2021-01-27: Social Media Postees

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Jaguar cubs rescued in Nicaragua after being offered for sale online
Online News Editor | laprensalatina.com | 2021-01-28
Managua, Jan 27 (efe-epa).- Two jaguar cubs were rescued from a house in the North Caribbean Coast of Nicaragua after being offered for illegal sale on social media when their mother was killed by residents, the Nicaragua Zoo reported on Wednesday. The male and female jaguars, just three-and-a-half months old, were underweight when they were …
laprensalatina.com/jaguar-cubs-rescued-in-nicaragua-after-being-offered-for-sale-online/

Reflecting the Authoritarian Climate, Washington Will Remain Militarized
Editor | scheerpost.com | 2021-01-27
YouTube] By Glenn Greenwald / Substack Washington, DC has been continuously militarized beginning the week leading up to Joe Biden's inauguration, when 20,000 National Guard troops were deployed onto the streets of the nation's capital. The original justification was that this show of massive force was necessary to secure the inauguration in light of the January 6 riot at the Capitol. | Source…
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WSWS's fight against Facebook censorship draws international support
wsws.org | 2021-01-27
Statements of support, social media posts and shares, news reports and messages sent directly to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg denouncing the political censorship of the socialist left played a decisive role in the restoration of the University of Michigan IYSSE Facebook page and the accounts of leading members of the SEP.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/01/27/cens-j27.html

Taliban leaders determined to fight US: Shamkhani
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2021-01-27
TEHRAN, Jan. 27 (MNA) — In a tweet on Wed. after meeting with Taliban delegation in Tehran, Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani said leaders of the group are determined to fight the United States.
en.mehrnews.com/news/169122/Taliban-leaders-determined-to-fight-US-Shamkhani

Bill Gates shocked by Covid conspiracy theories about him and Fauci, suggests social media firms may help censor such 'evil' talk
rt.com | 2021-01-27
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is looking to possibly enlist the help of Big Tech to help censor offending online voices after he and US Covid-19 czar Anthony Fauci were victimized by "evil" conspiracy theories. | "Nobody would have predicted that I and Dr. Fauci would be so prominent in really kind of evil theories about — did we create the pandemic, are we trying to profit from it? — and on and on," Gates said Wednesday in a Reuters interview. | Gates, whose foundation has committed upward of $1.75 billion to help fight th…
rt.com/usa/513836-gates-vaccine-social-media/

Ro Khanna Warns Democrats Against Restricting Eligibility for COVID Checks
Staff | truthout.org | 2021-01-27
Progressive Congressman Ro Khanna on Wednesday cautioned President Joe Biden and the Democratic leadership against further restricting eligibility for any future round of direct coronavirus relief payments, warning that excluding many struggling middle-class Americans from checks would be misguided and politically disastrous. | "This is not just bad economics, but terrible politics," Khanna (D-Calif.) tweeted in response to a…
truthout.org/articles/ro-khanna-warns-democrats-against-restricting-eligibility-for-covid-checks/

YouTube prolongs Trump suspension citing 'ongoing potential for violence' as Big Tech doubles down on deplatforming policies
rt.com | 2021-01-27
Former US president Donald Trump will remain barred from using YouTube for the foreseeable future, the video-hosting service has announced, adding that it placed new restrictions on Trump lawyer Rudy Guiliani's account. | The Google-owned company said on Tuesday that Trump's channel will remain suspended "in light of concerns about the ongoing potential for violence." | A spokesperson said that YouTube was keeping an eye on "any new developments" surrounding the controversial suspension and would take action accordingly. | Following Twitter's lead, YouTube blocked Trump on January 12, after the riots at the Ca…
rt.com/usa/513729-trump-youtube-extends-ban-giuliani/

Being on Parler & Gab apparently cost New York literary agency employee her job… after one Twitter complaint
rt.com | 2021-01-27
Internet commenters have decried the rise of social justice-fueled intolerance, after a woman was purportedly fired from her job simply for having accounts on conservative-leaning social media platforms. | Colleen Oefelein, an associate literary agent with the New York City-based Jennifer De Chiara Literary Agency, was sacked after her boss learned that she owned accounts on Gab and Parler. The agency's owner, Jennifer DeChiara, publicly announced on Twitter that the firm had dropped Oefelein after making the "distressing" discovery. | "We do not condone this activity, and apologize to anyone who has been affe…
rt.com/usa/513737-literary-agency-fired-conservative-parler-gab/

NASDAQ temporarily shuts down stock trading after internet trolls destroy hedge fund with GameStop stock
rt.com | 2021-01-27
The NASDAQ has paused trading after internet "degenerates" spotted Wall Street gearing up to make a killing, beat the traders at their own game, and got filthy rich while destroying the US' top hedge funds. Buckle up. | "We are actively monitoring social media chatter and will halt stock if we match chatter with unusual activity in stocks," NASDAQ CEO Adena Friedman announced on Wednesday morning. Speaking to CNBC, Friedman demanded regulators intervene to stop the "manipulation" that's seen amateur investors completely leave one of America's top hedge funds, Melvin Capital, teetering on the edge of bankruptcy…
rt.com/usa/513819-gamestop-stock-trading-wall-street/

'They just want to defend Biden,' The Scoop co-founder tells RT after Facebook ban, accusing platforms of anti-conservative bias
rt.com | 2021-01-27
Steeve Strange — co-founder of the conservative news site The Scoop, whose personal page was banned on Facebook over an anti-Biden group — has told RT that he flouted no rules and was swept up in a broader anti-conservative purge. | Facebook permanently disabled Strange's account together with that of The Scoop's other co-founder, Cameron Shizznit, for violating "community standards" earlier this week. | It came shortly after the Mark Zuckerberg-owned platform yanked the duo's group, called "Patriots Against Joe Biden." In a message justifying the deletion, Facebook said that any "pages that are ha…
rt.com/usa/513718-steve-strange-facebook-censorship/

Airline pilots capture video of 'extremely bright UFO' during flight in Pakistan (VIDEOS)
rt.com | 2021-01-27
Two Pakistan International Airlines pilots have captured intriguing video footage of an "extremely bright UFO" during a domestic flight. The video has gone viral in Pakistan. | It emerged Wednesday that the pilots saw the strange object during a flight from Karachi to Lahore at around 4pm on January 23. The plane was travelling at an altitude of 35,000 feet when the sighting occurred. | "The UFO was extremely bright despite the presence of sunlight," the pilot said, speaking to Pakistan's Geo News. | One of the flight team beg…
rt.com/news/513822-pilots-ufo-pakistan-video/

Google ditching Apple tool to track iPhone users & dodge pop-up warning on data collection
rt.com | 2021-01-27
New Apple rules that introduce an obligatory pop-up warning to users that their browsing data is being stored for advertising purposes has prompted Google to stop using the company's tracking tool in its iOS products. | Apple's new rules will see users asked to opt in if they want to allow advertisers to use their information through what's known as an 'identifier for advertisers' (IDFA). The IDFA is a unique code on each iPhone that essentially allows for the users to be tracked across multiple aps in order to determine which adverts should be shown to them. | Under the new rules, which Apple said will come i…
rt.com/news/513824-google-apple-tracking-facebook/

UAE activist Ahmed Mansoor being held in shocking conditions: HRW
MEE staff | middleeasteye.net | 2021-01-27
UAE activist Ahmed Mansoor being held in shocking conditions: HRW | Report says poet held in solitary confinement since 2017 and that his trial in 2018 and subsequent appeals were a sham | MEE staff | Wed, 01/27/2021 – 09: 13 | Mansoor, a 51-year-old Emirati engineer, poet, and father of four was arrested in March 2017 in relation to his human rights advocacy in the UAE (YouTube) | Human Rights Watch (HRW) has published a…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/uae-ahmed-mansoor-activist-shocking-conditions-hrw

Facebook restores service to socialist pages, claiming the purge was an "automation error"
wsws.org | 2021-01-26
Facebook backed down in the face of public protests but failed to provide a credible explanation for its actions.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/01/26/pers-j26.html

Facebook escalates attack on socialist left
WSWS repost | indybay.org | 2021-01-26
Facebook is engaged in an escalating campaign of state-backed internet censorship targeting socialist organizations, including the International Youth and Students for Social Equality.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/01/25/18839546.php

Evo Morales Praises Cuba and Venezuela's Fight Against COVID-19
telesurenglish.net | 2021-01-26
On his Twitter account, Morales noted that "the Cuban Revolution will produce 100 (million) doses of its vaccine against COVID-19 and the Bolivarian Revolution of Venezuela produces Carvativir, which neutralizes the symptoms of the disease." | He added that neither of the revolutions seeks profits but rather to fight for human life against the pandemic. | RELATED: | Evo Morales Travels to Cuba for Medical Treatment | In his tweet, the former Bolivian president referred to the Cuban Governmen…
telesurenglish.net/news/Evo-Morales-Praises-Cuba-and-Venezuelas-Fight-Against-COVID-19-20210126-0016.html

California Man Dies Several Hours After Receiving COVID Vaccine, Cause of Death Unclear
Children's Health Defense | globalresearch.ca | 2021-01-26
Multiple local, state and federal agencies are investigating the Jan. 21 death of a California man several hours after receiving the COVID vaccine. | Placer County Sheriff's office said in a Jan. 23 Facebook post that agencies are "actively investigating this …
globalresearch.ca/california-man-dies-several-hours-receiving-covid-vaccine-cause-death-unclear/5735480

The Pendulum of Internet Censorship Swings Leftward Again
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2021-01-26
By Caitlin JOHNSTONE | "We have just confirmed that Facebook has disabled the page of the International Youth and Students for Social Equality at the University of Michigan, as well as the accounts of all admins," World Socialist Website editor tweeted today. "This is an unprecedented attack on the speech rights of an official campus student group." | World Socialist Website also reports the following: | On Friday, Fa…
strategic-culture.org/news/2021/01/26/the-pendulum-of-internet-censorship-swings-leftward-again/

Why did I organize a #ForceTheVote Protest
Debra Rosario | realprogressives.org | 2021-01-26
#ForceTheVote was an idea started by YouTube podcaster Jimmy Dore and taken up by social media and grassroots activists to persuade Congressional Progressive Legislators to withhold their support from Nancy Pelosi for Speaker of the House, as a negotiation tactic, in order to force her to hold a vote for Medicare-For-All. "If there is no struggle, there is no progress." Frederick Douglass | Human emotions are a natural motivator for change. My motivation was w…
realprogressives.org/organize-forcethevote-protest/

US judge derails Biden's vaunted 100-day deportation freeze after Texas sues
rt.com | 2021-01-26
A federal judge, citing a lawsuit by the Texas Attorney General, has issued a two-week temporary restraining order shutting down US President Joe Biden's effort to halt all illegal immigrant deportations for 100 days. | US District Judge Drew Tipton blocked the deportation freeze for 14 days after the state of Texas sued to stop it from taking effect. The two parties have until January 28 to set a re-hearing date. | Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton declared victory upon hearing the news, posting on Twitter that he and his team had stopped "a seditious left-wing insurrection." | VICTORY. | Texas is the FIRST s…
rt.com/usa/513704-judge-blocks-biden-deportation-freeze/

Tulsi Gabbard rips Brennan, Schiff and Big Tech for attacks on civil liberties, calls them MORE DANGEROUS than Capitol rioters
rt.com | 2021-01-26
Former Democrat presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard has urged party leaders to halt efforts by such people as ex-CIA director John Brennan to infringe civil liberties, calling them more dangerous than the US Capitol rioters. | "President Biden, I call upon you and all of Congress from both parties to denounce efforts by Brennan and others to take away our civil liberties endowed to us by our creator and guaranteed in our Constitution," Gabbard said Tuesday on Twitter. "If you don't stand up to them now, then our country will be in great peril." | The mob who stormed the capitol to try to stop Congress from ca…
rt.com/usa/513708-tulsi-gabbard-domestic-terror-crackdown/

BBC Caught Mixing Up Protests by Indian Farmers With Italian Gov't Deadlock
sputniknews.com | 2021-01-26
The awkward blunder must have occurred unintentionally, apparently because of a TV operator's failure to duly replace the news spiegel, but it was quick to cause quite a few smiles.
sputniknews.com/viral/202101261081884027-bbc-caught-mixing-up-protests-by-indian-farmers-with-italian-govt-deadlock/

Kellyanne Conway accused of posting topless photo of 16-year-old daughter online
rt.com | 2021-01-26
Former Trump adviser and spokesperson Kellyanne Conway has been accused of leaking a nude photo of her 16-year-old daughter Claudia. | Claudia Conway has a notoriously tumultuous relationship with her mother, judging by her content uploaded to social media over the past several months, with the teenager previously publicly accusing her mother of being "physically, mentally, and emotionally abusive." | Also on rt.com | | 'She's 15. You are adults': Kellyanne Conway slams 'sick' social media speculators after daughter tweets Trump 'not better' | A…
rt.com/usa/513649-kellyanne-conway-claudia-daughter-topless-photo/

The Parler precedent? Lawsuit calls on Google to drop Telegram from app store, a week after Apple was targeted in the same way
rt.com | 2021-01-26
A California court has been asked to force Google to remove Telegram from its Play store, over claims that the messenger app is used to incite violence. The legal challenge mirrors a similar suit brought against Apple. | Filed by Marc Ginsberg, a former US ambassador to Morocco, the lawsuit claims that the popular app is used to spread violence, extremism and anti-Semitism. Ginsberg's non-profit, Coalition for a Safer Web (CSW), was also listed as a plaintiff. | The complaint notes that Google suspended Parler, a Twitter-like conservative microblogging site, from its app store due to some users expressing supp…
rt.com/usa/513629-lawsuit-telegram-parler-google-apple-violence/

Twitter PERMANENTLY bans Trump-supporting MyPillow CEO for 'repeated' violations of election interference policy
rt.com | 2021-01-26
MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell has been kicked off Twitter for multiple violations of the platform's civic integrity policy. The outspoken Trump supporter has been vocal about his belief that the 2020 election results were fraudulent. | Twitter confirmed on Monday night that Lindell had been permanently suspended for running afoul of rules barring users from "manipulating or interfering in elections or other civic processes." | The founder of the Minnesota-based bedding manufacturer has faced blowback over his public statements following riots at the Capitol on January 6. Lindell claimed that the violence was spar…
rt.com/usa/513618-mike-lindell-twitter-ban-my-pillow/

Banned From Twitter, Trump Opens "Office of the Former President" to Push Agenda
Staff | truthout.org | 2021-01-26
Former President Donald Trump has not been open about what his future may hold, including whether he intends to run for office again or not. However, Trump indicated this week that he will attempt to play a role of some kind in the future of U.S. politics. | Trump established "The Office of the Former President" on Monday, which will be located in Palm Beach County, Florida, not far from his current residence at Mar-a-Lago. The office, accordin…
truthout.org/articles/trump-opens-office-of-the-former-president/

Convict Donald Trump and the Bipartisan System That Put Him Into Power
Jeff Mackler | counterpunch.org | 2021-01-26
The world noticed when two billionaires, Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Dorsey, pushed a button and de-platformed Donald Trump from their social media empires. "After close review of recent Tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account and the content around them," Twitter wrote, "we have permanently suspended the account due to the risk of further incitement of violence."
counterpunch.org/2021/01/26/convict-donald-trump-and-the-bipartisan-system-that-put-him-into-power/

US court issues summons for MBZ over hacking of Al Jazeera anchor via Twitter
Umar A Farooq | middleeasteye.net | 2021-01-26
US court issues summons for MBZ over hacking of Al Jazeera anchor via Twitter | Al Jazeera presenter Ghada Oueiss says she hopes lawsuit will reveal UAE and Saudi Arabia are leading 'campaign of terror against journalists and activists' | Umar A Farooq | Tue, 01/26/2021 – 18: 49 | The summonses were previously issued to MBZ through mail last month (AFP) | The crown prince of Abu Dhabi and top Saudi officials have…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/uae-crown-prince-us-court-summons-twitter-ghada-oueiss

Twitter launches pilot test in which users verify information
Online News Editor | laprensalatina.com | 2021-01-26
San Francisco, Jan 25 (efe-epa).- Twitter launched a pilot test Monday in the United States in which users of the social network can verify the information others share and add comments that deny it or provide context. Project "Birdwatch," will for the moment will only work on a page different from Twitter, so that only …
laprensalatina.com/twitter-launches-pilot-test-in-which-users-verify-information/

'Jake can actually win this': MMA world reacts as Ben Askren signs up for boxing bout with YouTuber Jake Paul
rt.com | 2021-01-26
After making light work of ex-NBA player Nate Robinson in his second pro boxing match, YouTuber Jake Paul will face former UFC fighter Ben Askren in his next trip to the ring, and social media thinks Askren could be in trouble. | …
rt.com/sport/513676-jake-paul-ben-askren-boxing-match/

'MBS, they killed my daughter': Outcry after missing woman found dead in Saudi desert
Rayhan Uddin | middleeasteye.net | 2021-01-26
'MBS, they killed my daughter': Outcry after missing woman found dead in Saudi desert | Arrests made after two brothers allegedly killed their sister after she opened a public Snapchat account | Rayhan Uddin | Tue, 01/26/2021 – 12: 37 | Manal (centre) posted a childhood photo on social media of her deceased sister Qamar (left), and her brother Ahmed (right), who she accused of murder (Screenshot/Twitter) | The disap…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/saudi-arabia-woman-killed-desert-snapchat

Facebook shuts down community, women's groups and activists' pages without cause
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2021-01-26
Minneapolis, MN – On January 22, Facebook disabled the main pages of two major community organizations, Peoples Power Assembly and Women In Struggle/Mujeres En Lucha, as well as activists around the country who have played roles in either group, including Puerto Rican activist Berta Joubert-Ceci; Greg Butterfield, Struggle La Lucha writer; Cheryl La Bash, co-chair, National Network on Cuba; Maggie Vascassenno, Los Angeles Harriet Tubman Center for Social Justice; and others. | It also banished Peoples Power Assembly page editor Charlene Lady J. Jenkins, a founder of "What's Up Baltimore," whose Baltimore grassroo…
fightbacknews.org/2021/1/25/facebook-shuts-down-community-women-s-groups-and-activists-pages-without-cause

Facebook shuts down community, women's groups and activists' pages without cause
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2021-01-26
Minneapolis, MN – On January 22, Facebook disabled the main pages of two major community organizations, Peoples Power Assembly and Women In Struggle/Mujeres En Lucha, as well as activists around the country who have played roles in either group, including Puerto Rican activist Berta Joubert-Ceci; Greg Butterfield, Struggle La Lucha writer; Cheryl La Bash, co-chair, National Network on Cuba; Maggie Vascassenno, Los Angeles Harriet Tubman Center for Social Justice; and others. | It also banished Peoples Power Assembly page editor Charlene Lady J. Jenkins, a founder of "What's Up Baltimore," whose Baltimore grassroo…
www.fightbacknews.org/2021/1/25/facebook-shuts-down-community-women-s-groups-and-activists-pages-without-cause

Simplified Regimen Expands Options for Dual-Therapy HIV Maintenance
Slomski A. | jamanetwork.com | 2021-01-26
As a preferred HIV drug based on its efficacy and high barrier to drug resistance, dolutegravir has been combined in treatment regimens with several other anti-HIV agents. Now investigators in Switzerland have reported in PLOS Medicine that dolutegravir taken with emtricitabine was noninferior to standard combination antiretroviral therapy (cART), and it improved patients' quality of life.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2775442

Striking Workers in New York City Win Wage Hike After Surge of Solidarity
Staff | truthout.org | 2021-01-25
Image Credit: Twitter: @TeamstersJC16 | Workers at the Hunts Point Produce Market in New York City have overwhelmingly approved a new three-year contract, ending a week-long strike that captured national attention and galvanized the community behind the essential workers at the Bronx-based business. Some 1,400 members of the Teamsters Local 202 union walked off the job on January 17, demanding a $1 raise and recognition for their work to keep New Yorkers fed during the pandemic, with the Hunts Poin…
truthout.org/video/striking-workers-in-new-york-city-win-wage-hike-after-surge-of-solidarity/

New Auto Safety Report Demands Biden Strengthen Federal Programs Now
Ralph Nader | counterpunch.org | 2021-01-25
Today the New York Times rediscovered its previous auto safety news beat that blossomed in the 1960s after my book, Unsafe at Any Speed (1965) caused an uproar in Detroit. Reporter Christopher Jensen told New York Times readers about a new report by a coalition of six automotive safety groups demanding that the new Biden Administration recharge the moribund, industry-dominated National Highway Traffic…
counterpunch.org/2021/01/25/new-auto-safety-report-demands-biden-strengthen-federal-programs-now/

Mexico To Get 24 Million Doses of Russia's Sputnik V Vaccine
telesurenglish.net | 2021-01-25
Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) on Monday spoke by phone with Russia's President Vladimir Putin who agreed to deliver 24 million doses of the Sputnik V vaccine in the next two months. | RELATED: | Mexico's President AMLO Tests Positive for COVID-19 | "Putin was genuinely affectionate. I invited him to visit Mexico and thanked him for the decision to send us 24 million doses," tweeted AMLO, who tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday. | Besides confirming that these dos…
telesurenglish.net/news/Mexico-To-Get-24-Million-Doses-of-Russias-Sputnik-V-Vaccine-20210125-0014.html

Facebook BLOCKS Israeli PM Netanyahu's chatbot over 'offending post'
rt.com | 2021-01-25
Facebook has suspended a chatbot used by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, which asked unvaccinated seniors to give it their phone number for a potential 'surprise' call from the PM. | In a video posted to Twitter last week, Netanyahu encouraged Israeli seniors to get vaccinated, and told his followers: "If you know someone who is nervous about getting vaccinated, send me their name and phone number, maybe they'll get a surprise phone call from me and I'll convince them." | ◊ê◊ ◊ô ◊®◊ï◊¶◊î ◊ú◊¢◊ï◊ì&loz…
rt.com/news/513589-facebook-blocks-netanyahu-bot/

Ex-Trump press sec. Huckabee Sanders announces run for Arkansas governor, pledges to defend against 'radical left' in DC
rt.com | 2021-01-25
Former White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced Monday that she will run for governor of Arkansas in a widely-expected move. | The first former Donald Trump staffer to announce their own bid for office, Huckabee Sanders will run against Lt. Gov. Tim Griffin and Attorney General Leslie Rutledge in the Republican primary seeking the nomination for the November 2022 election. | I'm in–> t.co/8bmfl3ZPgp | Watch ‚¨áÔ∏è pic.twitter.com/khDPEk0orU– Sarah Huckabee S…
rt.com/usa/513547-huckabee-sanders-campaign-governor-arkansas/

Dominion Voting Systems Files $1.3 Billion Lawsuit Against Rudy Giuliani
Staff | truthout.org | 2021-01-25
Dominion Voting Systems has filed a $1.3 billion defamation lawsuit against former President Donald Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani for pushing a "Big Lie" about their machines flipping votes from Trump to President Joe Biden during the 2020 presidential election. | The company claims that "the harm to Dominion's business and reputation is unprecedented and irreparable because of how fervently millions of people believe it." | "Just as Giuliani and his allies intended, the Big Lie went viral…
truthout.org/articles/dominion-voting-systems-files-1-3-billion-lawsuit-against-rudy-giuliani/

'Sustainable peace lies in inclusive regional arrangements'
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2021-01-25
TEHRAN, Jan. 25 (MNA) — After his visits with Azeri officials, the Iranian FM Zarif in a tweet on Monday noted that sustainable peace lies in inclusive regional arrangements.
en.mehrnews.com/news/169019/Sustainable-peace-lies-in-inclusive-regional-arrangements

Russia protests US over posts backing Navalny demos
yenisafak.com | 2021-01-25
Speaking to a Russian TV network, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Moscow viewed these posts as "direct interference in our country's domestic affairs.""Russia strongly protested against the US embassy's social media posts," Zakharova said, claiming that some US outlets spread "fake news" that Russia has taken note of.Tens of thousands gathered in Russia on Saturday to protest Navalny's detention and demanding his immediate release. Many of the opposition figure's supporters were detained amid harsh police measures on the demonstrations.The US Embassy had posted the date and places of the…
yenisafak.com/en/world/russia-protests-us-over-posts-backing-navalny-demos-3559420

There's only one Daniel Agger? Ex-Liverpool star clears up bizarre rumors he was arrested at Navalny protests in Moscow
rt.com | 2021-01-25
Liverpool fans became somewhat concerned about the welfare of one of their former heroes after news emerged that Daniel Agger had been arrested during the Moscow protests in support of Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny. | The story began when it was reported that a man by the name of Daniel Agger had been taken into custody on January 23 during the protests in Moscow. | Fanning the confusion was a tweet by Russian news outlet Novaya Gazeta which screamed: "Former Liverpool footballer and Danish captain Daniel Agger was detained during protests in Moscow. He spent two days in the police department, and t…
rt.com/sport/513581-daniel-agger-wrong-man-arrested-navalny-protests/