#Inside Facebook’s crackdown in Germany

#Inside Facebook’s crackdown in Germany

“#Inside Facebook’s crackdown in Germany” Days before Germany’s federal elections, Facebook took what it called an unprecedented step: the removal of a series of accounts that worked together to spread COVID-19 misinformation and encourage violent responses to COVID restrictions. The crackdown, announced Sept. 16, was the first use of Facebook’s new “coordinated social harm” policy…

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#Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro says he will be killed, jailed, or re-elected

#Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro says he will be killed, jailed, or re-elected

“#Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro says he will be killed, jailed, or re-elected” Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Saturday offered multiple eyebrow-raising predictions for his future — including death or prison. “I have three alternatives for my future: being arrested, killed or victory,” Bolsonaro, who is running for reelection in 2022, said in a meeting with…

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#Trump backs embattled Texas AG Paxton over George P. Bush

#Trump backs embattled Texas AG Paxton over George P. Bush

“#Trump backs embattled Texas AG Paxton over George P. Bush” Former President Donald Trump endorsed Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Monday, rebuffing the incumbent’s primary challenger and Bush family scion George P. Bush. Trump praised Paxton in a statement for being “bravely on the front line in the fight for Texas, and America, against the…

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#Biden fends off anti-pipeline protesters in Virginia

#Biden fends off anti-pipeline protesters in Virginia

“#Biden fends off anti-pipeline protesters in Virginia” President Biden’s Friday night stump speech in Virginia was interrupted by anti-pipeline protesters — leading the commander-in-chief to tell his audience to ignore the hecklers. Biden was about two minutes into his remarks at an Arlington rally for Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe when a group of…

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