Day: July 9, 2020

Categories Journalism & Mass media

What does community control of police look like?

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Chapman has been in the struggle for more than 50 years — beginning with his time as a young man serving a life sentence in Missouri state prison. While incarcerated, Chapman became a self-taught radical, eventually leading a successful fight to desegregate Missouri state prisons and achieve his own freedom. … Read More >What does community control of police look like?

Categories Journalism & Mass media

How the Pentagon failed to sell Afghan government’s bunk ‘Bountygate’ story to US intelligence agencies

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Another New York Times Russiagate bombshell turns out to be a dud, as dodgy stories spun out by Afghan intelligence and exploited by the Pentagon ultimately failed to convince US intelligence agencies. … Read More >How the Pentagon failed to sell Afghan government’s bunk ‘Bountygate’ story to US intelligence agencies

Categories UK

Former UK Chancellor Hammond slams ‘alarming’ rise in ‘anti-Chinese sentiment’ within Tory Party amid Huawei row

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Former Tory Chancellor Philip Hammond has waded into the row over Huawei, accusing his party of ramping up “anti-Chinese” rhetoric and warning that the UK should not be distancing itself from its third largest trading partner. … Read More >Former UK Chancellor Hammond slams ‘alarming’ rise in ‘anti-Chinese sentiment’ within Tory Party amid Huawei row

Categories World

Beware of FAKE JOURNALISTS! Daily Beast exposes network of false personas that tricked news outlets into publishing their op-eds

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The Daily Beast says it has identified a network of fake personas used to sneak opinion pieces aligned with UAE government policy to legitimate media outlets. Twitter agreed to suspend some of their accounts. … Read More >Beware of FAKE JOURNALISTS! Daily Beast exposes network of false personas that tricked news outlets into publishing their op-eds

Categories World

Zoom, TikTok pause data requests from Hong Kong authorities following new national security law, joining Facebook and WhatsApp

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US video conferencing platform Zoom has joined Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp and Telegram in suspending data requests from Hong Kong authorities following the enactment of the new national security law. … Read More >Zoom, TikTok pause data requests from Hong Kong authorities following new national security law, joining Facebook and WhatsApp

Categories USA

If China seeks world domination, should the US keep doing business with it? FBI chief Wray seems to want it both ways

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If the picture of Chinese ‘malign influence’ in the US is as dire as FBI Director Chris Wray painted it, the two nations ought to be at war. Yet Wray doesn’t advise that, suggesting it’s all just Russiagate-like fear-mongering. … Read More >If China seeks world domination, should the US keep doing business with it? FBI chief Wray seems to want it both ways