question 27

hurricane Katrina 2005

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white Americans were rescued whereas black Americans were left behind- 71 percent of blacks said that New Orleans would have been “better prepared” if it were a “wealthier city with more whites,”

Question 28

black lives matter campaign

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Black Lives Matter (BLM) is an international activist movement, originating in the African-American community, that campaigns against violence and systemic racism towards black people.

Question 29

when was the black lives matter campaign founded

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In 2013, the movement began with the use of the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter on social media after the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the shooting death of African-American teen Trayvon Martin

Question 30

Nike advert- Nothing beats a Londoner

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Nike had released a major new advertisement celebrating London’s diversity, featuring an array of stars including Skepta, Harry Kane, Michael Dapaah and host of other figures from the worlds of sport and music.

Question 31

Manchester terror attack

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May 2017- Twenty-two people were killed and 116 injured in a suicide bombing at Manchester Arena.

Question 32

fortnite

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A new game called Fortnite: Battle Royale inspired by the Hunger Games has been deemed worryingly addictive by parents.

Question 33

Gaming addiction - World Health Organisation.

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It was reported in January that gaming addiction is to be listed as a mental health condition for the first time by the World Health Organisation.

Question 34

youtube statistics

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80% of children aged between 6 and 12 use youtube

Question 35

youtube values and aim

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freedom of expression

Question 36

fake news- nuclear weapon 19th april

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A fictional video reporting the onset of thermonuclear war and featuring BBC News branding has been shared widely. the youtube account has been closed now

Question 37

syria

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Sarah Abdallah is one of the most influential Twitter users commenting on conversations about the conflict in Syria, although little is known about the person behind the As the investigation continues into another alleged chemical attack in Syria, one group of influential online activists is busy spreading their version of events.

Question 38

fake BLM account

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The biggest Facebook page linked to the Black Lives Matter movement was a scam run by a white man in Australia and has been taken down, CNN has reported

Question 39

April 2018 Korea

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Kim Jong-un has pledged a “new history” in relations with his neighbour as he became the first North Korean leader to set foot in South Korea since the end of the Korean War in 1953. Shook hands at the border.
Mr Kim said it was the “starting point” for peace, after crossing the military line that divides the peninsula.

Question 40

fortnite teen player

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A 13-year-old boy from Kent says he is living every child’s “dream” after becoming Fortnite’s youngest professional player.

Question 41

fortnite statistics

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Since launching in July 2017, the survival shooting game, which is free, has been downloaded more than 40 million times

Question 42

avengers infinity war 26 April released

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The film is also seen taking the all-time domestic opening record, making $250m in the US alone.
Made history with a $630m (£457m) global opening weekend take, according to estimates.

Question 43

when was youtube made

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2005