2024-12-01: News Headlines

Julian Cola (2024-12-01). William Worthy May Be the Most Important Journalist You've Never Heard Of. covertactionmagazine.com Blacklisted in the Cold War, Worthy reported on the struggles of Third World people against American neo-colonialism and on oppression within the United States [In light of recent social media shutdowns of the pan-African media outlet, African Stream, we should take note of William Worthy's great contributions and the ensuing repression. In roughly a two-week …

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2024-11-27: News Headlines

WSWS (2024-11-27). Oppose Facebook's shutdown of the WSWS in Portuguese page, an act of political censorship! wsws.org Facebook's censorship of the "WSWS in Portuguese" page represents a dangerous precedent against socialist and independent political thinking throughout the world.

aljazeera (2024-11-27). Australia moves step closer to world-first social media ban for under-16s. aljazeera.com House of Representatives votes overwhelmingly to pass legislation targeting platforms such as TikTok and Instagram.

____ (2024-11-27). PM Modi Rallies BJP Support in Telangana, Critiques Congress and BRS. devdiscourse.com In a significant political gathering on Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi convened with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) members of parliament and legislative assembly from Telangana, highlighting the party's burgeoning influence in the region. Utilizing social media platform X, Modi targeted Congress and the Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS), asserting that the electorate harbors growing discontent towards these parties.

____ (2024-11-27). Social Media Sting Busts Alleged Prostitution Racket in Maharashtra. devdiscourse.com Police arrested a 30-year-old woman in Maharashtra's Thane district for allegedly running a prostitution racket. The anti-human trafficking cell utilized a decoy to capture the accused near a hotel at Ambernath railway station.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2024-11-27). In case you missed it: This week's Top 5 stories on social media. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Check out a few of the most popular News Network stories on @mayoclinic social media this past week. Former Army Ranger found his path to medical school through Mayo Clinic's Military Medicine program Former Army Ranger and medic Jessie Milaski found a new mission through Mayo Clinic's Military Medicine Fellowship. After serving two tours in Afghanistan, Jessie worked around the globe as a medic before joining the Mayo program in 2019, which sparked his path…

Staff (2024-11-27). Musk Effort to Eliminate CFPB is 'Intolerable Corruption'. commondreams.org Elon Musk, named by President-elect Donald Trump to co-lead the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, tweeted today that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) should be eliminated. In response, Public Citizen co-president Robert Weissman issued the following statement: "Elon Musk should do his research (or ask his AI to do it). The CFPB has been …

kwjorinoco (2024-11-27). Venezuela's Supreme Court to Summon Officials of TikTok Latin America for Spreading Dangerous Viral Challenges. orinocotribune.com Venezuela's Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) will summon representatives of TikTok Latin America for disseminating content that attacks children and young people. In the 68th edition of his program Con Maduro+, President Maduro specified that the case will be a face-to-face hearing, after the regrettable losses of young people who were incited to perform viral challenges that put their lives at risk, causing the death of three children. | "TikTok Latin America has sent a letter in response; for the first time, we have established a relationship," said the president. "This must end. If TikTok does not assume [respon…

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