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Facebook apologises for threat to ban knitter, 81, for 'hate speech'

Facebook apologises for threat to ban knitter, 81, for hate speech
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An elderly British widow was threatened with a permanent ban from Facebook after the social media platform mistook her posts about knitting woollen pigs as hate speech .
Rita Rich-Mulcahy, 81, who lives in a retirement village south of Adelaide, Australia, challenged herself to knit 100 five-inch pigs for charity after the death of her husband.
But after sharing photos of her creations on the social media site and innocently responding to friends comments Facebook issued her with two warnings.
A friend commented on Mrs Rich-Mulcahy s page white rabbits, white rabbits on February 1, to which she responded No, white pigs, white pigs! . That earned her the first hate speech warning. ....

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Facebook apologises for threatening to ban 81-year-old knitter for 'hate speech'

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Then she posted a picture of a hi-viz piggy . That earned her a second warning. A third warning could leave her with a permanent ban.
Now I have two strikes against me with no way to appeal. So the bot will watch everything I type now. It is ludicrous, said Mrs Rich-Mulcahy, originally from Coalbrookdale, Shropshire.
Her Facebook page is devoted to the woollen pigs she knits.
Mrs Rich-Mulcahy added: Facebook obviously use a bot to trawl around Facebook and I had made two comments, totally innocent, which the bot saw as hate speech.
If I ditch Facebook I would lose my great connection with my Shropshire friends. ....

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More than half of over-80s have had Covid jabs says Matt Hancock

More than half of over-80s have had Covid jabs according to Matt Hancock despite Dominic Raab s hints that all adults may not be vaccinated before September.
The Health Secretary made the announcement on Twitter the morning after saying the UK is nearly on the home strait out of the pandemic.
He said: I m delighted that over half of all over-80s have been vaccinated.
Each jab brings us one step closer to normal. Stay at home. Protect the NHS. Save lives.
It comes after NHS boss Sir Simon Stevens said the NHS in England is vaccinating at a rate of 140 jabs a minute . ....

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Government to open 10 new vaccination hubs as Matt Hancock claims Britain is 'in the home straight'

Dominic Raab confirms Covid lockdown will continue through ALL of February with possible return to Tier system in March
Dominic Raab said hopefully by March the Government will be in a position to start easing Covid restrictions
Mr Raab declined to guarantee everyone will get a second dose of vaccine within 12 week target period
Foreign Secretary dampened hopes of every UK adult being given a first dose of the jab by the end of June
He said the aim remains to have given every adult a vaccine by September despite growing roll-out of jab
Another ten new mass vaccination hubs are set to open at sites across England to deliver jabs from Monday ....

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Travel firms report surge in bookings from over-50s because of vaccine

Holiday firms are reporting an explosion in grey pound bookings from Easter onwards as Britain s millions of over-50s plan multiple breaks away because of vaccine confidence and the likely scrapping of travel restrictions.
Tui, the UK s biggest package holiday company, said today that more than half of online bookings this week to places such as Greece and Spain has been in that age group and many want a fortnight away instead of the usual seven nights.
Coach group National Express, whose customers are almost all over-65, has seen a 185% increase in bookings for Spring and Summer 2021 compared to figures for 2020 with the Cotswolds, Isle of Wight, York and the Lake District the most popular destinations. ....

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