How Facebook Suppressed Kurdish Site for sake of its Business in Turkey
ProPublica | juancole.com | 2021-03-03
By Jack Gillum and Justin Elliott | — ( ProPublica ) — As Turkey launched a military offensive against Kurdish minorities in neighboring Syria in early 2018, Facebook's top executives faced a political dilemma. Turkey was demanding the social media giant block Facebook posts from the People's Protection Units, a mostly Kurdish militia group the …
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Breaching Digital Rights: India's Platform and Media Ethics Code
Binoy Kampmark | counterpunch.org | 2021-03-03
Having made something of a splash last month with the fuss over Australia's News Media Bargaining code, Facebook, and the digital giants, are facing another stormy front in India. The move here has nothing to do with revenue so much as alleged bad behaviour. "We appreciate the proliferation of social media in India," stated Ravi…
counterpunch.org/2021/03/03/breaching-digital-rights-indias-platform-and-media-ethics-code/
You're not supposed to say that out loud! Covid-19 vaccines & 'return to normal' might hurt Facebook's bottom line, CFO admits
rt.com | 2021-03-03
Facebook's CFO is concerned that as more people get vaccinated against the novel coronavirus, they'll be less likely to click on Facebook ads and more likely to seek out travel and non-sedentary pursuits. | CFO David Wehner suggested on Tuesday that users' cash will end up in the pockets of "services like travel," as more people get vaccinated for Covid-19 and fewer have any reason to stay home ordering goods they've seen advertised on Facebook. | Speaking at the Morg…
rt.com/usa/517028-facebook-cfo-vaccine-profits/
Wednesday 3/3: Watch Party! House Votes on the For the People Act (#HR1) w/ Voto Latino & More
Declaration for American Democracy coalition | indybay.org | 2021-03-03
Virtual watch party via livestream: www.facebook.com/votolatino/…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/03/02/18840444.php
Khashoggi murder: Twitter suspends thousands of pro-Saudi accounts following report release
Nadda Osman | middleeasteye.net | 2021-03-03
Khashoggi murder: Twitter suspends thousands of pro-Saudi accounts following report release | Huge uptick in spam activity as US publicly accuses Mohammed bin Salman of being behind journalist's assassination | Nadda Osman | Wed, 03/03/2021 – 16: 28 | Thousands of accounts have been investigated by Twitter for suspicious and spam activity (AFP) | Twitter has announced the removal and investigation of thousands of acco…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/khashoggi-murder-saudi-twitter-accounts-suspended-us-report-bin-salman
Police warn of plan to invade US Capitol on Thursday
Online News Editor | laprensalatina.com | 2021-03-03
Washington, Mar 3 (efe-epa).- The US Capitol Police warned on Wednesday of an apparent plan by a rightist militia group to invade Congress once again. In a statement posted on Twitter, the force said that it had "obtained intelligence that shows a possible plot to breach the Capitol by an identified militia group on Thursday, …
laprensalatina.com/police-warn-of-plan-to-invade-us-capitol-on-thursday/
Can we kick out immigrants like Denmark does? Critics snicker after AOC lauds McDonald's workers' wages in European nation
rt.com | 2021-03-03
A time-tested talking point about wages of McDonald's workers in Denmark was invoked by AOC in a call for a minimum wage boost in the US. Her opponents asked if Washington should also adopt Copenhagen's harsh immigration policies. | The fact that paying workers a living wage is even up for debate is "embarrassing," progressive lawmaker Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) tweeted on Tuesday as she called to override the Senate parliamentarian and push forward with the $15/hour minimum wage. The official ruled last Thursday that the proposal cannot be included in President Biden's $1.9 trillion Covid-19 stimulus bill…
rt.com/usa/517063-aoc-denmark-mcdonalds-wages/