Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have called on Spotify to alter its platform to better address alleged Covid-19 misinformation, according to a statement released through their group Archewell, which works to combat disinformation. The two have a reported $25-million deal with Spotify. “Last April, our co-founders began expressing concerns to …
Read More »Ukraine changes its mind on culprit behind cyberattack
A Ukrainian ministry now says “evidence” indicates Moscow was behind Friday’s attack on Kiev’s governmental websites. The move comes after another official earlier pointed the finger at hackers backed by Belarusian intelligence. The statement arrived less than a day after the deputy secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council, …
Read More »FDA changes 72yo standard
The US Food and Drug Administration has deregulated the making of French dressing, revoking the “standard of identity” for the salad topping. The request comes decades after the industry first called for standards to be dropped. On Thursday, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) tossed out the old “standard …
Read More »Putin changes Russian passport rules
Russian President Vladimir Putin has submitted a bill that could simplify the process of acquiring citizenship for a wide range of people, including those who lived within the borders of the Soviet Union and their children. The draft law, which was submitted to the State Duma on Wednesday, proposes to …
Read More »‘Changes’ for San Francisco after ‘horrible’ night of looting
Numerous stores, including Louis Vuitton and Bloomingdale’s, were hit on Friday night as part of a massive looting spree hitting businesses in the California city’s Union Square. In a Saturday press conference addressing the attack on businesses, Mayor London Breed promised “changes” to the area that will limit car access …
Read More »Macron quietly changes French flag – reports
Over the weekend, French broadcaster Europe1 and newspaper Le Parisien reported that Macron had covertly decided to make the blue in ‘the Tricolore’ a little bit darker. Journalists Paul Larrouturou and Eliot Blondet in their new book, ‘Élysée Confidential’, claimed that the president made the decision over a year ago, …
Read More »Hollywood crew members vote to go on strike, demanding changes to ‘unsafe’ work conditions and low pay
The IATSE, which represents over 150,000 members in the US and Canada, announced on Monday that the proposed action would be “the first nationwide strike in our 128-year history.” Among the group’s eligible voters, approximately 98% or over 52,000 members voted in favor of a strike. Overwhelming support for the …
Read More »What is the problem with most social media activism? It’s ill-informed, changes nothing and oversimplifies complex issues
Online activism comes in many forms, from symbolic signaling of a position on a crisis or issue, such as changing one’s profile picture, to a more engaged form, such as writing posts about events online. Awareness can be good, and campaigns for humanitarian aid online can even be better. However, …
Read More »‘Is it anti-vax to be concerned?’: Magazine editor reports changes to period after Covid jab, the latest in over 30,000 UK women
Lara Prendergast, an executive editor at London’s Spectator magazine, raised some concerning questions in a column on Thursday after reporting that she had been affected since receiving her first Pfizer dose in May. Noting that it is an “uncomfortable” and sensitive topic to discuss – indicating that the true number …
Read More »War never changes: Submissions open for RT’s 2021 Khaled Alkhateb International Memorial Awards for war journalism
The international competition, named in honor of Alkhateb, who was a regular contributor to RT Arabic at the time of his tragic death on July 30, 2017, is highlighting the perilous work of journalists in conflict zones for the fourth year in a row. The participants will compete in two …
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