Daily Archives: August 15, 2021

2021-08-15: News Headlines

John Thielking (2021-08-15). Google algorithms suppressing small websites. indybay.org Google and Facebook are increasingly unfriendly for small publishers. The latest round is that Google no longer takes you to the URLs typed in search…

Sumedha Pal (2021-08-15). India's New IT Rules Paving Way for Legitimised Surveillance. counterpunch.org Image by As the Indian government is confronted with a global snooping scandal with over 300 journalists, politicians and bureaucrats on the list of those surveilled by the state, the Modi government had intensified its bid to rampage through the country's latest Internet Technology laws. | While the central government claims that the new laws are aimed at quelling the crisis of misinformation in the country by targeting sources, social media giants, alternative media platforms and privacy activists claim that the laws will bring them under direct…

2021-08-15: Social Media Postees

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Google algorithms suppressing small websites
John Thielking | indybay.org | 2021-08-15
Google and Facebook are increasingly unfriendly for small publishers. The latest round is that Google no longer takes you to the URLs typed in search…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/08/13/18844283.php

India's New IT Rules Paving Way for Legitimised Surveillance
Sumedha Pal | counterpunch.org | 2021-08-15
Image by Naveed Ahmed. | As the Indian government is confronted with a global snooping scandal with over 300 journalists, politicians and bureaucrats on the list of those surveilled by the state, the Modi government had intensified its bid to rampage through the country's latest Internet Technology laws. | While the central government claims that the new laws are aimed at quelling the crisis of misinformation in the country by targeting sources, social media giants, alternative media platforms and privacy activists claim that the laws will bring them under direct…
counterpunch.org/2021/08/15/indias-new-it-rules-paving-way-for-legitimised-surveillance/

Google algorithms suppressing small websites
John Thielking | indybay.org | 2021-08-14
Google and Facebook are increasingly unfriendly for small publishers. The latest round is that Google no longer takes you to the URLs typed in search…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/08/13/18844283.php

YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Progressive Caucus Takes A Stand
Julia Rock | dailyposter.com | 2021-08-14
Click to share this on FacebookGood things are happening! House progressives say they're ready to play hardball. Also, management at the New York Times accidentally showed its hand in a union-busting campaign, greedy landlords lose a legal battle, and one of the world's biggest oil companies is finally being forced to pay for a spill. And did you hear? New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo will be gone in a week!All this and much more in this week's You Love T…
dailyposter.com/you-love-to-see-it-progressive-caucus-takes-a-stand/

More Workers Are Saying That Minimum-Wage Jobs Just Aren't Worth It Anymore
Staff | truthout.org | 2021-08-14
Janine Jackson: "We all quit." A very good Motherboard story about fast food, retail and hospitality workers resigning from their jobs nevertheless began by telling readers that they "may have seen photos of it go viral," or "may have even experienced it in real life, if you've dined at a Chili's or Applebee's, and the hostess apologizes for the extra-long wait times." | A source in T…
truthout.org/audio/more-workers-are-saying-that-minimum-wage-jobs-just-arent-worth-it-anymore/

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