#Extremists exploit a loophole in social moderation: Podcasts

#Extremists exploit a loophole in social moderation: Podcasts

“#Extremists exploit a loophole in social moderation: Podcasts” Major social platforms have been cracking down on the spread of misinformation and conspiracy theories in the leadup to the presidential election and expanded their efforts in the wake of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. But Apple and Google, among others, have left open a major loophole…

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#Telling the ‘deplorables’ to shut up only feeds extremism

#Telling the ‘deplorables’ to shut up only feeds extremism

“#Telling the ‘deplorables’ to shut up only feeds extremism” At age 15, I joined the biggest white-nationalist party in the UK, the British National Party. In the last decade, the BNP became hugely popular in blue-collar areas, feeding off workers’ misery following the 2008 crash and mainstream politicians’ refusal to discuss mass migration amid an…

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#China possibly committed ‘genocide’ against Xinjiang Muslims

#China possibly committed ‘genocide’ against Xinjiang Muslims

“#China possibly committed ‘genocide’ against Xinjiang Muslims” WASHINGTON – China has possibly committed “genocide” in its treatment of Uighurs and other minority Muslims in its western region of Xinjiang, a bipartisan commission of the US Congress said in a report on Thursday. The Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) said new evidence had emerged in the…

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#Students in Burkina Faso fear extremists more than COVID-19

#Students in Burkina Faso fear extremists more than COVID-19

“#Students in Burkina Faso fear extremists more than COVID-19” DORI, Burkina Faso — Balkissa Barro’s been waiting for months to go back to school, but now that she has, the 10-year-old fears classes might once again stop. Children returning to school in Burkina Faso’s volatile Sahel region have to practice safety drills to prepare for…

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#Greek court rules that Golden Dawn party is a criminal group

#Greek court rules that Golden Dawn party is a criminal group

“#Greek court rules that Golden Dawn party is a criminal group” ATHENS, Greece — A Greek court ruled Wednesday that the far-right Golden Dawn party was operating as a criminal organization, delivering landmark guilty verdicts following a politically charged five-year trial against dozens of defendants. Golden Dawn, founded as a neo-Nazi group in the 1980s,…

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