#Facebook amplified Myanmar military propaganda

#Facebook amplified Myanmar military propaganda

“#Facebook amplified Myanmar military propaganda” Facebook’s recommendation algorithm amplifies military propaganda and other material that breaches the company’s own policies in Myanmar following a military takeover in February, a new report by the rights group Global Witness says. A month after the military seized power in Myanmar and imprisoned elected leaders, Facebook’s algorithms were still…

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#Protesters smash window of famed NYC eatery Carbone

#Protesters smash window of famed NYC eatery Carbone

“#Protesters smash window of famed NYC eatery Carbone” Unruly protesters smashed a window at the famed Greenwich Village eatery Carbone on Thursday night — leaving one diner with minor injuries, police and sources said. Police said they are now investigating the vandalism to the outdoor dining structure of the Italian-American hot spot that occurred as…

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#Myanmar’s military disappearing young men to crush uprising

#Myanmar’s military disappearing young men to crush uprising

“#Myanmar’s military disappearing young men to crush uprising” JAKARTA, Indonesia — Myanmar’s security forces moved in and the street lamps went black. In house after house, people shut off their lights. Darkness swallowed the block. Huddled inside her home  in this neighborhood of Yangon, 19-year-old Shwe dared to peek out her window into the inky night. A flashlight…

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#Minnesota State Patrol updates guidance on reporters during protests

#Minnesota State Patrol updates guidance on reporters during protests

“#Minnesota State Patrol updates guidance on reporters during protests” Credentialed members of the press can no longer be subject to Minnesota State Patrol dispersal orders, and troopers will halt the practice of photographing them before letting them go while covering protests and have been prohibited from taking other actions against the media. “A free press is foundational to our democracy, and…

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#France investigates secret restaurants for Paris elite

#France investigates secret restaurants for Paris elite

“#France investigates secret restaurants for Paris elite” PARIS — Champagne, lobster and no masks: That’s what a French TV documentary says is on the menu at one of multiple high-end “clandestine restaurants” catering to the Paris elite, in violation of nationwide pandemic restrictions. What’s even more shocking to the newly confined French public — and exhausted medical…

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#Easter protesters demand Cuomo give aid to ‘excluded workers’

#Easter protesters demand Cuomo give aid to ‘excluded workers’

“#Easter protesters demand Cuomo give aid to ‘excluded workers’” Dozens of New Yorkers and politicians gathered outside Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Midtown Manhattan office Sunday for an Easter “service” to demand he approve a $3.5 billion fund for “excluded workers” not reached by benefits during the pandemic. In a flower-adorned spectacle that included communion to mark…

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