2021-07-02: News Headlines

Staff (2021-07-02). 'Are your friends becoming extremists?' Facebook asks users as it tests bizarre new feature to combat 'harmful content'. rt.com Facebook is testing a new prompt that asks users if they know anyone flirting with a violent ideology, also warning others that they may have been exposed to "extremist" content — an update that many have slammed as Orwellian. | The platform rolled out the new test feature for certain US-based users on Thursday, part of its broader effort to combat "extremism," according to Facebook spokesman Andy Stone. Baffled netizens quickly shared screenshots of the alerts online, some hinting at the pitfalls of enlisting users to root out so-called extremists. | New on Facebook! | Report your "extremist" friends an…

Staff (2021-07-02). 'Are your friends becoming extremists?' Facebook asks users as it tests bizarre new feature to combat 'harmful content'. rt.com Facebook is testing a new prompt that asks users if they know anyone flirting with a violent ideology, also warning others that they may have been exposed to "extremist" content — an update that many have slammed as Orwellian. | The platform rolled out the new test feature for certain US-based users on Thursday, part of its broader effort to combat "extremism," according to Facebook spokesman Andy Stone. Baffled netizens quickly shared screenshots of the alerts online, some hinting at the pitfalls of enlisting users to root out so-called extremists. | New on Facebook! | Report your "extremist" friends an…

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Mark Gruenberg (2021-07-01). Four hundred religious leaders urge senators to pass PRO Act. peoplesworld.org CHICAGO —Saying protecting and expanding workers' right to organize is a moral imperative, and a boost to workers who most need it, more than 400 religious leaders signed an open letter to senators, urging them to pass the Protect the Right to Organize (PRO) Act. In a June 30 Zoom telephone press conference unveiling the …

Staff (2021-07-01). 3 July, Vancouver: Save Silwan, Defend Palestine. samidoun.net Saturday, 3 July 1: 00 pm Vancouver Art Gallery 750 Hornby Street Vancouver Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/515066043074118/ VANCOUVER, WE WILL NOT STOP. After the assassination of Nizar Banat by the PA, the destruction of the Rajbi shop in Silwan and the ongoing attempts to ethnically cleanse Sheikh Jarrah, Silwan, Beita, Gaza, Sbeih mountain, our voices need to be louder than ever. The PA and the Zionist regime are roadblocks to Palestinian liberation and are funded with your taxpayer dollars via arms sales & military police training. We're demanding an end to Canadian complicity in Palestinian genocid…

Staff (2021-07-01). Philippines raises alert level after volcano sends plume 1km skywards, evacuations strongly recommended (PHOTOS). rt.com The Philippines' volcanology and seismology agency has raised its warning level for volcanic activity from level two to level three, after the Taal volcano spewed a plume a kilometer into the air. | In a statement shared on Facebook on Thursday, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology

_____ (2021-07-01). Facebook and the FTC: Next Steps in the Fight to Break Up Big Tech. commondreams.org The INVEST in America Act, said lead sponsor Rep. Peter DeFazio, would help steer the nation "toward our clean energy future."

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