“Any messages of hate or people wanting to cause harm in our community will not be tolerated – it’s not the Kiwi way,” said John Price, Canterbury District Commander Superintendent in an emailed statement on Thursday. Police in the South Island city said that no charges have been made and …
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On February 5, Ben Nimmo announced he will with immediate effect be joining Facebook, to help the social media monopoly “lead global threat intelligence strategy against influence operations.” It’s a shocking development, yet somehow an entirely unsurprising one. After all, despite having less than no discernible professional or educational background …
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A Saturday report from the New York Post, which cited FEC records, claimed Hawley had spent $197 at various food outlets during a March 2020 trip to Universal Studios, Florida, and billed it to his campaign. The bill included $80.04 at Margaritaville, $31.38 at the Harry Potter-themed Hopping Pot, $30.41 …
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In Britain, the high streets have been on unstable ground for a long time, as local councils have seen city centres as cash cows, upping parking charges and using armies of attendants to pounce on unsuspecting out-of-towners who stayed ten minutes too long in a space. The decline in the …
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Addressing the winners of the Russia-wide Teacher of the Year competition on Tuesday, Vladimir Putin said that “these platforms are, of course, primarily businesses … and what is the primary concern of a business? Making a profit.” “They don’t care if this content or that content causes harm for the …
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“Hello world, is this thing on?” Parler chief executive John Matze quipped in a message that appeared as the company’s website resurfaced on Sunday, marking its first sighting since being shut down a week ago, when Amazon terminated its web-hosting services. “Now seems like the right time to remind you …
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During a Sunday interview, Stahl asked Pelosi about a potential future leadership change, in reference to Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez previously accusing Congressional Democrats of not training the next generation of party heads. “You’re 80, your number two [House Majority Leader] Steny Hoyer is 81, your number three [House Majority Whip] …
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In a complaint filed last week, Texas and nine other states accused the tech duo of striking a deal to divide the lucrative market, with Google agreeing to give Facebook perks if the latter backs off from direct competition. The secret pact was codenamed after a ‘Star Wars’ character, and …
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Using non-financial data such as “the type of browser and hardware used to access the internet, the history of online searches and purchases,” which is then fed into technology powered by AI and machine learning, could “advance financial inclusion, by, for example, enabling more credit to informal workers and households …
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The outage affected Gmail, YouTube, Google My Business, Google AdSense, Google AdWords and other services, according to complaints. The names of the mail service and the video platform operated by the tech giant trended on Twitter as people rushed to share their frustration and surprise. People trying to access the …
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