If you are heading to the polls today, it might be worth saving your stateās hotline number on your phone now. #voterintimidationisillegal #voterintimidationhotlines
If you are heading to the polls today, it might be worth saving your stateās hotline number on your phone now. #voterintimidationisillegal #voterintimidationhotlines
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Top expert says Biden taking pandemic āseriouslyā, leading spokesman for president to accuse doctor of political bias
You need to vote him out, he whose name is not even worth speaking as to do so just adds to his āBrandingā
The US needs a president that takes this pandemic seriously. That doesnāt name call and blame others but steps up, take firm action and takes responsibility.
I am far from a conservative but in the UK, as much as I despise the man and what he represents, Boris is at least doing something. Albeit late. But he is doing something and all through his government has provided support to those whose jobs are at risk and more.
Has it been perfect? Far from it. Has it been free from corruption, deceit or ineptitude? No quite the opposite.
But I appreciate this is a very challenging situation to try to manage and try to do the right thing. But one of the simplest things to do is to acknowledge it, warn people about how serious it is and take some kind of action.
He who shall not be named canāt even do that. And now he has the blood of hundreds of thousands of lives on his hands.
If you havenāt already vote. And vote him out.
#vote
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Shropshire County Council has given money that was intended to help businesses struggling because of COVID...to fox hunting groups. While shops on our high streets close their doors, aid that's meant to help them weather the Covid-19 crisis has gone to fund cruel bloodsports instead. Animal welf...
This is beyond disgusting from a local county council in Shropshire giving money meant for struggling business has been given to fox hunting groups #shropshire
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At first glance, fake news and false memories appear to be separate phenomena. But they have much in common as dangerous sources of misinformation. This article argues that fake news generates false memories, which in turn leads to flawed decision-making. Ignoring this interplay amplifies risk for i...
Really interesting article here with an actual usable and tangible solution to weeding out fake news and itās impact in our personal lives #behavioraleconomics
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Posted by Editorial Team on September 28, 2020 at 7:30am
Critics describe the guidance as "sinister", while a minister says it allows for a "curriculum that reflects diversity of views".
"This is another step in the culture war and this drift towards extreme Conservative authoritarianism is gaining pace and should worry anyone who believes that democracy requires freedom of speech and an educated populace."
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Posted by Editorial Team on September 27, 2020 at 1:01pm
Polluters and their agents in government want to finalize as many environmental rollbacks as possible before the presidential election.
The race is on my the Trump administration to cut back on environmental protection while they can.
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Posted by Editorial Team on September 24, 2020 at 7:21am
United Kingdom, 2020 AD.
Algorithms decide so much about our lives that we are not even aware of. You might not think this important until one affects your life.
Not knowing how the decisions are made and with what bias it was written is just part of the problem.
Itās only when algorithmic decisions affect a lot of people lives, like in the exam debacle in the UK, that it comes on the radar.
Under current UK law you can, under GDPR, take action to ānot to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing.ā
And because of this Ofqual, who regulate education in the UK, has to take quick and direct action to solve the exam results fiasco.
However, please do not sit too comfortably; as the UK comes under more pressure with Brexit looming and negotiations underway this government is also considering loosening the UK internet and data protection laws in a deal with the US. A deal where GDPR will potentially be scrapped.
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Posted by Editorial Team on September 20, 2020 at 9:35am
Exclusive: Guardian analysis prompts calls for new drive to combat conspiracy theories
āEngagement with anti-vaccine posts on a sample of UK Facebook pages trebled between July and August, analysis by the Guardian has found, triggering calls for a major new push to tackle conspiracy theories.ā
There are at least two worrying strands to this story; 1) the uplift and proliferation of āmisinformationā being spread freely and virally inside social media. With those behind the theories profiting financially from them. And 2) the drive to suppress the freedom of speech, differing view points etc as calls for government and platform led censorship is discussed.
Somehow we need, globally, to be able to balance the two. On the one hand misinformation could cost lives and on the other censorship that squashes anything but the āofficialā narrative is a form of dictatorship.
We canāt expect to fully understand the complexity of issues through memes and social media posts.
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