#Myanmar’s searing smartphone images flood a watching world

#Myanmar’s searing smartphone images flood a watching world

“#Myanmar’s searing smartphone images flood a watching world” The images ricochet across the planet, as so many do in this dizzying era of film it, upload it, tell it to the world: scenes from a protest-turned-government crackdown, captured at ground level by smartphone users on the streets of Myanmar. Images shot across barricades and furtively…

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#China drops the hammer on Hong Kong democracy — but activists aren’t backing down

#China drops the hammer on Hong Kong democracy — but activists aren’t backing down

“#China drops the hammer on Hong Kong democracy — but activists aren’t backing down” On Sunday, 47 pro-democracy lawmakers and activists in Hong Kong were charged with subversion under China’s new national-security law — a law designed to snuff out personal liberties. Darkness has fallen on the freedom-loving territory. Sunday’s was the largest mass charge…

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#Amnesty International: Hackers attacking Vietnam dissidents

#Amnesty International: Hackers attacking Vietnam dissidents

“#Amnesty International: Hackers attacking Vietnam dissidents” BANGKOK — Amnesty International says it has found that a hacking group known as Ocean Lotus has been staging more spyware attacks on Vietnamese human rights activists in the latest blow to freedom of speech in the communist-ruled country. The human rights group said Wednesday that Amnesty Tech’s Security…

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#Nevertheless, Xi persisted — with Biden’s support

#Nevertheless, Xi persisted — with Biden’s support

“#Nevertheless, Xi persisted — with Biden’s support” If a tree falls in the forest and no one hears it, what does it mean when a phone doesn’t ring? This philosophical chestnut recurs whenever a new American president phones his allies and clients or, if you’re Joe Biden, when the calls are to your deepest frenemy…

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#BBC banned in China after explosive report on Uighur rape

#BBC banned in China after explosive report on Uighur rape

“#BBC banned in China after explosive report on Uighur rape” The Chinese government is banning BBC News from landing in its country after the British outlet published an explosive story on alleged torture and rape occurring in Uighur concentration camps. The decision comes one week after Ofcom, the media regulator of the United Kingdom had nixed a license for the…

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#Team Biden’s foolish rush to rejoin the UN tyrants’ club

#Team Biden’s foolish rush to rejoin the UN tyrants’ club

“#Team Biden’s foolish rush to rejoin the UN tyrants’ club” President Biden’s obsession with rapidly reversing his predecessor’s policies has him doing something he constantly accused his predecessor of doing: giving legitimacy to murderous dictators. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced this week that Washington will “reengage immediately and robustly” with the Geneva-based UN Human…

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#Facebook’s ‘supreme court’ overturns most of the platform’s post removals in its first rulings

#Facebook’s ‘supreme court’ overturns most of the platform’s post removals in its first rulings

“#Facebook’s ‘supreme court’ overturns most of the platform’s post removals in its first rulings” The Facebook Oversight Board has overturned the social network‘s decisions in four of the first five cases that it’s ruled on. The cases collectively covered Asia, Europe, North America, and South America. All the rulings will be binding. Facebook’ “supreme court”…

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