Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it.
“You're not to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it.”
― Malcolm X, By Any Means Necessary
― Malcolm X, By Any Means Necessary
TRUMP - RUSSIA PROBE |
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REPUBLICAN PARTY |
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LGBTQ |
"This is
the use of religion to hurt people because you disapprove of who they are,"
said Harper Jean Tobin of the National Center for Transgender Equality.
"Any rule that grants a license to discriminate would be a disgrace and a
mockery of the principal of religious freedom we all cherish." [Politico, Trump to overhaul HHS
office, shield health workers with moral objections, https://www.politico.com/story/2018/01/16/conscience-abortion-transgender-patients-health-care-289542]
"Should the administration choose to
move forward to implement a discriminatory policy, we will see them in
court," Louise Melling, of the American Civil Liberties Union, said in a
statement. [IBID]
Google News suddenly
decides not to drop Russia's “troll factory” media outlet 🗞
Just two
days after Russia’s media regulator Roskomnadzor asked Google to explain why
its news aggregator stopped indexing stories from the Federal News
Agency (FAN) — a media outlet with ties to the infamous “troll
factory” — Google News suddenly restored coverage of FAN content,
the outlet reported on
November 5. Without any explanation, Google News dropped FANon
October 27, leading the publication to accuse Google of censorship designed to
benefit the U.S. government and restrict users’ access to information about the
Russian-backed Syrian regime’s fight against terrorists. FAN vowed
to appeal to Russian antitrust regulators and other officials. On November 3,
Roskomnadzor — Russia's federal Internet censor — sent a letter to Google
demanding an explanation, claiming that part of Roskomnadzor's role is the
protection of free speech.
·
Based on the time of day that Google News restarted its
aggregation of FAN content, the outlet believes the
decision was made by Google’s headquarters in the U.S., not by the
company’s Moscow office.
·
FAN was created in 2014, and it was initially based in the
same office in St. Petersburg as the infamous “troll factory,” which was
allegedly founded by the catering magnate Evgeny Prigozhin. According to an
investigative report published by the magazine RBC in March
2017, the troll factory is tied to a whole “media group” that includes half a
dozen publications, where FAN is the most prominent. The total
audience for the media network was estimated to be 11 million unique viewers a
month. (The Real Russia. Today. November 6)
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1 big thing: Impact of Big Tech hearings
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A SurveyMonkey poll for Axios found that Americans weren't impressed by
tech firms' explanation of how Russian actors took advantage of their
platforms during the 2016 election, but most people still don't embrace
regulating the web platforms to prevent it from happening again, Axios' David McCabe reports:
The bottom
line: Neither Congress nor the tech
companies did themselves any favors. But tech execs tell me they won by not
losing: Their counsels answered hours of questions with no big gaffe or
revelation.
Be
smart: The wariness of government regulation is
widespread and bipartisan enough to be a warning to lawmakers who want to
pursue it. (Axios AM, November 7, 2017)
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