#YouTube removes 5 channels run by Burma military for violating community standards

#YouTube removes 5 channels run by Burma military for violating community standards

“#YouTube removes 5 channels run by Burma military for violating community standards” YANGON, Myanmar — YouTube removed five channels run by Myanmar’s military for violating its guidelines, it announced Friday, as demonstrators defied growing violence by security forces and staged more anti-coup protests ahead of a special UN Security Council meeting on the country’s political…

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#Myanmar soldiers use TikTok to threaten protesters

#Myanmar soldiers use TikTok to threaten protesters

“#Myanmar soldiers use TikTok to threaten protesters” SINGAPORE – Armed Myanmar soldiers and police are using TikTok to deliver death threats to protesters against last month’s coup, researchers said, leading the Chinese video-sharing app to announce it was removing content that incites violence. Digital rights group Myanmar ICT for Development (MIDO) said it had found…

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#Crowd protests ‘SNL’ vaccine joke as anti-Semitism

#Crowd protests ‘SNL’ vaccine joke as anti-Semitism

“#Crowd protests ‘SNL’ vaccine joke as anti-Semitism” Enlarge Image Former state Assemblyman Dov Hikind, seen here in a file photo, led a protest outside NBC’s “SNL” studios Feb. 27, 2021. Stefan Jeremiah “Saturday Night Live” wasn’t getting any laughs on West 49th Street, as dozens turned out with bullhorns and signs to protest a joke…

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#Cases of police brutality against black people are overestimated

#Cases of police brutality against black people are overestimated

“#Cases of police brutality against black people are overestimated” Social movements tap into our most primitive emotions, obscuring the complexities of sociopolitical problems. Reason is traded for ideological fervor and skepticism is swapped with religious dogma. Such was the case in 2020 in the wake of several high-profile cases of alleged police brutality involving black…

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#Burmese police arrest Japanese journalist covering anti-coup protest: report

#Burmese police arrest Japanese journalist covering anti-coup protest: report

“#Burmese police arrest Japanese journalist covering anti-coup protest: report” A Japanese journalist has been arrested by police in Burma in the first foreign press arrest since the country’s Feb. 1 military coup, according to a report. Yuki Kitazumi was arrested on Friday morning in Yangon, the largest city in the country, colleague Linn Nyan Htun said in a Facebook post. Kitazumi had…

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#Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny back in court for appeal

#Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny back in court for appeal

“#Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny back in court for appeal” MOSCOW – Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny returned to court on Saturday to hear his lawyers appeal against what they say was a politically-motivated decision to jail him for nearly three years. Navalny, President Vladimir Putin’s most prominent critic, was jailed earlier this month for parole violations…

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#NAN official, protester arrested at NYC Amazon warehouse

#NAN official, protester arrested at NYC Amazon warehouse

“#NAN official, protester arrested at NYC Amazon warehouse” Enlarge Image The incident happened Feb. 19, 2021, at the tech giant’s massive new distribution center on Linden Boulevard in East New York, Brooklyn. AP Photo/Steven Senne A National Action Network director and a second protester were issued trespassing tickets during a demonstration at the newly opened…

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