A notorious group of online cyber-warriors which has pressured Russian businesses over what it claims are manifestations of multiculturalism and pro-LGBT+ sentiments could soon see its channels taken down, its founder has said. In a statement published online and seen by local media on Tuesday, Vladislav Pozdnyakov, the founder of Male State, said that the Telegram messaging service had threatened... 

While same-sex couples have been allowed to get married in the Church of Sweden since 2009, there is no requirement for priests to agree to perform such a ceremony. Refusal to wed is a right many church politicians and activists seek to remove. Openly homosexual priest Lars Gårdfeldt of the Carl Johan Parish in Gothenburg has refused to wed heterosexual couples. In doing so, Lars Gårdfeldt referred... 

If I wanted an emoji to look exactly like me, I’d just send a photograph. But then, unlike Apple and Google, I understand that they are a symbolic shorthand, not a racist tool of oppression that ignores my identity. On Wednesday, World Emoji Day, the two California companies revealed their expanded repertoire of “newest designs that bring even more diversity to the keyboard.” Seventy-two new...