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

Facebook apologises for threatening to ban 81-year-old knitter for ‘hate speech’ because she promoted her woollen ‘white pigs’ Rita Rich-Mulcahy, 81, from Adelaide, Australia, is knitting 100 pigs for charity Facebook issued her with warnings after she innocently commented ‘white pigs’  Mrs Rich-Mulcahy says she uses knitting to deal with the grief of losing husband … Read more

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

Facebook apologises for threatening to ban 81-year-old knitter for ‘hate speech’ because she promoted her woollen ‘white pigs’ Rita Rich-Mulcahy, 81, from Adelaide, Australia, knitted 100 wool pigs for charity Facebook issued her with warnings after she innocently commented ‘white pigs’  Mrs Rich-Mulcahy says she uses knitting to deal with the grief of losing husband … Read more

Coronavirus pandemic proves good yarn for online knitter

Stitch & Story saw sales skyrocket 1,143% in April as Britons turned to arts and crafts during coronavirus lockdown By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:17 BST, 11 May 2020 | Updated: 22:53 BST, 11 May 2020 Online knitting retailer Stitch & Story saw sales skyrocket 1,143 per cent in April as Britons … Read more