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☆ Their Songs Were Stolen by Phantom Artists. They Couldn’t Get Them Back.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-13 | by ( David Segal | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

But not long after “The Jukebox of Regret” was finished in July and posted on SoundCloud, nearly every song on it somehow turned up on Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube and at least a dozen other streaming platforms. This might have counted as a pleasant surprise, except for a bizarre twist: Each song had a new title, attached to the name of a different artist. This mysterious switcheroo might have gone unnoticed. But by happenstance, it was discovered when the guy who produced the album posted one of the songs on his studio’s Instagram account. To his astonishment, Instagram automatically tagged the song “Preston” by Bad Dog as a song called “Drunk the Wine” by Vinay Jonge — a “musician” with no previous songs and zero profile on the internet.

Persons: ”, Instagram, Preston, Vinay Jonge — Organizations: Apple Music, YouTube Locations: SoundCloud

☆ Opinion | The ’23 Elections and the Abortion Effect
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

After Tuesday’s elections, you write, “The political potency of abortion rights proved more powerful than the drag of President Biden’s approval ratings in Tuesday’s off-year elections.”What do Mr. Biden’s approval ratings have to do with abortion rights on the ballot? Andy Beshear in Kentucky highlights many reasons why President Biden needs to pass the torch. As a lifelong Democrat, I am mystified why Mr. Biden does not gracefully step aside. He won 52 percent of the vote in a red state that Mr. Biden lost by 26 points in 2020. I implore Mr. Biden to listen to the wishes of the American people and let a new leader arise.

Persons: Biden’s, Dee Baer, Matt C, Abbott, Re “ Beshear, Conservative Kentucky ”, Andy Beshear, Biden, Mr, Beshear, Donald Trump, Trump, Eric De Jonge Chevy Organizations: New York Times, Democratic, “ Voters, Republicans, Conservative Kentucky, Gov Locations: Tuesday’s, Virginia, Ohio, Dee Baer Wilmington, Del, Koltek Louisville, Abbott Lake Geneva, Wis, Conservative, Kentucky, Eric De Jonge Chevy Chase, Md, America

☆ A Dutch town is suing Twitter in a bid to get tweets about a Satanic conspiracy theory taken down, report says
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-17 | by ( Sam Tabahriti | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A Dutch town is suing Twitter to get all tweets about a conspiracy theory involving it taken down. The tweets falsely claimed that Satan-worshipping pedophiles were active in the town in the 1980s. They falsely claimed that a group of Satan-worshipping pedophiles was active in the town in the 1980s, according to Reuters. The town's lawyer, Cees van de Zanden, told the Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant: "If conspiracy theorists don't remove their messages, then the platforms involved need to act." In July, van de Zanden said Bodegraven asked Twitter to find and remove all messages relating to the pedophile claims but was still waiting for a response.

☆ Dutch town takes Twitter to court to remove conspiracy theories
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A promoted tweet on Twitter app is displayed on a mobile phone near a Twitter logo, in this illustration picture taken Sept. 8, 2022. REUTERS/Florence Lo/IllustrationTHE HAGUE, Sept 16 (Reuters) - A small Dutch town took Twitter (TWTR.N) to court on Friday to demand the social media giant takes down all messages relating to a supposed ring of satan-worshipping paedophiles that were alleged to have been active in the town in the 1980s. Twitter's lawyer Jens van den Brink declined to comment before the hearing at The Hague District Court on Friday. But despite their conviction, stories about Bodegraven still circulate on social media as others have continued to echo their story, leading the town to take the matter up with Twitter itself. "If conspiracy theorists don't remove their messages, then the platforms involved need to act," the town of Bodegraven's lawyer Cees van de Zanden was quoted as saying by Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant on Friday.

☆ Țările de Jos au suspendat utilizarea vaccinului AstraZeneca
▼ + stars: | 2021-03-15 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +2 min

Țările de Jos au suspendat utilizarea vaccinului contra coronavirusului produs de Oxford-AstraZeneca din cauza preocupărilor cu privire la posibilele sale efecte secundare, anunță BBC, citează Digi24.ro. Guvernul olandez a declarat că măsura, care va fi valabilă cel puțin până în 29 martie, este una de precauție. "Pe baza noilor informaţii, Autoritatea olandeză pentru medicamente a recomandat, ca măsură de precauţie şi în aşteptarea unei anchete mai aprofundate, să suspende administrarea vaccinului AstraZeneca împotriva COVID-19", a informat Ministerul Sănătăţii într-un comunicat. Într-o declarație, guvernul olandez a declarat că acționează din precauție în urma rapoartelor din Danemarca și Norvegia cu privire la posibile efecte secundare grave. Mai multe ţări europene au suspendat administrarea vaccinului AstraZeneca, sau numai a unor loturi cu acest vaccin, în urma semnalării mai multor cazuri de tromboze care au survenit în zilele următoare inoculării.

Persons: Hugo, Jonge Organizations: BBC, olandeză, Organizația Mondială a Sănătății, Agenția Europeană Locations: Țările, Jos, Oxford, Danemarca, Norvegia, olandez, Sănătății, Irlanda

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