(2025-01-24). After stabbings, China's social media firms face scrutiny over hate speech. aljazeera.com Chinese platforms have pledged to crack down on hate, but anti-foreigner sentiment still circulates widely online.
(2025-01-24). Biden's Legacy Is Written In Blood. counterpunch.org 
Last week, aerial photos from Los Angeles with blocks of homes reduced to ash hit social media timelines, leading people to understandably draw comparisons to Gaza. Destruction of entire neighborhoods is always heartbreaking. Home, where most of us spend a great deal of our time, shapes who we are. The memories and love a home
(2025-01-24). Deniers and Insurance Premiums Both Surge. counterpunch.org 
Climate change deniers are experiencing a renaissance, especially on social media. In concert with this upswing in denialism, home insurance premiums are skyrocketing, or coverage is dropped altogether, a problem in coastal states. Indeed, it's noteworthy that American real estate is the largest asset class in the world valued at $43.5 trillion that's challenged for
(2025-01-24). Milei once again compares progressivism and the left to a "cancer" peoplesdispatch.org It was not enough for him to make threats on social media and write "tremble, you left-wing bastards." At the Davos forum, he defended Elon Musk again, after he had made a Nazi salute, and he lashed out violently against what he calls the "woke ideology."
(2025-01-23). Hoy en la Mesa Redonda: Universidad de Guantánamo en sus 45 años. mesaredonda.cubadebate.cu Académicos y líderes estudiantiles de la Universidad de Guantánamo comparecerán este jueves en la Mesa Redonda para dialogar sobre el presente y el futuro de esta institución académica. Cubavisión, Cubavisión Internacional y Radio Habana Cuba transmitirán este programa a las 7 de la noche. El Canal Educativo la retransmitirá al cierre. Además, estará disponible en las redes sociales Facebook y YouTube.
(2025-01-23). Tlaib Reiterates Call for Arms Embargo as Israel Continues Killings in Gaza. truthout.org Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Michigan) has reiterated the call for an arms embargo on Israel, as Israeli forces continue killing Palestinians in Gaza despite the ceasefire agreement mandating an end to hostilities. "The Israeli government will never stop until we make them with an arms embargo," the Palestinian American lawmaker said on social media on Thursday. Like Tlaib… |
(2025-01-23). Milwaukee Meteorologist Fired for Calling Elon Musk's Gesture a "Nazi Salute" truthout.org A well-liked weather anchor in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, has been fired for making a post on her personal social media account condemning Elon Musk for making a hand gesture that many observers have said appeared to be a Nazi salute. Milwaukee CBS affiliate station WDJT-TV, also known as CBS58, fired meteorologist Sam Kuffel for comments she made this week on her Instagram. Staff were notified of… |
(2025-01-23). Bidders make their offer for TikTok as app's fate hangs in limbo. america.cgtn.com 
TikTok bidders are lining up to buy the U.S. version of the Chinese social media app whose fate hangs in the balance. | Some have gone public with their interest. | They include a wide cast of tech titans and social media stars. | But acquiring TikTok would be complicated. | CGTN's Owen Fairclough reports.
(2025-01-23). South Sudan suspends social media platforms over videos of Sudan killings. newarab.com 
South Sudanese authorities have suspended access to social media platforms for a minimum of 30 days after videos depicting the alleged killings of South Sudanese nationals in The block was to be implemented at midnight on Wednesday, Napoleon Adok, director general of the National Communications Authority, wrote in a letter dated Wednesday to internet service providers. | "This is culminating from the recent upheaval in Sudan, that has exposed the…
(2025-01-23). France arrests Algerian influencer accused of inciting violence. newarab.com 
Rafik M. had "called on Tiktok for the carrying out of violent acts on French territory," said Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau on social media, without saying where he had been arrested. | The influencer is one of half a dozen Algerians arrested in France over the last month on accusations of calling for violence…
(2025-01-23). Elon Musk, Sam Altman fight over Stargate on social media. independent.co.ug 
SAN FRANCISCO | Xinhua | The xAI owner Elon Musk and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman are fighting on X about Stargate, the enormous infrastructure project to build data centers for OpenAI across the United States. OpenAI said on Tuesday that it would team up with SoftBank and Oracle to build multiple data centers for artificial …
(2025-01-23). Keir Starmer gets ratioed as he attacks activists and regulations. thecanary.co Labour Party PM Keir Starmer is trying to show Britain how right-wing he is. But that's not making him any more popular. And his performance on social media right now is a perfect representation of that. Keir Starmer: roasted, rounded upon, and ratioed The prime minister has been writing for disgusting corporate rags like the …
(2025-01-23). Bidders make their offer for TikTok as app's fate hangs in limbo. america.cgtn.com TikTok bidders are lining up to buy the U.S. version of the Chinese social media app whose fate hangs in the balance. | Some have gone public with their interest. | They include a wide cast of tech titans and social media stars. | But acquiring TikTok would be complicated. | CGTN's Owen Fairclough reports.
(2025-01-23). South Sudan suspends social media platforms over videos of Sudan killings. newarab.com South Sudanese authorities have suspended access to social media platforms for a minimum of 30 days after videos depicting the alleged killings of South Sudanese nationals in The block was to be implemented at midnight on Wednesday, Napoleon Adok, director general of the National Communications Authority, wrote in a letter dated Wednesday to internet service providers. | "This is culminating from the recent upheaval in Sudan, that has exposed the…
(2025-01-23). France arrests Algerian influencer accused of inciting violence. newarab.com Rafik M. had "called on Tiktok for the carrying out of violent acts on French territory," said Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau on social media, without saying where he had been arrested. | The influencer is one of half a dozen Algerians arrested in France over the last month on accusations of calling for violence…
(2025-01-23). Labour just gave crumbs to desperate leaseholders: a 'drop in the ocean'. thecanary.co In November 2024 Labour Party housing minister Matthew Pennycook made the promise to leaseholders. It was that he would put into force a part of the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 by the end of this month. On Wednesday 22 January he finally fulfilled this — posting on X (formerly Twitter) that he has …
(2025-01-23). Trending on Twitter: Evil Southport murderer says "I'm glad they're dead" and is removed from the dock. expose-news.com Axel Rudakubana, an 18-year-old who admitted to killing three young girls in Southport, UK, has been involved in a tumultuous court session. During the sentencing at Liverpool Crown Court, Rudakubana refused to …
(2025-01-23). Trump attacks Bishop for plea of mercy, calling for LGBTQ+ and immigrant compassion in viral sermon. nationofchange.org "In the name of our God, I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now."