Should freedom of assembly be an absolute right? – The Japan Times
admin | September 6, 2020
The right of the people peaceably to assemble, as the U.S.
What Facebook Still Needs To Do About The 2020 Elections – Forbes
admin | September 6, 2020
The companys decision to stop all new political ads in the week before the election reflects the ... [+] straitjacket in which Facebook has bound itself.
What the arrest of a hero of the genocide says about Paul Kagames rule – The Economist
admin | September 6, 2020
Paul Rusesabagina, whose story inspired Hotel Rwanda, faces charges of terrorism Sep 3rd 2020 TOURISTS WHO gawp at gorillas and foreign businessfolk who meet in Kigalis convention centre sometimes call Rwanda the Switzerland of Africa.
The divided land of ‘woke’ and Tory – The Guardian
admin | September 6, 2020
Writing last weekend on the scandal surrounding the Proms absence of patriotic songs, the former minister of fun David Mellors opined, the person I feel most sorry for is Edward Elgar, the composer of Land of Hope and Glory. Not black Britons offended by Rule, Britannia!s references to slaves; not black Britons annoyed by people taking offence on their behalf; and not the blameless female Finnish conductor suffering death threats for, in Mellorss words, uttering a load of woke nonsense about Black Lives Matter. No.
#HoloHoax: Researchers say Facebook and Twitter have a conceptual blindspot around Holocaust denial – CTech
admin | August 26, 2020
While anti-Semitism has been prevalent on social media for many years, a new study by the Institute of Strategic Dialogue (ISD) has found cases where platforms like Facebook are actively promoting Holocaust denial in their recommendation algorithms. Its study, Hosting the Holohoax: A Snapshot of Holocaust Denial Across Social Media addresses how certain words and phrases are used across major social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, and Youtube.
Will the UKs housebuilding algorithm join the governments growing AI graveyard? – The Next Web
admin | August 26, 2020
Its been a seriously rough few weeks for algorithms in the UK. The problems started on August 7, whenthe British government scrapped analgorithm used in visa applications, following allegations that it was creating speedy boarding for white people. Weeks later,England joined Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland in ditching a model used to calculate school exam resultsafter evidence emerged that it had penalized poorer students
After 18 Years, ADL’s Amanda Susskind Moves to the Constitutional Rights Foundation – Jewish Journal
admin | August 26, 2020
Over the past few years of her 18-year tenure as the Los Angeles Regional Director of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), Amanda Susskind said she began noticing a subversion of the democratic process throughout the nation. The trend, she said, may have been brought into focus by the current administration, but it certainly didnt start there. Nonetheless, when trends that she considers existential threats rear their heads, the Berkeley-raised Susskind runs toward the conflict with a mindset geared toward bringing about meaningful change
InterVarsity Press and the Jews: A Troubled History – The Times of Israel
admin | August 26, 2020
Earlier this year, InterVarsity Press, an Evangelical publishing house in the U.S. which shares content with the similarly named Inter-Varsity Press in the United Kingdom, published a 192- page book about Christians who saved Jews during the Holocaust. The book, released on March 17, 2020, is titled Defying the Holocaust: Ten Courageous Christians Who Supported Jews.
Holocaust denial graffitied at site of Nazi massacre in France – The Guardian
admin | August 22, 2020
Vandals have scrawled graffiti denying the Holocaust on a wall in the village that was the site of the Nazis biggest massacre of civilians in France during the second world war. The justice minister vowed on Saturday to bring those responsible to justice. Officials in Oradour-sur-Glane, near Limoges in central France, put up a tarpaulin to cover the graffiti discovered on Friday on the wall at the entrance to the Centre de la Mmoire (Centre for Remembrance)
How the forced sale of TikTok could splinter the internet – The Verge
admin | August 22, 2020
Well, you know how it is. Head out the door for a long-planned vacation, pray nothing major erupts before you get back, and before you can so much as pack a suitcase the president announces that ByteDance must sell TikTok or else TikTok will be banned in the United States. The timing was abrupt
