Real-World Quidditch to Change Name in Part Because of JK Rowling’s ‘Anti-Trans’ Stance

Transgender controversies sparked a major change in amateur sporting this week — but not at the University of Pennsylvania, where a male is shattering records in women’s college swimming.

No, I speak instead of quidditch, the fake sport invented by author J.K. Rowling as part of the Harry Potter universe.

As it turns out, a bunch of Muggles created a real-world version of the fictional sport that doesn’t involve flying broomsticks or a hummingbird-like magic “snitch.” Pretty soon, it also might not involve the word “quidditch,” since two of the biggest quidditch organizations are looking to ditch the name, in part over controversial remarks made by Rowling regarding transgender issues.

If you can’t believe that kind of inanity, you have no idea the kind of censorship individuals and publications face when they talk honestly about transgender issues. Big Tech often bans people who openly oppose the left-wing party line on transgenderism, and companies like Google will starve outlets of ad revenue if they dare to say a man is a man and a woman is a woman, or that men don’t belong in women’s sports.

According to a Wednesday news release, both U.S. Quidditch and Major League Quidditch are looking to change the sport’s name — partially due to trademark issues, but also because Rowling has made some un-woke comments on gender.

https://flagandcross.com/real-world-quidditch-to-change-name-in-part-because-of-jk-rowlings-anti-trans-stance/

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Facebook tagged photos of beheadings and violent hate speech from ISIS and the Taliban as 'insightful' and 'engaging' - despite claims to crack down on extremists

Extremists have turned to the social media platform as a weapon 'to promote their hate-filled agenda and rally supporters' on hundreds of groups, according to the review of activity between April and December this year.

These groups have sprouted up across the platform over the last 18 months and vary in size from a few hundred to tens of thousands of members, the review found.

One pro-Taliban group created in spring this year and had grown to 107,000 members before it was deleted, the review, published by Politico, claims.

Overall, extremist content is 'routinely getting through the net', despite claims from Meta – the company that owns Facebook – that it's cracking down on extremists.

The groups were discovered by Moustafa Ayad, an executive director at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, a think tank that tracks online extremism.

'It's just too easy for me to find this stuff online,' said Ayad, who shared his findings with Politico. 'What happens in real life happens in the Facebook world.'

There were reportedly 'scores of groups' allowed to operate on Facebook that were supportive of either Islamic State or the Taliban.

Some offensive posts were marked 'insightful' and 'engaging' by new Facebook tools released in November that were intended to promote community interactions.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-10328801/Facebook-failed-crack-extremist-content-report-reveals.html

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