Her Stories
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| Google books | books.google.com |
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| Originally published | 1995 |
| Authors | Virginia Hamilton |
| Genres | Folklore |
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| ID | 2282295 |
About Her Stories
In the tradition of Hamilton's The People Could Fly and In the Beginning, a dramatic new collection of 25 compelling tales from the female African American storytelling tradition. Each story focuses on the role of women--both real and fantastic--and their particular strengths, joys and sorrows. . . .
Police officer Lewis Edwards asked for sex images in school uniform
... " She added she was " just trying to please him" after he told Her Stories about bad things happening in his life...
Instagram sorry for adding 'terrorist' to some Palestinian user bios
... More recently, Pakistani writer Fatima Bhutto said she had been shadow banned for pro-Palestinian posts, with followers telling her they could not see or find Her Stories on their feeds...
Obituary: Ann Leslie
... No-one gave her a copy of the Daily Express style-book, so she invented her own style, considerably livelier and more readable: the news editor may have hated Her Stories but they made the night editor laugh and he put them in the paper...
Piers Morgan 'injected' information into Prince Harry stories
...By Tom SymondsHome Affairs correspondentA former Daily Mirror royal editor said her former boss Piers Morgan would " inject" information into Her Stories without explaining where it was from...
Eleanor Williams: The grooming gang lies that sparked outrage
... But speculation over the inspiration for Her Stories has been rife - in court Mr Sandiford pointed out the similarities between some of her claims and the plots of the Liam Neeson film Taken and the BBC drama Three Girls...
Baby loss: 'We weren't told why our daughter had died'
... " She gave us advice on things we could do to make the most of our time, like read Her Stories, write a diary and take as many pictures as we could, " Laura said...
Ukraine's Great Famine memories fuel Kremlin resentment
... " Oleksandra s great-grandson, Dmytro, who grew up hearing Her Stories of the Holodomor, has served with the Ukrainian army in the east of the country...
Like Michelle Obama and Hillary Clinton films, inspire young women
... What is it that women seem to identify, adds Hallgren, was just Her Stories told in them are not able to do something, or constantly the whole of life to be underestimated...
Instagram sorry for adding 'terrorist' to some Palestinian user bios
By Liv McMahon & Joe TidyTechnology team
Meta has apologised for adding " terrorist" to the biographies of some Instagram users describing themselves as Palestinian.
Meta said it fixed a problem " that briefly caused inappropriate Arabic translations" in some of its products.
" We sincerely apologise that this happened, " it told The Bbc .
The PlatformContent ='JJ Lin'> has also faced accusations of suppressing Content voicing support for Palestinians during the Israel-Gaza conflict.
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The tech giant acknowledged a bug had affected Stories but said it had nothing to do with subject matter.
Biography confusionThis followed on X, formerly known as Twitter, and TikTok by Instagram user @khanman1996 on Sunday which drew attention to the translation error and documented it happening in a screen recording.
He had written in his bio that he was Palestinian, followed by a Palestinian flag and The WordContent ='JJ Lin'> " alhamdulillah" in Arabic - which translates to " praise be to God" in English.
However, upon clicking " see translation" viewers were given an English translation reading: " Praise be to God, Palestinian terrorists are fighting for their freedom".
@khanman1996 said in his posts he was not Palestinian himself but had tested the error out after being told about it by an unnamed Palestinian friend.
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Shadow-banning claimsShadow banning is when online services limit the reach or visibility of an account or its Content to other users, usually if it falls foul of their guidelines.
Instagram released a transparency tool in late 2022 that lets users see whether any restrictions have been placed on their account that might prevent their posts from being recommended to other users.
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" This bug affected accounts equally around the globe and had nothing to do with the subject matter of the Content - and we fixed it as quickly as possible, " He Said .
Not The FirstContent ='JJ Lin'> timePrevious accusations of Meta suppressing pro-Palestinian Content are well documented.
In May 2021, The CharityContent ='JJ Lin'> Human RightsContent ='JJ Lin'> Watch accused Instagram of removing videos, pictures and commentary about The CrisisContent ='JJ Lin'> .
The Social MediaContent ='JJ Lin'> firm said in response that posts were removed for containing " hate speech or symbols" and, but it led Meta to commission an independent review into its moderation of the 2021 Israel-Palestinian conflict Content .
The Human RightsContent ='JJ Lin'> due diligence report by consultancy firm Business for Social Responsibility (BSR).
It concluded: " Meta's actions appear to have had an adverse Human RightsContent ='JJ Lin'> impact on the rights of Palestinian users to freedom of expression, freedom of assembly, political participation, and non-discrimination, and therefore on The AbilityContent ='JJ Lin'> of Palestinians to share information and insights about their experiences as they occurred. "
BSR said it did not identify any intentional racial or political bias at Meta but recommended that The CompanyContent ='JJ Lin'> should offer more detailed explanations to users who have their posts or accounts removed and improve language skills of staff in Hebrew and Arabic dialects.
On Thursday, for more information about their measures to limit the spread of disinformation and illegal Content in The WakeContent ='JJ Lin'> of Hamas' attacks.
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com