Staff (2022-01-24). Cubadebate y Cadeca desmienten noticia falsa sobre la venta de divisas. cubadebate.cu Empleando la plantilla de nuestro sitio web, circula una nueva fake news en las redes sociales sobre la venta de divisas en Cuba. No comparta informaciones dudosas o falsas. A la vez, Cadeca alertó en su cuenta de twitter que circula en las redes una noticia sobre próxima venta de Moneda Libremente Convertible (MLC) a quienes viajen al exterior.

Staff (2022-01-24). Australia accuses China of 'foreign interference' after PM's WeChat blocked. rt.com Scott Morrison has allegedly been unable to access the Chinese social network for months | The chairman of Australia's parliamentary intelligence committee has accused China of interfering with the country's democracy after Prime Minister Scott Morrison's WeChat account was allegedly blocked. | Victoria Senator James Paterson — who serves as chair of Australia's Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security — claimed on Monday that Morrison has been unable to access his account on the Chinese social network for several months. | "My view is, given that WeChat is such a closely controlled…

Staff (2022-01-23). Facebook busca popularidad en àÅfrica frente a su decadencia en países occidentales. cubadebate.cu Según el testimonio de Frances Haugen, exingeniera de Facebook que acusó a la red social de anteponer las ganancias a la lucha contra la desinformación y el odio, la red social está al tanto de su declive y se desplaza a otros mercados para crecer. Uno de esos lugares es àÅfrica…

_____ (2022-01-23). Resistance To 'Cop City' Heats Up As Construction Is Halted, Trees Occupied. popularresistance.org On Tuesday, January 18th, tree-cutting was reported on social media in the Atlanta Forest, an area of highly contested green-space where both a movie studio and the local police are attempting to clear-cut trees to build expanded studio lots and a state of the art police training facility, which will include a "mock city for first responders to train in." Over the past year, resistance to the project has taken many forms, from militant marches, community forums and BBQs, protests against those funding and helping to carry out the project, to a campaign to pressure local politicians to block the devastation of the…

sputniknews (2022-01-23). 'Variant Under Investigation': What is Known About Omicron BA.2. sputniknews.com Earlier this week, virologist Tom Peacock of Imperial College London tweeted that as far as Omicron BA.2 is concerned, "very early observations from India and Denmark suggest there is no dramatic difference in severity compared to BA.1".

_____ (2022-01-23). Another Saudi Coalition Massacre In Yemen. popularresistance.org A Saudi coalition airstrike on a prison killed at least 60 people and wounded at least 100 more in northern Yemen as part of the coalition's reprisal attacks after the Houthis claimed drone and missile attacks that hit targets in Abu Dhabi earlier this week: | At least three children are among the dozens of people killed Friday, the humanitarian organization Save the Children said in a statement on Twitter. It noted that "the true number is feared to be higher." | This follows coalition airstrikes in Sanaa that killed at least 20 civilians. The coalition response to the Abu Dhabi attacks has been consistent with…

sputniknews (2022-01-23). 'Variant Under Investigation': What is Known About Omicron BA.2. sputniknews.com Earlier this week, virologist Tom Peacock of Imperial College London tweeted that as far as Omicron BA.2 is concerned, "very early observations from India and Denmark suggest there is no dramatic difference in severity compared to BA.1".

Staff (2022-01-22). Instagram, Snapchat sued over alleged role in girl's suicide. rt.com The social media platforms are addictive to an extent that caused a kid to kill herself, mother claims in lawsuit | Eleven-year-old Selena was apparently so addicted to Instagram and Snapchat that she suffered depression, eating disorders and sleep deprivation, before eventually killing herself, her mother Tammy Rodriguez claims. The woman, from Connecticut, sued the companies in San Francisco federal court this week. | According to the lawsuit, filed on Thursday against the platforms' respective parent companies, Meta (formerly Facebook) and Snap, the photo-sharing and messaging apps lack parental control and…

Ramzy Baroud (2022-01-22). How Israel's "Facebook Law" Plans to Control All Palestinian Content Online. dissidentvoice.org It is ironic that even former right-wing Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, had rejected a Knesset (Israeli Parliament) bill which proposed to give the government greater power to control and suppress online content. This was in 2016, and the bill was introduced by Netanyahu's Likud party rival, Gideon Sa'ar. Some analysts argued that Netanyahu had feared …

Staff (2022-01-22). Chocolate wrappers rankle religious sentiments. rt.com Packaging in a limited range of KitKat chocolate bars has prompted furor over depictions of sacred Hindu deities | Nestle has been forced to apologize and recall a range of KitKat chocolate bars that featured images of Hindu deities on their wrappers, after a furious backlash from Indian social media users, who criticized the company for "hurting religious sentiments." | The offending wrappers were part of the Indian version of the company's global 'KitKat travel breaks' range, which has artwork by local artists printed on the packaging. However, wrappers designed to "celebrate the culture" of the state of Od…

Staff (2022-01-22). Body found in hunt for missing transatlantic rower. rt.com French adventurer Jean-Jacques Savin, 75, had been missing since the early hours of Friday | Savin, a former paratrooper and avid triathlete, had been attempting to row solo across the Atlantic but had not been heard from since the early hours of Friday morning after he issued two distress beacons and told his support team that he was in "great difficulty". | Writing on social media, his daughter said that an emergency rescue operation was immediately launched with the joint coordination of the French, Portuguese and US rescue services. | Savin had been attempting to row across the Atlantic ocean from south Po…

United We Dream (2022-01-22). Thursday 1/20: Call to Action: Twitter Storm Demanding Immigrant Rights w/ United We Dream. indybay.org Online action for immigrant rights…

Staff (2022-01-22). American 'lethal aid' arrives in Ukraine (PHOTOS). rt.com The delivery was described as a sign of the Biden administration's commitment to assisting Ukraine in the face of "growing Russian aggression" | The first shipment of military aid promised to Ukraine by US President Joe Biden amid Western speculation about a supposedly imminent "Russian invasion" of the country has been delivered to Kiev. | Late on Friday, the US Embassy in the Ukrainian capital posted photos on Twitter of large green-colored crates being unloaded from a cargo plane. | The crates held almost 100 tons of "lethal aid," including ammunition intended for "the front line defenders of Ukraine," it s…

Staff (2022-01-22). Corina Mestre, Premio Nacional de Teatro 2022. cubadebate.cu El jurado del Premio Nacional de Teatro 2022 sesionó este 22 de enero en la sede del Consejo Nacional de las Artes Escénicas, presidido por Dagoberto Gaínza, y decidió otorgar otorgar el importante Lauro a Corina Mestre Vilaboy, informó la institución en su cuenta en Twitter.

sputniknews (2022-01-22). Dangerous 'Sleepy Chicken' TikTok Trend Leaves Doctors Concerned. sputniknews.com A recent video of a chicken dish braised in a cold and flu remedy went viral and doctors are now warning how dangerous it can be.

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