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Refugees Stuck In Indonesia Are Experiencing A Mental Health Crisis
Thousands of refugees travel to Indonesia, hoping to make it to Australia. The vast majority of them never will.
JN Joniad
A Viral Email About Coronavirus Had People Smashing Buses And Blocking Hospitals
Ukraine’s security service said the fake email that was supposedly from the Ministry of Health had actually been sent from outside the country.
Christopher Miller
A Man Has Been Arrested For Attempted Murder After A Stabbing At A London Mosque
A man in his seventies is currently being treated at a major trauma centre.
Ikran Dahir
Cambodian Women Are Requesting Abortions And Contraception Over Facebook Messenger
In 2019, more than 3,000 Cambodian women messaged Marie Stopes International to get advice on abortion, contraception, and STIs.
Gina Rushton
He Was Once A State Indigenous Youth Of The Year. Now He’s In Immigration Detention.
Exclusive: More than a week after the High Court said Indigenous people cannot be deported from Australia, Torres Strait Islander man Billy Hohoi remains in immigration detention.
Hannah Ryan
9 People Were Killed In Shootings At Two Hookah Bars In Germany In A Suspected Far-Right Terror Attack
Police said the suspect was found dead at his home, alongside the body of his mother.
Stephanie K. Baer
India Is In The Middle Of A Coronavirus YouTube Frenzy, And It’s Going To Get People Killed
“There is a general sense of fear, so people look out for information — and YouTube becomes one of the places to look for it.”
Ryan Broderick
How Saudi Arabia Infiltrated Twitter
“Proactive and reactively we will delete evil my brother.”
Alex Kantrowitz
This Man's Facebook Page Was Blocked For Spreading False Information About The Coronavirus
Facebook warned against the potential "overreach" of Singapore's anti-fake news law as it blocked a page that was flagged for spreading false information about the coronavirus.
Cameron Wilson
Australia Has 17 Million Facebook Users And Seven Facebook Fact Checkers
"It's incredible the sheer speed at which lies travel, particularly when they’re targeted at groups," one fact checker said.
Cameron Wilson
Ukraine Is Caught Up In Another Power Battle, But This Time It's Not Trump Vs. Biden But Trump Vs. China
There’s a potential US buyer lined up to buy military jet engine maker Motor Sich. (Spoiler: It’s not Erik Prince.)
Christopher Miller
A Hotel Has Been Transformed Into An Immigration Detention Centre. An Inspector Says It’s Not Good Enough.
Refugees detained in a Brisbane hotel are in overcrowded rooms and have limited access to exercise, says the Commonwealth Ombudsman.
Hannah Ryan
In Antarctica, The #MeToo Movement Faces Unique Hurdles
The power dynamics at play in any workplace sexual harassment scenario are "heightened" in Antarctica, one researcher said.
Gina Rushton
She Escaped The Nightmare Of China’s Brutal Internment Camps. Now She Could Be Sent Back.
Tursunay Ziyawudun endured months of interrogations and ritual humiliations at the hands of camp officials before she was released. She's terrified she's about to be sent back.
Megha Rajagopalan
The World's Most Influential Animal Conservation Group Has Links To Trophy Hunters And The Fashion Industry
Who is the world’s most important conservation organization really looking out for — endangered animals, or the people who want to pay big bucks to hunt them?
Roberto Jurkschat
Pelvic Mesh Victims Waiting For Their Payout Say No Dollar Amount Will Be Enough
"If it was in the tens of millions it might go some of the way to making me feel like I'd been seen, heard and there was a modicum of justice," one woman told BuzzFeed News.
Gina Rushton
YouTube Has Been Cracking Down On Coronavirus Hoaxes, But They Are Still Going Viral
The video platform is doing better than many other social networking sites but still faces an uphill battle.
Ryan Broderick
Seven Websites Hosting Content From The Christchurch Massacre Are Banned In Australia
Websites banned by Australia's internet censor include a right wing Canadian blog, three online news publications and two forums where violent videos are regularly shared.
Cameron Wilson
Aboriginal People Are Not "Aliens" And Cannot Be Deported, Australia's High Court Declares
“Aboriginal people, regardless of where they are born, have permanent protection form deportation," said a lawyer representing the men.
Hannah Ryan
Refugees Locked In An Inner-City Hotel Say Their Health Is Deteriorating
“It’s eating our bodies and our minds,” one refugee said.
Hannah Ryan
52 Photos That Show Just How Devastating The Rain Has Been In NSW
Goodbye, hell-fires. Hello, flood waters.
Julia Willing
Three Scenarios For The Coronavirus
Experts are making wildly different predictions about the future of the coronavirus. "We are at the blind-men-feeling-the-elephant stage of this outbreak.”
Dan Vergano
As Chinese Internet Users Try To Track The Coronavirus, Their Government Is Tracking Them
“Don’t panic.”
Ryan Broderick
Online Stores Promoting Koala Gifts On Facebook Said They Would Donate To Bushfire Charities. It’s Unclear If They Did.
Online stores popped up during Australia’s bushfire crisis, and ran hundreds of Facebook ads promoting koala-themed gifts. But their claims of charitable giving are difficult to prove.
Cameron Wilson
Inside The Totally Ordinary Hotel Where More Than 80 Refugees Are Locked Up
After years in Australia’s island detention camps, dozens of men are now in a very different kind of prison: a hotel in central Brisbane.
Hannah Ryan
A Russian Propagandist Ran An Ad In The Washington Post — And Then Ran Victory Laps In Russian Media
When Alexander Malkevich wanted to free two Russians being held in Libya, he turned to an unlikely place — the American media.
Dean Sterling Jones
A Chinese Doctor Who Tried To Warn People Of Coronavirus In December Has Died From The Virus
Dr. Li Wenliang tried to warn medical colleagues of a mysterious virus taking hold in Wuhan, but he was silenced by local police.
David Mack
Ukraine Says The US Is Holding Up $30M Worth Of Guns And Ammo — And It Wants Its Money Back
Final approval for six arms deals worth roughly $30 million has been held up for more than a year, and Ukraine has no idea why, four officials told BuzzFeed News.
Christopher Miller
This Is How Journalists Are Being Threatened, Bullied, And Murdered Around The World
Press freedoms are under assault around the world. These are the most urgent cases in February, including journalists receiving threats, subjected to unfair trials, and their murders left unsolved.
BuzzFeed News
Clearview AI Wants To Sell Its Facial Recognition Software To Authoritarian Regimes Around The World
Facebook confirmed to BuzzFeed News that it has sent a cease-and-desist letter to Clearview AI, asking the company to stop using information from Facebook and Instagram.
Caroline Haskins
