Day: June 27, 2019

How to fend off automated censorship

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27 June 2019 — Open Rights Group

You have until Monday 1 July to make you views known!

The Internet in general and social media in particular play a central role in protecting free expression in society. But the Government’s new plan to make social media safer could change that by ushering in a new era of automated censorship.

The window to comment on the Government’s Online Harms White Paper closes on Monday.  William can you take a minute to tell the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) that social media regulation must protect the right to free expression?
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Facial recognition technology and the US military-intelligence apparatus By Kevin Reed

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27 June 2019 — WSWS

On Tuesday, the Oakland City Council Public Safety Committee unanimously approved a resolution banning the use of facial recognition (FR) technology by the city, including by the police department. A full vote of the city council on the resolution is planned for July 16.

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Iran Newslinks 26-27 June 2019

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27 June 2019 • 14:20  — The New Dark Age

There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day

How European Powers Have Sold Iran Out
https://journal-neo.org/2019/06/27/how-european-powers-have-sold-iran-out/

Foreign Ministry doubts meeting on Iran nuclear deal may yield breakthrough solution
https://tass.com/politics/1065859

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Life Expectancy Falters in the UK: Slow Death but Fast Profits for the Agrochemical Sector By Colin Todhunter

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26 June, 2019 —Global Research

A special report in the Observer newspaper in the UK on 23 June 2019 asked the question: Why is life expectancy faltering? The piece noted that for the first time in 100 years, Britons are dying earlier. The UK now has the worst health trends in Western Europe.

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Russia tamps down US-Iran tensions By M.K. Bhadrakumar

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27 June 2019 — Indian Punchline

(Donald Trump signed an executive order for new sanctions against Iran on June 24, 2019)

The US President Donald Trump is learning that Persian is a tricky language and does not easily yield its hidden charms to westerners. The western media attributed to Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani a remark during his televised speech on June in Tehran 25 to the effect that the White House is “mentally retarded.” But now folks with grounding in the intricacies of Persian language — who else but the BBC Monitoring in London — interpret differently.

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Britain and Oman: Will their growing special relationship survive succession? By Mark Curtis

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19 June 2019 — Mark Curtis

Published in Middle East Eye, 17 June 2019

Sixty years ago, Britain won a long-forgotten war in Oman, setting the special relationship between the two countries that is still being boosted today.

The anniversary falls as the head of the British army recently visited Oman, and as the two countries signed a “Comprehensive Joint Declaration on Enduring Friendship” and a new Joint Defence Agreement. Last year, the two cooperated on the UK’s largest military exercise in the Middle East in 20 years.

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New Flyer and Website All About The Bees Being Harmed by 5G

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26 June 2019 — Activist Post

By B.N. Frank

In February, telecom industry representatives gave congressional testimony that they have no scientific evidence that 5G is safe.  Many studies say it’s not.  Regardless, 5G is being installed everywhere despite worldwide opposition and warnings from doctors, scientists, environmentalists and many other credible sources.  (see also 1, 2, 3, 4, 5).  Where 5G has already been installed, few seem interested in subscribing to it.

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Western News Agencies Mistranslate Iran’s President Speech – It Is Not The First Time Such ‘Error’ Happens

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26 June 2019 — Moon of Alabama

Yesterday the news agencies Associated Press and Reuters mistranslated a speech by Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani. They made it sound as if Rouhani insulted U.S. President Donald Trump as ‘mentally retarded’. Rouhani never said that.

The agencies previously made a similar ‘mistake’.

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