Monthly Archives: July 2022

2022-07-15: News Headlines

Kit Klarenberg (2022-07-14). Leaked Docs: Facebook 'Bot' Adviser Secretly in Pay of US Regime Change Agency. mintpressnews.com U.K. intelligence-linked communication firm Valent has been advising Facebook on which accounts to ban for inauthentic behavior and on suspicions for being foreign-backed disinformation operations. But documents show that Valent itself is secretly funded by U.S. regime change organization USAID. This connection might explain the recent mass purgings from Sudanese and Ethiopian social media.

Contributing Writers (2022-07-14). European Union Finally Admits COVID-19 Vaccines Destroy Your Immune System/By Arsenio Toledo. marktaliano.net By Arsenio Toledo Global Research, July 13, 2022 BigPharmaNews.com 12 July 2022 To receive Global Research's Daily Newsletter (selected articles), click here. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter and subscribe to our Telegram Channel. Feel free to repost …

Ho Ting Hung (2022-07-14). Reflecting on Elon Musk's Acquisition of Twitter and China's Twitter Diplomacy. moderndiplomacy.eu The CEO of Tesla, Elon Musk, has always been an ambitious business magnate who actively expands into different businesses to realise his visions. Recently, his sudden offer of purchasing and privatising Twitter for 44 billion US dollars has shocked the world. Since Musk has strong business ties with China and often praises China effusively, this …

Tanya Wadhwa (2022-07-14). Meet the ministerial cabinet of Colombia's first left-wing government. peoplesdispatch.org Colombia's first left-wing government in 203 years since its independence is gearing up to be sworn in on August 7. The government to be headed by Gustavo Petro and Francia Márquez of the progressive Historic Pact coalition, has been working steadily to build its cabinet of ministers. To date, eight cabinet members have been appointed, five of them are women. | During his election campaign, Petro announced that he would create the Ministry of Equality and Women. On Twitter, Petro

Alan MacLeod (2022-07-14). Meet the ex-CIA agents deciding Facebook's content policy. mronline.org It is an uncomfortable job for anyone trying to draw the line between "harmful content and protecting freedom of speech. It's a balance", Aaron says. In this official Facebook video, Aaron identifies himself as the manager of "the team that writes the rules for Facebook", determining "what is acceptable and what is not."

Dana Sanchez (2022-07-14). Investor Bails On Direct-To-Consumer Startups: DTC Has Failed, You Leak Away Your Margin To Facebook And Google. moguldom.com Brands such as Tristan Walker's Bevel, a men's grooming startup that went big in retail, are held up as shining examples of how it's possible to carve a niche in the direct-to-consumer market, but DTC has seen better days, according to a Silicon Valley startup investor. Bevel rose through the ranks of retail by meeting …

Ann Brown (2022-07-14). As Roland Martin Fights Off Pro-Reparations FBA Critics Online, He Says His Black Star Network Is Thriving. moguldom.com Journalist Roland Martin is having a war or words on Twitter. Martin, who has in the past called reparations a pipe dream, is finding himself feeling the heat online from Foundational Black Americans (FBAs) who are pro-reparations. An FBA is any person classified as Black who can trace their bloodline lineage back to the American system …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-07-14). National Strike in Panama Demands Justice for the Poor. libya360.wordpress.com Peoples Dispatch The people of Panama have been on the streets since July 1 to demand the government take urgent measures to combat the growing economic and social crisis. Photo: SUNTRACS/Twitter For almost two weeks, tens of thousands of Panamanians have been taking to the streets across the country protesting the cost of living crisis…

Ann Brown (2022-07-14). Artist Styles P Steps Into Paint As Good Samaritan After Police Confront Woman. moguldom.com Hip-hop artist Style P stepped in to aid a Black woman who was confronted in Yonkers, New York, by police. Video footage of the confrontation has gone viral. The "I Get High" artist got his start in the mid-1990s with the group The Lox, with childhood friends Sheek Louch and Jadakiss. He also released a …

Anonymous669 (2022-07-14). Iranian Flag Raised Over Key Kurdish-Held Town In Syria's Aleppo In Message To Turkey (Video). southfront.org Click to see full-size image. Via Twitter. | On July 13, an Iranian flag was raised over a communication tower in the key town of Tell Rifaat in the northern countryside of Syria's Aleppo. | Tell Rifaat is held by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). However, the Syrian Arab Army is known to be deployed inside and around the town. Iranian-backed Syrian forces are also present near Tell Rifaat, mainly in the Shiite towns Nubl and al-Zahraa. | It remains unclear who exactly raised the Iranian flag…

Brett Wilkins (2022-07-14). Jan. 6 Committee Lays Bare How Trump's Tweets Fomented Insurrection. zcomm.org "Twitter—and other social media companies—must stop shirking responsibility, especially as the country prepares for another national election"

Staff (2022-07-14). De alta los alumnos hospitalizados por escape de amoníaco en fábrica de Cervezas Tínima de Camagàºey. cubadebate.cu Todos los estudiantes que fueron atendidos en el Hospital Pediátrico Provincial Eduardo Agramonte Piña, de Camagàºey, debido a un ligero escape de amoníaco en la fábrica de Cervezas Tínima de esa ciudad, ya fueron dados de alta médica. La cifra de hospitalizados ascendió a 12 estudiantes del centro mixto Máximo Gómez Báez, especificó el periodista Juan Mendoza en su cuenta de Facebook, citado por Cubadebate.

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2022-07-14: News Headlines

Staff (2022-07-14). De alta los alumnos hospitalizados por escape de amoníaco en fábrica de Cervezas Tínima de Camagàºey. cubadebate.cu Todos los estudiantes que fueron atendidos en el Hospital Pediátrico Provincial Eduardo Agramonte Piña, de Camagàºey, debido a un ligero escape de amoníaco en la fábrica de Cervezas Tínima de esa ciudad, ya fueron dados de alta médica. La cifra de hospitalizados ascendió a 12 estudiantes del centro mixto Máximo Gómez Báez, especificó el periodista Juan Mendoza en su cuenta de Facebook, citado por Cubadebate.

Editor (2022-07-13). PM Resigns, President Flees: It's All Happening in Sri Lanka. scheerpost.com Protesters in front of the Sri Lankan presidential secretariat on Saturday, July 9. Photo: Twitter | By Massive protests rocked Sri Lanka on Saturday, July 9, leading to a collapse of government. In the morning, tens of thousands of protesters marched to the residence of the President Gotabaya Rajapaksa who reportedly fled shortly before. By Saturday evening, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe resigned to make way for the formation of an all-party government. Reports also said the…

_____ (2022-07-13). Meet The Ex-CIA Agents Deciding Facebook's Content Policy. popularresistance.org It is an uncomfortable job for anyone trying to draw the line between "harmful content and protecting freedom of speech. It's a balance", Aaron says. In this official Facebook video, Aaron identifies himself as the manager of "the team that writes the rules for Facebook", determining "what is acceptable and what is not." Thus, he and his team effectively decide what content the platform's 2.9 billion active users see and what they don't see. | Aaron is being interviewed in a bright warehouse-turned-studio. He is wearing a purple sweater and blue jeans. He comes across as a very likable, smiley person. It is not a…

Ana Perdigón (2022-07-12). María Corina Machado Now Wants to Compete in Elections. orinocotribune.com The head of the Come Venezuela (Vente Venezuela in Spanish) political movement, María Corina Machado, apparently changed her mind again, and now wants to compete for the upcoming 2024 presidential elections, according to an announcement she made in a video posted on her Twitter account. | "We are willing to measure ourselves," said the far-right politician, "because Venezuela needs a political leadership, and a leadership that does not give in and does not give up, and that keeps its word and its commitment." | She said that this announcement resulted from the seventh federal meeting of her political organization…

_____ (2022-07-12). In Chile, We Have The Opportunity To Build An Economy To Overcome Fear. popularresistance.org Following the election of a progressive government in Chile earlier this year, the country has been debating a new constitution written under revolutionary conditions: by a convention with gender equality, representation of Indigenous peoples, and with many members from environmental justice movements. As the draft is finalized ahead of a referendum in September, social media across the country has been awash with 'explainer' posts and videos in favor of the new texts — and debunking misinformation telling people that their pensions will be expropriated, for example. Most of the pro-constitution posts boil…

Jamanetwork (2022-07-12). Dual Anti-HIV Antibodies Provide Long-term Viral Suppression. jamanetwork.com Treatment with 2 monoclonal antibodies completely suppressed HIV for about 40 weeks in patients who participated in a small phase 1 trial. The findings, reported in Nature, suggest that future antibody therapies may offer effective HIV treatment for extended periods without antiretroviral therapy (ART).

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