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2022-01-16: News Headlines

Staff (2022-01-16). Democrat group hides comments accusing Nike of slave labor after praising company. rt.com Occupy Democrats scrubbed its page of references to slave labor and child workers after celebrating Nike's decision to threaten unvaccinated employees with dismissal | Occupy Democrats, a popular left-wing political advocacy group which supports the US Democratic Party, was caught hiding comments expressing concern about slave labor after it praised sportswear company Nike. | The group praised Nike on social media after the multi-billion-dollar company threatened to fire employees who remained unvaccinated against Covid-19. | "Nike sends a defiant letter to its remaining unvaccinated employees that they will b…

sputniknews (2022-01-16). 'Treated Me Like Nothing': Britney Spears Takes Another Shot at Her Sister Jamie Lynn. sputniknews.com The online feud between the Spears sisters has continued for several days, with Britney and Jamie exchanging bitter statements on social media – notably, just days before the release of the latter's book titled "Things I Should Have Said".

sputniknews (2022-01-16). Video of Indian Troops Dancing at Freezing Temperatures in Kashmir Goes Viral. sputniknews.com India's Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir has witnessed heavy snowfall and temperatures dropping to -10 degress Celsius. Indian Army troops who are based in the region have reverted to age-old remedies to keep themselves warm in these seemingly harsh weather conditions.

Daniel Marchalik, Edward Melnick (2022-01-15). [Perspectives] Physicians in the digital age. thelancet.com Artificial intelligence (AI) is here. We are now in decade of Philip K Dick's dystopian novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? and AI is already capable of driving our cars. But self-driving cars have harmed pedestrians and AI has been credited with delivering misinformation in curated social media feeds that threaten democracy. AI has also entered medicine, with uses in medical imaging and many other areas. However, there is increasing attention on how some algorithms in health care are racially biased.

_____ (2022-01-15). The Role that Social and Media Platforms Played in the Events in Kazakhstan. journal-neo.org With the rise of cell phones, the Internet, social media, and other forms of electronic communication, the ability to influence public opinions and the social and political life in a country has grown significantly. Furthermore, the speed with which information is made available through social media is unprecedented. Today's social media spreads information in a …

Staff (2022-01-15). Hostage situation at Texas synagogue, SWAT deployed. rt.com Assailant's actions and negotiations with police were partly livestreamed on Facebook | A suspected gunman has taken hostages at the Beth Israel synagogue in Colleyville, Texas on Saturday. SWAT officers have been deployed to the evacuated area. | Shortly after arriving, officers entered into the negotiations with the suspect seeking the release of a rabbi and three other individuals believed to be inside the synagogue. One of the hostages – a man- was subsequently released at around 6 p.m. local time. The relased hostage was unhurt in the incident, police said. | Audio of the assailant speaking to police coul…

Staff (2022-01-15). 15 January, Vancouver: Palestinian Liberation: A New Path Forward. samidoun.net Saturday, January 15 2: 00 pm Grandview Church, 1803 E. 1st Ave Vancouver, BC Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/209641671382697/ In November 2021, the Palestinian Alternative Revolutionary Path movement was formed at a conference in Madrid (and simultaneously in Beirut and Sao Paulo) that brought together Palestinian, Arab and international activists and organizations struggling for a free Palestine from the river […] | The article

Rosa Miriam Elizalde (2022-01-15). La fea verdad de Facebook. globalizacion.ca Nadie duda de que Mark Zuckerberg hace grandes esfuerzos para reinventar su monopolio. Asediado desde hace años por especular con los datos de los usuarios de Facebook, permitir la circulación de teorías conspirativas, incentivar el genocidio, transmitir masacres en vivo…

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2022-01-15: News Headlines

_____ (2022-01-15). The Role that Social and Media Platforms Played in the Events in Kazakhstan. journal-neo.org With the rise of cell phones, the Internet, social media, and other forms of electronic communication, the ability to influence public opinions and the social and political life in a country has grown significantly. Furthermore, the speed with which information is made available through social media is unprecedented. Today's social media spreads information in a …

Daniel Marchalik, Edward Melnick (2022-01-15). [Perspectives] Physicians in the digital age. thelancet.com Artificial intelligence (AI) is here. We are now in decade of Philip K Dick's dystopian novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? and AI is already capable of driving our cars. But self-driving cars have harmed pedestrians and AI has been credited with delivering misinformation in curated social media feeds that threaten democracy. AI has also entered medicine, with uses in medical imaging and many other areas. However, there is increasing attention on how some algorithms in health care are racially biased.

Rosa Miriam Elizalde (2022-01-15). La fea verdad de Facebook. globalizacion.ca Nadie duda de que Mark Zuckerberg hace grandes esfuerzos para reinventar su monopolio. Asediado desde hace años por especular con los datos de los usuarios de Facebook, permitir la circulación de teorías conspirativas, incentivar el genocidio, transmitir masacres en vivo…

_____ (2022-01-14). Ugandans Escalate Movement Of 'Radical Rudeness' Following Violent Arrest Over Mean Tweet. popularresistance.org "Men with guns are breaking my door. They say they're policemen but are not in uniform. I've locked myself inside." | This was the final Facebook post by Kakwenza Rukirabashaija, 2021 winner of the PEN Pinter International Writer of Courage Award, on Dec. 28. Within minutes of his post, Rukirabashaija was abducted by Uganda's Special Forces Command, a military outfit notorious for torturing nonviolent activists. | Rukirabashaija — author of a political allegory novel and an autobiographical book detailing his previous torture — has only surfaced once since his brutal kidnapping. When his lawyer Eron K…

Staff (2022-01-14). Facebook faces $3bn+ legal action over dominance. rt.com The UK case is based on company's historic data-collection practices | Social media giant Facebook, now known as Meta Platforms, faces a class action lawsuit in Britain, seeking at least £2.3 billion (over $3.1 billion) in damages, over allegations the company had exploited users' data for profit. | The case is being brought by Liza Lovdahl Gormsen, a senior adviser to Britain's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) watchdog and a competition law academic. She said the case was brought on behalf of Facebook's 44 million users who had used the network between 2015 and 2019. | It alleges that Facebook made bil…

sputniknews (2022-01-14). Indian, Chinese Journalists Clash on Twitter Over 'Rumour' of PLA Troops Dying Due to 'Extreme Cold'. sputniknews.com The border standoff between India and China in the eastern Ladakh region erupted in 2020. It remains unresolved despite 14 rounds of military commander-level talks and several official meetings, including between the foreign ministers of both countries. Both sides blame each other for triggering the standoff.

sputniknews (2022-01-14). Oops Moment: India's BJP Politician Reaches Out to Voter Taking Bath in Viral Video. sputniknews.com Ahead of state assembly polls, the Election Commission of India has banned physical rallies, prompting politicians to do door-to-door campaigning. In India's most populous state, Uttar Pradesh, it looks like some politicians can't afford to waste any chance to personally woo voters.

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