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☆ Twitter threatens to sue hate-speech watchdog group
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-31 | by ( Brian Fung | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

In a July 20 letter shared publicly Monday, Twitter threatened to sue the Center for Countering Digital Hate, accusing the group of a campaign to hurt Twitter by driving away its advertisers. The CCDH has published numerous reports about various social media companies’ approach to everything from vaccine misinformation to online racism and antisemitism. Since taking over Twitter, Musk has slashed roughly 80% of the company’s staff, including many working on the platform’s content moderation teams. Threatening lawsuits has become a favored tactic for Musk as Twitter faces continued pressure. Earlier this month, Twitter threatened to sue Facebook-parent Meta over the launch of its competing app, Threads, accusing the company of copying Twitter’s product through trade secret theft.

Persons: DC CNN — Elon Musk, “, Twitter, Alex Spiro, Musk, CCDH, Spiro, ” Spiro, Imran Ahmed, ”, Spiro didn’t, — Organizations: DC CNN, Twitter, Safety, Defamation League, Tufts University, University of Southern, Facebook, Microsoft Locations: Washington, University of Southern California, Redmond, Wash

☆ Let go of past pain: A mind-body approach to healing ancestral trauma
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-30 | by ( Jessica Dulong | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

Hübl: First off, trauma often gets conflated with adversity itself, but it’s actually how our nervous system responds to a distressing experience. Our nervous system is trying to keep us safe. When we go through an overwhelming experience that the nervous system cannot process, we lose our relationship to life in that moment. These reactions can get frozen into our nervous system so that triggering circumstances stir up trauma responses. This helps me train my nervous system to strengthen pathways for self-awareness, creating an inner mindfulness.

Persons: Thomas Hübl, Thomas, Hübl, ”, it’s, It’s, I’m, “ Othering, we’re, There’s, Jessica DuLong Organizations: CNN Locations: Brooklyn , New York

☆ Orca moms fiercely protect their sons from bullying and fights — but not their daughters, study suggests
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( Marianne Guenot | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Older orca mothers may protect their sons from bullying well into adulthood. Orca males carry fewer bite marks if their moms are alive in their old age, a study found. Moms may step in if their sons are in troubleTooth rake marks left behind on a Southern resident killer whale. David Ellifrit, Center for Whale ResearchThis new research, from the Universities of Exeter and York in the UK and the Center for Whale Research in Washington, suggests moms could be going even further for their sons. By protecting their sons, older females may be increasing the pod's chance of passing on its genes, while expending fewer resources.

Persons: Charli Grimes, Michael Weiss, Grimes, David Ellifrit, Darren Croft Organizations: Service, University of Exeter, Southern, for Whale Research, Center, , Research, Exeter University, for, Universities of Exeter, Center for Whale Research Locations: Wall, Silicon, synchrony, Southern, York, Washington

☆ Africa Walk 2023: Africa's creative industry takes center stage
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-17 | by ( Nimi Princewill | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Themed “Unleashing the potential and value of the African Creative Industry,” the continent’s billion-dollar creative industry will be at the center of conversations at the event, which aims to shine a spotlight on the possibilities and untapped value that the industry holds. Courtesy Platform CapitalAs an advocate for the continent’s cultural potential, Akindele is passionate about changing misconceptions surrounding the African creative industry at Africa Walk. “There’s a myth about the creative industry (in Africa) - that it is not structured and that you cannot put money in there,” he said. Similar to the oil industry’s success, the creative industry requires a lot of refineries to produce the finest oil product. The same refining is highly needed for our creative industry now,” said the singer whose real name is Oladapo Daniel Oyebanjo.

Persons: ”, Lehle Balde, Akintoye Akindele, ” Akindele, Lai Mohammed, Renee Yao, “, Nollywood, Party ”, Afrobeats, Kunle Remi, D’banj, creatives, “ I’ve, Daniel Oyebanjo, Oyebanjo, Riyah Abdul, ” Abdul Organizations: Nigeria CNN, Capital, CNN, African Creative Industry, Nigerian Information, Global Healthcare, Nvidia, Party, Africa Locations: Abuja, Nigeria, Africa, Senegal, Dakar, Lagos, Europe, North America, Asia, South Africa, Kenya

☆ Opinion: ‘Joy Ride’ is the Asian American-centered movie that all audiences need to see
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-11 | by ( Opinion Regina Kim | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —When I first heard about the film “Joy Ride,” an unabashedly raunchy comedy about four Asian American friends and their misadventures in China, I couldn’t contain my excitement. Regina Kim Courtesy Regina KimIt felt exactly like the kind of movie that the Asian American community had been waiting for. To be perfectly honest, after going to a screening of “Joy Ride,” it took me two days to fully process what I’d seen. Perhaps I was so startled because I wasn’t used to seeing Asian Americans — especially Asian American women — depicted like this. I’m hoping that more people will realize that Asian American women can be sassy, outspoken, hilarious, weird or all of the above — but, most importantly, that we, too, are human.

Persons: Regina Kim, Stone, ELLE, who’ve, – we’ve, Adele Lim, Rich, Cherry Chevapravatdumrong, Teresa Hsiao, Ashley Park, Audrey, Stephanie Hsu, Kat, Sherry Cola, Sabrina Wu, I’d, —, Lolo, White, ”, it’s, direly Organizations: Twitter, CNN, American, Asian, Facebook Locations: China, American, America

☆ How the generative A.I. boom could forever change online advertising
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-08 | by ( Jonathan Vanian | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +10 min

Meta, Alphabet and Amazon , the leaders in online advertising, are all betting generative AI will eventually be core to their businesses. In May, Meta announced its AI Sandbox testing suite for companies to more easily use generative AI software to create background images and experiment with different advertising copy. However, Shaked said he's "not sold on the creative piece yet," regarding Meta's nascent foray into providing generative AI tools for advertisers. Jay Pattisall, an analyst at Forrester, said several major hurdles prevent generative AI from having a major immediate impact on the online ad industry. Stacy Reed, an online advertising and Facebook ads consultant, is currently incorporating generative AI into her daily work.

Persons: Sebastien Bozon, ChatGPT, Shane Rasnak, Rasnak, Cristina Lawrence, Lawrence, Mark Zuckerberg, Andrew Caballero, Reynolds, Yarden Shaked, Shaked, Jay Pattisall, Forrester, Pattisall, Reddit, Scott McKelvey, OpenAI, McKelvey, that's, Meta, Stacy Reed, it's, Reed, they've, Ryan Reynolds Organizations: AFP, Getty, Facebook, Twitter, CNBC, Meta, Meta's, Georgetown University, Bloomberg News, Mint Mobile, Social Locations: Utah, San Francisco, Washington

☆ Jack Dorsey took aim at Meta's Threads and accused it of ripping off Twitter: 'We wanted flying cars, instead we got 7 Twitter clones'
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-07 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Jack Dorsey criticized Meta's Threads saying it is a 'Twitter clone' and lacks any originality. The Twitter co-founder claimed that various social media platforms have imitated Twitter. Jack Dorsey has taken another swipe at Meta's hot new app, Threads, bemoaning its lack of originality and calling it one of the many "clones" trying to imitate Twitter. Dorsey, Twitter's co-founder and former CEO, tweeted his complaints about Threads on Thursday saying: "We wanted flying cars, instead we got 7 Twitter clones." The image shows how similar the interface of platforms like Threads, Twitter, Mastodon, Bluesky — a decentralized social network made by Dorsey — and Not Boring are.

Persons: Jack Dorsey, Meta, Dorsey, Twitter's, Andy Allen, Dorsey —, Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg Organizations: Twitter, Facebook

☆ Meta Loses Appeal on How It Harvests Data in Germany
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-04 | by ( Adam Satariano | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

Although the ruling applies only to Meta services in Germany, it is expected to influence other antitrust authorities in the European Union. antitrust law, called the Digital Markets Act, takes effect in the coming months and gives regulators new powers to encourage competition in the tech sector. The court said regulators investigating antitrust cases can also examine whether a company is breaking the European Union’s data protection law, called the General Data Protection Regulation, or G.D.P.R. After the company appealed the decision, it eventually landed before the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg. He has argued that Facebook uses the data it collects from users to strengthen its position over rivals, harming competition.

Persons: Meta, Andreas Mundt, Mundt, ” Mr, “ Organizations: European Court, Justice, Facebook, Big Tech, European Union, Markets, Data, Court of Justice, Amazon, Google Locations: Germany, European Union, Luxembourg

☆ A shadowy club in California recently associated with Clarence Thomas is being sued for multiple labor violations. Here's what the secret retreat is known for.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-03 | by ( Hannah Getahun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Former workers, known as valets, are suing an elite men's club for alleged labor violations. The Bohemian Club has been associated with right-wing political figures, including Clarence Thomas. The suit names Bohemian Club treasurer William Dawson as someone who directly asked employees to "falsify payroll records." The club is also known for hosting "Lakeside Talks," where members, often those of the political elite, speak about policy ideas. The Bohemian Club and a lawyer for the plaintiffs did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.

Persons: Clarence Thomas, —, Harlan Crow, Thomas, valets, William Dawson, Sam Singer, Singer, Ronald Reagan, Richard Nixon, George HW Bush, Alex Jones Organizations: Bohemian, Service, GOP, Bohemian Club, Pomella, Press Democrat, Club, Grove Locations: California, Monte Rio , California, Bohemian

☆ From George Washington to Donald Trump, America’s obsession with secret societies is a mainstay of our democracy — and it resurfaces whenever there’s a renewed push for civil rights, author of new boo
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-01 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

Multiple presidents, from George Washington to Donald Trump, have endorsed conspiracy theories. George Washington and Abraham Lincoln both openly espoused conspiracy theories of various kinds. It was important for me early on to make a distinction between actual conspiracies and conspiracy theories. And those tend to be a specific cover-up around specific things, there's an identifiable group of actors and once you start doing basic journalism, these things tend to unravel pretty quickly. So I think that's, unfortunately, where we're heading.

Persons: Colin Dickey's, George Washington, Donald Trump, —, Colin Dickey, Dickey, Trump, Abraham Lincoln, Hillary Clinton, Jeffrey Epstein Organizations: Freemasons, Service, American, United, Civil Rights Movement, People Locations: United States, —, America, Iran, Salem

☆ Nicola Bulley: British mother died from accidental drowning, coroner rules
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-27 | by ( Sana Noor Haq | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

A senior coroner for Lancashire, James Adeley, said Bulley suffered “cold water shock,” and ruled out suicide as a cause of death. Weeks later, her body was recovered from the River Wyre. Investigators at the time fiercely condemned members of the public for posting unfounded claims on social media, which police said interrupted the investigation. “Sadly, we feel the need to again raise and address the issue of social media. It’s upsetting that we’ve continued to receive negative targeted messages and still wildly inaccurate speculation being shared on numerous platforms.”

Persons: Nicola Bulley –, –, James Adeley, Bulley, Weeks, Bulley’s, “, Nikki, Terry Wilcox, we’ve Organizations: CNN, UK’s, Media, Lancashire Police, Police, PA Media Locations: British, Lancashire, St, Michael’s, Wyre

But when asked their age in informal settings, most South Koreans will answer with their “Korean age,” which could be one or even two years older than their international age. Born on December 31, 1977, he is considered 45 by international age; 46 by calendar year age; and 47 by Korean age. Under this law, people are allowed to buy alcohol starting in the year they turn 19 (in international age). Many residents are likely to continue using the traditional Korean age system in day-to-day life and social scenarios, as is common. And it marks a victory for lawmakers who have spent years campaigning to standardize international age, fed up with the multiple systems.

Persons: South Korea CNN —, –, ”, Lee Wan, ” Lee, Yoon Suk, Psy, Lee Organizations: South Korea CNN, South, Ministry of Government Locations: Seoul, South Korea, South Korea’s, China, South Koreans

☆ Barbie, Her House and the American Dream
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-23 | by ( Anna Kodé | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +17 min

Barbie, Her House and the American Dream Take a stop-motion journey with the young, single homeowner of the Dreamhouse. Today according to Mattel, the toymaker behind the iconic doll, a new Barbie Dreamhouse is sold every two minutes. A vintage Barbie doll puts a record on, dances and sits down. He came to Barbie’s house.”Now, Ms. Dalsing lives in Saint Joseph, Mo., in what she called her own dream house. “In the early 2000s, single women were the fastest growing group of home buyers in the United States,” she said.

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☆ Poland's Kaczynski rejoins government ahead of tough election
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

WARSAW, June 21 (Reuters) - Poland's ruling party leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski returned to the cabinet as deputy prime minister on Wednesday, taking up a more prominent role ahead of a closely fought election expected in October or November. The other deputy prime ministers resigned and will continue as ministers. Kaczynski previously served as deputy prime minister from October 2020 till June 2022, and also headed Poland's security committee. Although PiS is ahead in most opinion polls, a question mark remains over whether it can secure a parliamentary majority. Divisons in the ruling coalition have also re-emerged over Poland's relations with Brussels, after the EU withheld funding over rule of law concerns.

Persons: Jaroslaw Kaczynski, Kaczynski, Andrzej Duda, PiS, Pawel Florkiewicz, Karol Badohal, Alan Charlish, Gareth Jones, Emma Rumney Organizations: WARSAW, Law, Justice, European Union, PiS, Thomson Locations: Republic, Warsaw, Brussels

☆ Twitter is a more dangerous platform for the LGBTQ community now than it was a year ago, GLAAD finds
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-15 | by ( Brandon Gomez | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Twitter is a more dangerous social platform for LGBTQ users now than it was a year ago, according to a new survey from LGBTQ+ rights organization GLAAD. GLAAD found that the platforms continue to fall short at establishing and enforcing safeguards meant to protect LGBTQ users from hate speech. "You can think of community notes as like an error correction on information in the network. And the effect of community notes is actually bigger than it would seem. The debate over a community notes approach is that it leaves the burden on those affected by hate speech to report harmful posts.

Persons: Kara Swisher, Sarah Kate Ellis, Jack Malon, we've, we're, Elon Musk, Musk, CNBC's David Faber Organizations: CNBC, New York, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, GLAAD, Machine

Under the terms, Vodafone will own 51% and Hutchison 49% of the combined group, which will be led by current Vodafone UK boss Ahmed Essam. The finance chief of Hutchison's Three UK, Darren Purkis, will take the same role in the new group. The combined operator will have about 27 million customers, overtaking BT's (BT.L) EE and VM O2, jointly owned by Telefonica (TEF.MC) and Liberty Global (LBTYA.O). Vodafone, which is currently Britain's third-biggest mobile operator, and fourth-placed Hutchison will have options which would allow Vodafone to acquire the Hong Kong-based conglomerate's 49% stake in the future. Shares in Vodafone, which fell to a 25-year low of 71 pence on Tuesday, rose 3.6% after the deal was announced.

Persons: CK Hutchison, Canning Fok, Ahmed Essam, Darren Purkis, Hutchison, Vodafone's Essam, Robert Finnegan, Gail Cartmail, Paul Sandle, Clare Jim, Kate Holton, Sharon Singleton, Kirsten Donovan Organizations: Vodafone, CK, HK, Hutchison, Hutchison's, BT's, VM O2, Telefonica, Liberty Global, Britain's Competition, Markets Authority, CMA, Unite, Thomson Locations: HONG KONG, Britain, Hong Kong, China, London

☆ Under Xi Jinping, China's military has become an untouchable nationalist symbol
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-26 | by ( Nectar Gan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Yue’s alleged transgression: “uglifying” and “insulting” China’s military, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA). Under Xi, China passed a law in 2018 to ban the slander of national “heroes and martyrs,” a crime punishable by up to three years in prison. To outsiders, it may appear puzzling that China’s military, the largest and one of the most powerful in the world, would be so easily offended by a seemingly tame joke. Xi has staked his legitimacy on returning China to its former greatness, and a strong and powerful military plays a key role in driving that nationalist agenda. He has also ramped up China’s military posturing, sending fighter jets and warships to the Taiwan Strait and around the disputed islands with Japan.

☆ How top execs get a bigger tax break on retirement savings than the rest of us
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-18 | by ( Jeanne Sahadi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

It’s a very real possibility, thanks to some generous tax-advantaged retirement savings options available to them — but not to rank-and-file employees. At Disney, where median employee pay is $54,256, CFO Christine Mary McCarthy had amassed nearly $44 million in a nonqualified plan. If annuitized, that balance might generate $3 million a month in retirement, IPS estimated. Narrowing the retirement divideMany Americans face critical shortfalls in savings as they near retirement. By contrast, the median 401(k) balance at Vanguard, a major provider of such plans, was just $33,472,” the IPS report notes.

☆ Analysis: India's opposition Congress gains key foothold with state election win
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-14 | by ( Yp Rajesh | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

At the same time, they cautioned that Congress' victory on Saturday in Karnataka state, home to the booming tech hub of Bengaluru, was largely due to local factors. The party has won just one state election since December 2018, crumbling under the onslaught of the BJP's Hindu nationalism, the government's generous social spending, Modi's popularity, and its own leadership vacuum. "This is an amazing beginning," said Rajeev Gowda, the head of research at Congress and a former federal lawmaker. "We need to adapt these learnings to every election-going state in 2023 and more importantly to parliamentary elections next year," he said. Asked by the India Today-Axis poll how they would vote if the Karnataka election had been a national election instead, 10% of the respondents shifted to Modi, enough to overturn the result.

☆ India's opposition Congress gains key foothold with state election win
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-14 | by ( Yp Rajesh | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

☆ Smart money moves for new grads
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-10 | by ( Jeanne Sahadi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Know what your means areFigure out how much money you bring in, how much you spend and how much you save. Don’t count on money you don’t have yetYou’ve heard you’ll be paid a bonus. But until it does, don’t spend it in advance because you have no control over when it will come or how much you’ll get. Clements recommends having just two credit cards: One with a low credit limit (e.g., $1,000 to $2,000) that you use as your “walking around” card for purchases. Plus it helps your credit score because you will never charge too high a percentage of your total credit limit.

☆ LinkedIn layoffs: Company to cut 716 jobs, exit China app InCareer amid 'challenging' economic climate
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-09 | by ( Laura He | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Hong Kong CNN —LinkedIn, the world’s largest social media platform for professionals, is cutting 716 positions and shutting down its jobs app in mainland China, the California-based company announced. Ng Han Guan/APAs part of the move, LinkedIn will phase out InCareer, its app for mainland China, by August 9. LinkedIn is the last major Western social media app still operating in mainland China. Maimai was launched in 2013 and dubbed the Chinese version of LinkedIn. “We’re also facing a significantly more challenging operating environment and greater compliance requirements in China.”

☆ Chile's voters set to take big step in constitution redraft 2.0
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-05 | by ( Natalia A. Ramos Miranda | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

REUTERS/Rodrigo GarridoSANTIAGO, May 5 (Reuters) - Chileans will vote to elect 50 constitutional advisers on Sunday, a major step towards rewriting the constitution, after voters overwhelmingly rejected a first attempt in a plebiscite last September to replace the dictatorship-era charter. The so-called Constitutional Council that voters are set to elect will work as of June on the new constitution, based on a preliminary draft prepared by a commission of 24 experts that Congress appointed in March. "I voted to approve (in September), I wanted a new constitution and to get rid of the dictatorship's constitution, but now I'm not really interested." He stressed that traditional political forces are now more in control of the process, unlike the failed first attempt. It seems "likely that no single bloc or party will win enough seats to independently steer the process without compromise," Watson said.

☆ The ‘Peace Dividend’ Is Over in Europe. Now Come the Hard Tradeoffs.
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-03 | by ( Patricia Cohen | Liz Alderman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

But the crucial question of how to pay for the momentous shift in national priorities remains. In France, for instance, government spending as a percentage of the economy, at 1.4 trillion euros ($1.54 trillion), is the highest in Europe. Debates over competing priorities are playing out in other capitals across the region — even if the trade-offs are not explicitly mentioned. It was just one in a series of walkouts by public workers who complained that underfunding, double-digit inflation and the pandemic’s aftermath have crippled essential services like health care, transportation and education. Romania, which has been running up its public debt over the years, has pledged to lift military spending this year by 0.5 percent of national output.

☆ How Do We Ensure an A.I. Future That Allows for Human Thriving?
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-02 | by ( David Marchese | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +16 min

Some of us would like to slow this down because we are seeing more costs every day, but I don’t think that means that there are no benefits. We may someday have a technology that revolutionizes science and technology, but I don’t think GPT-5 is the ticket for that. Combine that human overattribution with the reality that these systems don’t know what they’re talking about and are error-prone, and you have a problem. I don’t think we should go after an individual who posts a silly story on Facebook that wasn’t true. I don’t think, however, that the technology we have right now is very good for that — systems that can’t even reliably do math problems.

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