China's 10-year initiative aims for a more secure food supply by 2035
China has announced a 10-year plan to build an agricultural powerhouse, aiming for stable grain production and a more secure food supply by 2035.
The plan, reported by state media Xinhua, outlines several key strategies to enhance food security, modernize agriculture, drive technological innovation, and promote rural revitalisation.
By 2027, China aims to achieve a grain output capacity of around 700 million metric tons, strengthen self-sufficiency in key crops, make breakthroughs in agricultural technologies like seeds and machinery, and boost global competitiveness, according to the plan.
This initiative comes amid escalating tensions with the United States, an economic slowdown, and challenges posed by climate change.
Tools that Just Work™ …until they don’t
Tools that Just Work™ …until they don’t
As a former Apple guy, it pains me a bit to say this, but I’m coming to believe that the whole “It Just Works” thing is a temporary illusion. Oh, it can be achieved! But the real …Adventures in Linux and KDE
Russia is not on Trump's tariff list
Summary
Russia was excluded from Trump’s sweeping tariff list due to existing U.S. sanctions that limit trade, White House officials claimed.
Despite lower trade volumes, countries like Syria were still included, prompting skepticism.
Trump has prioritized ending the war in Ukraine and threatened 50% tariffs on nations buying Russian oil. Russian state media framed the omission as sanctions-based, not favoritism, with some mocking Trump’s harsher stance on allies.
Ukraine, meanwhile, faces a 10% tariff despite the country’s strategic partnership with the U.S.
Russia not on Trump's tariff list
US media quotes the White House press secretary as saying this is because of sanctions on Moscow.Vitaliy Shevchenko (BBC News)
You might need to learn how to read better...
theverge.com/news/642620/trump…
Trump’s new tariff math looks a lot like ChatGPT’s
ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok, and Claude all recommend the same, simple tariff calculation that the White House appears to have used.Dominic Preston (The Verge)
After tariff shock, Trump may weaponise finance against allies
Summary
Following fresh tariffs, Trump may escalate pressure on allies by leveraging America’s financial dominance.
Options include restricting dollar access via Fed swap lines or pressuring payment giants like Visa and Mastercard, risking disruptions in Europe.
Trump’s advisers suggest a “Mar-a-Lago accord” to force currency revaluations, echoing the 1985 Plaza Accord, though economists doubt its feasibility.
Such moves could strain global markets, weaken trust in the dollar, and provoke retaliation. European leaders are considering countermeasures, fearing economic coercion and financial instability.
1980s-2000s : the information age
2000s-present : the data age.
Information implies it's correct, data implies it can be anything , true or false.
Israel military razed Gaza perimeter land to create ‘kill zone’, soldiers say
Israel military razed Gaza perimeter land to create ‘kill zone’, soldiers say
Combatants’ testimonies describe how areas were destroyed to create ‘a death zone of enormous proportions’Quique Kierszenbaum (The Guardian)
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Titled “The Perimeter” and published on Monday, the report said the stated purpose of the plan was to create a thick strip of land that provided a clear line of sight for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to identify and kill militants. “This space was to have no crops, structures, or people. Almost every object, infrastructure installation, and structure within the perimeter was demolished,” it said.
The article presents this as a new revelation, but wasn't creating a wider buffer zone on the Gaza side of the border one of the explicitly stated war goals? (And visible from space.) I'm surprised that there isn't signage and barbed wire to prevent civilians from wandering in accidentally, but the rest seems to be describing what a buffer zone (or "kill zone") is almost by definition.
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Trump Said Cuts Wouldn’t Affect Public Safety. Then He Fired Hundreds of Workers Who Help Fight Wildfires.
How Trump’s Forest Service Cuts Could Affect Wildland Firefighting
The White House and DOGE have sought to eliminate thousands of jobs from the Forest Service. The wildland firefighting force is one of many targets within the agency.ProPublica
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Don't worry. With increases to the prison state there will be plenty of prisoners to coerce into doing this dangerous job for free/pennies... smh.
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The Troubling Slavery-Era Origins of Inmate Firefighting
The history of enslaved firefighters offers a cautionary tale about the dangers of relying on involuntary labor to fight blazes.Justin Hawkins / Made by History (Time)
US defends tariffs on remote island of penguins and seals
US defends tariffs on remote island of penguins and seals
A group of islands, occupied only by penguins and seals, has been swept up in Trump's trade war.Ottilie Mitchell (BBC News)
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Germany Turns to U.S. Playbook: Deportations Target Gaza War Protesters
Berlin’s immigration authorities are moving to deport four young foreign residents on allegations related to participation in protests against Israel’s war on Gaza, an unprecedented move that raises serious concerns over civil liberties in Germany.
The deportation orders, issued under German migration law, were made amid political pressure and over internal objections from the head of the state of Berlin’s immigration agency.
The internal strife arose because three of those targeted for deportation are citizens of European Union member states who normally enjoy freedom of movement between E.U. countries. None of the four has been convicted of any crimes.
“What we’re seeing here is straight out of the far right’s playbook,” said Alexander Gorski, a lawyer representing two of the protesters. “You can see it in the U.S. and Germany, too: Political dissent is silenced by targeting the migration status of protesters.”
Germany Turns to U.S. Playbook: Deportations Target Gaza War Protesters
Four Gaza protesters in Germany are set for deportations despite objections from an immigration official that none were convicted of crimes.Hanno Hauenstein (The Intercept)
I’m interested and I’m also pretty fed up seeing people defending Israel, USA and Germany (but many others too) WHILE PEOPLE ARE DYING in this moment.
3,000 portable anti-tank weapons, 500,000 rounds of ammunition for fully and semi-automatic firearms as well as other fuses and propellants. Much of the over €300 million was spent on armored vehicles, military trucks and safety glass.
Is this the humanitarian aid you blabber about?
So yes, your argument is unwelcome and you need to know that. Don’t agree? Then please explain.
Germany: Schools closed over extremist right threats
Summary
Several schools in Duisburg, Germany, were closed on Monday following threats of criminal actions linked to right-wing extremism.
While authorities do not believe the threats are serious, they suspended in-person classes at 17 schools, affecting approximately 17,980 students.
Germany: Schools closed over extremist right threats
Classrooms in the western German city of Duisburg have been closed after extremist threats linked to several schools. Officials said the measure was precautionary.Richard Connor (Deutsche Welle)
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Hong Kong stock market plunges most since ’97 crisis amid tariffs panic
Hong Kong stock market plunges most since ’97 crisis amid tariffs panic
Benchmark Hang Seng Index plummets as much as 13.74 percent in horror day for Asia’s markets.John Power (Al Jazeera)
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German poll: Majority for return to nuclear energy
Summary
A new Innofact poll shows 55% of Germans support returning to nuclear power, a divisive issue influencing coalition talks between the CDU/CSU and SPD.
While 36% oppose the shift, support is strongest among men and in southern and eastern Germany.
About 22% favor restarting recently closed reactors; 32% support building new ones.
Despite nuclear support, 57% still back investment in renewables. The CDU/CSU is exploring feasibility, but the SPD and Greens remain firmly against reversing the nuclear phase-out, citing stability and past policy shifts.
German poll: Majority for return to nuclear energy
Some 55% of Germans favor a reversal of nuclear policy according to a marketing poll. The issue has been a point of contention between parties seeking to form a coalition government.Jon Shelton (Deutsche Welle)
No. Take a good look at France and their nuclear strategy. Both maintaining old reactors and building new ones is extremely costly. Building times are to be measured in decades. Nuclear power is not economically viable nor is it a solution to the climate catastrophe.
Returning to nuclear power in Germany is nothing but a pointless waste of tax money.
Keep looking at things from a money perspective and the solution become obvious : kill everyone and be done with it.
Today, nuclear energy is a reasonably safe, efficient source of energy. Is it the energy of the future ? Probably not. But is it an efficient option for smoothing the grid while planting renewable all around it? It's definitely better than the other alternatives. Does it cost money to develop? Sure. Everything costs money. But there are benefits that won't show up in an accounting book that can't be brushed aside.
Power to gas, water pumps, heat storage and battery storage are viable alternatives. There are many days already where we over produce green energy. Why sink hundreds of billions into nuclear plants when we could use the energy we already produce instead?
Nuclear power is all but efficient.
You keep seeing these as "alternatives", despite the shortcomings.
I say they are complimentary, and as far as providing power to address these shortcomings, nuclear power is a good solution. How can you look at something that can single-handedly address all power requirements in some area, while providing supports to other, and say "nah", seriously.
What do you mean? The cost of an old nuclear reactors' MWh is 40-50€, that's really competitive.
And unlike solar and wind, it produces anytime. As a French person, not only do I think we were right to build them in the first place, I'm annoyed we stopped in the 2000s after the Chernobyl scare campaign, it's safer than Germany's coal, which also produces radioactive waste and isn't properly regulated, unlike nuclear.
Look at the desaster that is Flamanville 3, for instance.
The cour de comptes is pretty clear about it, too:
ccomptes.fr/sites/default/file…
I agree that coal is important to phase out, even moreso than nuclear power. Germany was wrong to leave nuclear before coal.
But building new reactors is an utter waste of time and money.
I have two answers to give you.
- Flamanville is a new generation of reactor that we are testing out after regretfully stopping the large-scale production of reactors in France. Therefore the welding sector had been lacking work for 20 years, many retiring. The same issue goes for many other highly-specialized skills in the field. Americans had to be brought in to fill in for these positions, at high cost. So the left hadn't been corrupted by Russia into being against nuclear power in the first place, Flamanville would like gone about as well as developing a fundamentally different design can. I will grant you, however, that this isn't the design I would have liked to see deployed: France used to be developing the Phoénix and SuperPhénix fast neutron reactors until protesters made them stop. These kinds of reactors are cleaner, more fuel-efficient (by several orders of magnitude!), some variants can even consume previous nuclear waste, although I don't think these two French designs could. These would have been wonderful to have access to. Russia and China have already developed these designs, in large parts with our researchers when they lost their jobs, and we'll eventually just buy them from them again. Nice plan.
- What would you replace these with? Batteries? Once again? Coal? Renewables? How would you deal when, all over Europe, every winter, there are weeks on end with next to no wind nor sun? Should we create new mountain ranges and rivers to store more energy hydraulically? Shift demand? Nuclear is the worst system except for all the others.
just not true.innofact can f off.
if you keep asking the old people, you will get old people answers.
when confronting the asked ppl with the numbers it costs to build a new one they all dont want a new one.
not to mention the insurance for a plant.
and from ukraine war we all learned nuclear ia stupid.
or go ask any of those fuckwits if we can store the waste where they live. numbers prove that around the plants the number of kids with cancer did indeed exceed all expections.
NOBODY wants a plant or the waste anywhere close to where they live.
"would you like cheap clean nucular(!) energy"
or
"would you like a powerplant and final storage near you"?
fuck innofacts hate campaign.
numbers prove that around the plants the number of kids with cancer did indeed exceed all expections.
Do you have a source on this? Not to be contrarian, I've just never heard this to be the case.
Not sure how much I'll get out of this, being that it's in German, but I appreciate the follow up!
Edit: It gets worse. 60% solid cancers, 120% increase in leukemias among children living within 5 km of nuclear power stations. I'm actually really surprised 😬
from ukraine war we all learned nuclear ia stupid.
Isn't that what prompted this - Ukraine giving up its nuclear weapons, and then everyone needing an energy source that isn't Putin?
"would you like a powerplant and final storage near you"?
Why would they put final storage near humans and not inside a mountain or something?
dutch dont have mountains to be fair.
Israel military razed Gaza perimeter land to create ‘kill zone’, soldiers say
The testimonies are some of the first accounts by Israeli soldiers to be published since the latest war started in October 2023 after Hamas’s attack on Israel. They were collected by Breaking the Silence, a group founded in 2004 by Israeli veterans who aim to expose the reality of the military’s grip over Palestinians. The Guardian interviewed four of the soldiers who corroborated the accounts.Titled “The Perimeter” and published on Monday, the report said the stated purpose of the plan was to create a thick strip of land that provided a clear line of sight for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to identify and kill militants. “This space was to have no crops, structures, or people. Almost every object, infrastructure installation, and structure within the perimeter was demolished,” it said.
The IDF did not respond to a request for comment on the report and combatants’ accounts.
Satellite imagery has previously revealed the IDF destroyed hundreds of buildings that stood within 1km to 1.2km of the perimeter fence, in a systematic demolishing act that rights groups say may constitute collective punishment and should be investigated as a war crime. Last week, Israel’s defence minister said the military would seize “large areas” in Gaza in a fresh offensive.
Israel military razed Gaza perimeter land to create ‘kill zone’, soldiers say
Combatants’ testimonies describe how areas were destroyed to create ‘a death zone of enormous proportions’Quique Kierszenbaum (The Guardian)
Elisa Sighicelli: vetri di Murano e arte contemporanea al Poldi Pezzoli
Elisa Sighicelli: vetri di Murano e arte contemporanea al Poldi Pezzoli
Vitroepifanie di Elisa Sighicelli: l’arte contemporanea incontra l’eccellenza dei vetri di Murano al Poldi Pezzoli A Milano, tra le eleg...Antonio Marano (Blogger)
European stocks tank 6% at open as global tariff rout deepens
European stocks close 4.5% lower as global markets seesaw on tariff uncertainty
European stocks were volatile on Monday, eventually closing sharply lower as investors digested fresh news on U.S. tariffs.Chloe Taylor (CNBC)
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Trump tariffs: Why are Asian markets seeing a 'bloodbath'?
As a region that manufactures so many of the goods sold globally, Asian countries and territories are being hit directly by the tariffs.
They are also particularly sensitive to the impact of fears that a global trade war could trigger a slowdown or even a recession in the world's biggest economy.
Japan's Nikkei 225 benchmark index closed down by 7.8% and ASX 200 in Australia lost 4.2%.
In afternoon trading, the Kospi in South Korea was 4.7% lower.
Asian stocks see their worst drop in decades after Trump tariffs
Asian markets from Tokyo to Sydney plunged amid increasing fears of a global economic downturn.Peter Hoskins (BBC News)
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Open source is just that
"Open" is an unspecific, a range of openness from not redistributable to (libre) free software.
- Free Redistribution
The license shall not restrict any party from selling or giving away the software as a component of an aggregate software distribution containing programs from several different sources. The license shall not require a royalty or other fee for such sale.
- Source Code
The program must include source code, and must allow distribution in source code as well as compiled form. Where some form of a product is not distributed with source code, there must be a well-publicized means of obtaining the source code for no more than a reasonable reproduction cost, preferably downloading via the Internet without charge. The source code must be the preferred form in which a programmer would modify the program. Deliberately obfuscated source code is not allowed. Intermediate forms such as the output of a preprocessor or translator are not allowed.
- Derived Works
The license must allow modifications and derived works, and must allow them to be distributed under the same terms as the license of the original software.
The Open Source Definition
Introduction Open source doesn’t just mean access to the source code. The distribution terms of open source software must comply with the following criteria: 1. Free Redistribution The license shall…Open Source Initiative
It seems like the author is confusing open source with Open Source. The latter has a formal definition which includes a lot more than simple access to source code.
I also agree that no one is entittled to free support or enhancements, bugfizes, etc.
The Open Source Definition
Introduction Open source doesn’t just mean access to the source code. The distribution terms of open source software must comply with the following criteria: 1. Free Redistribution The license shall…Open Source Initiative
Free and open source software. "Open Source" has always been an attempt to attract big fish, hoping they are not evil, just slow. It's morally obsolete, while FOSS still isn't.
And BSD\ISC\MIT understanding of FOSS is even less morally obsolete every day that comes, no expectations that a properly designed virus license will somehow convert the humanity, just letting out seeds of knowledge that will eventually change the world or maybe not. It's sacrificial, but also very potent.
Anyway, most of those expecting free support are companies making money on products they haven't spend a dime improving. Or employees of such companies.
The whole world is using Java, but where is Sun? The whole world is using Asterisk (ok, maybe not all of it), but its developers are not millionaires AFAIK.
Entitled script kiddies are just dumb and rude, but I think there's much less of them than the former group. And they are less persistent, than that former group.
It seems like the author is confusing open source with Open Source
No, they made it pretty clear that they do understand it. Here's a relevant quote:
When software is open-source, it is open-source, not necessarily free and open-source (FOSS), and even if it is FOSS, it might still have a restrictive licence[sic]. The code being available in and of itself does not give you a right to take it, modify it, or redistribute it.
- open source - the definition you linked
- FOSS - includes free software - wording is wonky here, but I'm pretty sure OP means Free Software here given the italics and whatnot
- code being available - source available != open source; e.g. Unreal Engine is source available, provided you agree to their terms, but distribution is very limited
They didn't go into depth, which is fine (would've made the post much longer), but I think they did a fair job. A lot of people assume that if they have access to the source, they can do whatever they want with it, which absolutely isn't the case. Read the terms of the license, or at least be familiar w/ the major licenses and how to recognize them.
Palestinian American teen shot dead by Israeli settler, officials say
The incident is the latest in a surge of violence and near-daily confrontations in the volatile West Bank, where settler violence and clashes between Israeli forces and armed Palestinians have kept it on edge.
The mayor of Turmus Ayya, Adeeb Lafi, told Reuters earlier in the day that Omar Mohammad Rabea, 14, was shot along with two other teenagers by an Israeli settler at the entrance to Turmus Ayya and that the Israeli army pronounced him dead after detaining him.
However, the Palestinian foreign ministry condemned the incident as an “extra-judicial killing” by Israeli forces during a raid in the town, saying it was the result of Israel’s “continued impunity”.
Palestinian American teen shot dead by Israeli settler, officials say
Omar Mohammad Rabea, 14, killed alongside two other teenagers in West Bank town as settler violence escalatesGuardian staff reporter (The Guardian)
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“During a counterterrorism activity in the area of Turmus Aya, IDF soldiers identified three terrorists who hurled rocks toward the highway, thus endangering civilians driving,” the Israeli army said in a statement.“The soldiers opened fire toward the terrorists who were endangering civilians, eliminating one terrorist and hitting two additional terrorists.”
How the fuck does anyone defend Israel when they are literally gunning down children for throwing rocks at cars.
What the honest fuck. I honestly cannot fathom how anyone could support Israel after they have committed atrocity after atrocity.
That's if you believe they actually threw any rocks to begin with.
"They threw rocks at us" is a perfect excuse in a rocky, desert landscape. There are always loose rocks around the victims and the murders.
Poor countries say rich world betraying them over climate pledges on shipping
Nations from 175 countries have gathered in London this week at the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) to hammer out the final details of a deal, more than a decade in the making, that could finally deliver a plan to decarbonise shipping over the next 25 years.
If the most ambitious proposals are realised, the agreement would also require all ships to pay a small charge based on the greenhouse gases they emit, with the proceeds going to fund climate action in poor countries. This levy is seen as a crucial source of funding for poor countries, which are seeing increasing economic devastation from extreme weather.
But powerful economies, including China, Brazil and Saudi Arabia, oppose the levy, while others, including the EU, may agree to drastically water it down.
Poor countries say rich world betraying them over climate pledges on shipping
Proposal that ships pay levy on emissions to fund climate action in poor countries opposed by powerful economiesFiona Harvey (The Guardian)
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Ten Britons accused of committing war crimes while fighting for Israel in Gaza
Michael Mansfield KC is one of a group of lawyers who will on Monday hand in a 240-page dossier to Scotland Yard’s war crimes unit alleging targeted killing of civilians and aid workers, including by sniper fire, and indiscriminate attacks on civilian areas, including hospitals.
The report, which has been prepared by a team of UK lawyers and researchers in The Hague, also accuses suspects of coordinated attacks on protected sites including historic monuments and religious sites, and forced transfer and displacement of civilians.
For legal reasons, neither the names of suspects, who include officer-level individuals, nor the full report are being made public.
Ten Britons accused of committing war crimes while fighting for Israel in Gaza
Exclusive: Met to be handed dossier of evidence alleging crimes including killings of civilians and aid workersHaroon Siddique (The Guardian)
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Fun fact; Israel is literally worse than ISIS
The nature of Israel’s crimes in the Gaza Strip must be denounced, particularly the crimes’ horrifying scope, methodical execution, and wide-ranging effects, which surpass those of armed groups like ISIS
Israel’s brutality in Gaza surpasses all recent forms of terrorism
thousands of crimes committed by Israeli forces, constituting overwhelming evidence of mass atrocitiesEuro-Med Human Rights Monitor
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Japan, Taiwan Markets Hit Circuit Breaker As Trump Tariffs Deepen Panic
Japan, Taiwan Markets Hit Circuit Breaker As Trump Tariffs Deepen Panic
Asian stock markets took a huge plunge Monday as market sell-off tied to US President Donald Trump's "reciprocal" tariffs continued.Sanstuti Nath (NDTV)
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Unfortunately, there will be more soon.
Businesses in the US will soon face the fact that goods they ordered from Taiwan cost 1.3 times more on arrival, while goods from Vietnam cost 1.6 times more. They can either try to negotiate with sellers for return of goods (which sellers won't accept, since they did nothing wrong) or curse Trump and pay.
If immediate relief isn't in sight, the cost (and predicted future cost) will be passed to consumers. As a result, consumers won't be able to purchase what they used to. Sales volumes will drop and the economy will cool. Less workers will be needed, so there will be layoffs. Etc.
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Meta faces £1.8bn lawsuit over claims it inflamed violence in Ethiopia
cross-posted from: sh.itjust.works/post/35684390
Article without signing up: archive.is/cYRJIFrom the article:
Meta faces a $2.4bn (£1.8bn) lawsuit accusing the Facebook owner of inflaming violence in Ethiopia after the Kenyan high court said a legal case against the US tech group could go ahead.
The case brought by two Ethiopian nationals calls on Facebook to alter its algorithm to stop promoting hateful material and incitement to violence, as well as hiring more content moderators in Africa. It is also seeking a $2.4bn “restitution fund” for victims of hate and violence incited on Facebook.One of the claimants is the son of Prof Meareg Amare Abrha, who was murdered at his home in Ethiopia after his address and threatening posts were published on Facebook in 2021 during a civil war in the country. Another claimant is Fisseha Tekle, a former researcher at Amnesty International who published reports on violence committed during the conflict in Tigray in northern Ethiopia and received death threats on Facebook.
Meta has argued that courts in Kenya, where Facebook’s Ethiopia moderators were based at the time, did not have jurisdiction over the case. The Kenyan high court in Nairobi ruled on Thursday that the case fell within the jurisdiction of the country’s courts.
Meta faces £1.8bn lawsuit over claims it inflamed violence in Ethiopia
Son of murdered academic calls on Facebook owner to ‘radically change how it moderates dangerous content’Dan Milmo (The Guardian)
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I was a free speech absolutist until I went to Ruqqus, another Reddit alternative. I learned pretty quickly that people don't care about truth, and will just spread hate unchecked.
So yup.
Meta faces £1.8bn lawsuit over claims it inflamed violence in Ethiopia
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Meta faces a $2.4bn (£1.8bn) lawsuit accusing the Facebook owner of inflaming violence in Ethiopia after the Kenyan high court said a legal case against the US tech group could go ahead.
The case brought by two Ethiopian nationals calls on Facebook to alter its algorithm to stop promoting hateful material and incitement to violence, as well as hiring more content moderators in Africa. It is also seeking a $2.4bn “restitution fund” for victims of hate and violence incited on Facebook.
One of the claimants is the son of Prof Meareg Amare Abrha, who was murdered at his home in Ethiopia after his address and threatening posts were published on Facebook in 2021 during a civil war in the country. Another claimant is Fisseha Tekle, a former researcher at Amnesty International who published reports on violence committed during the conflict in Tigray in northern Ethiopia and received death threats on Facebook.
Meta has argued that courts in Kenya, where Facebook’s Ethiopia moderators were based at the time, did not have jurisdiction over the case. The Kenyan high court in Nairobi ruled on Thursday that the case fell within the jurisdiction of the country’s courts.
Meta faces £1.8bn lawsuit over claims it inflamed violence in Ethiopia
Son of murdered academic calls on Facebook owner to ‘radically change how it moderates dangerous content’Dan Milmo (The Guardian)
Protests broke out against Hamas in Gaza. What do Palestinians think about the militant group?
Thousands of Palestinians chanted against Hamas during anti-war protests last week in the Gaza Strip, the biggest show of anger at the militant group since its attack on Israel ignited the war.Protesters said they were venting anger and desperation as they endure a new round of war and displacement after Israel ended a ceasefire. They leveled unusually direct criticism at Hamas even while remaining furious at Israel, the United States and others for their plight.
Public expressions of dissent have been extremely rare since Hamas seized power in Gaza in 2007. The militant group has violently dispersed occasional protests and jailed, tortured or killed those who challenged its rule. Hamas has faced no significant internal challenge since the start of the war and still controls Gaza, despite losing most of its top leaders and thousands of fighters.
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It’s way past time to make Israel leave back to their border
"Israel" has no borders. It's just whatever land the zios can steal from Palestine, Syria, Lebanon, etc.
The majority of isrealis support genociding the palestinian people.
The majority of palestinians support genociding the isreali people.
There will be no peace in the region, not now, not in a hundred years. Not until the last man has slain his last enemy will that holy land be free of violence.
The '3.5% rule': How a small minority can change the world
The '3.5% rule': How a small minority can change the world
Nonviolent protests are twice as likely to succeed as armed conflicts – and those engaging a threshold of 3.5% of the population have never failed to bring about change.David Robson (BBC)
Oh I can see the problem, kinda I think?
I am seriously just unaware since I didn't follow American news when BLM was happening.
If I'm interested, what should I do different?
If I'm interested, what should I do different?
There's no good answer for this to someone who legitimately is curious but lacks even the most base knowledge of the topic. But the answer I give to seemingly good faith participants is to not come into an active conversation that's already into the weeds and ask basic questions that could be answered by a simple Google search. Failure to do so will be seen as bad faith participation because this is the same tactic that bad faith participants use and it's not worth the average person's energy to dig through a profile to see whether or not they may be a good faith participant.
TLDR - If you don't put in the effort before asking a basic question about a controversial topic, people likely won't put forth the energy to engage in a productive manner when it appears you have not done so as well.
Bernie Sanders warns of 'extraordinary danger' facing U.S. under Trump at LA rally
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., told a crowd of thousands at a rally in Los Angeles on Saturday that the U.S. was facing a moment of "extraordinary danger" as he criticized the political, economic and social policies of Donald Trump.
Sanders, who also dropped by the music festival Coachella over the weekend, has been criss-crossing the U.S. to speak out against the new Republican administration.
"We are living in a moment of extraordinary danger," he said, "and how we respond to this moment will not only impact our lives but will impact the lives of our kids and future generations."
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Europe proposes backdoors in encrypted platforms under new security strategy
cross-posted from: lemm.ee/post/60408809
ProtectEU
Additionally, the Commission envisions expanding Europol's role, effectively transforming it into a European equivalent of the FBI, with enhanced operational capabilities.Granting Europol the ability to access encrypted data can only mean one thing: Brussels is proposing some form of government-mandated backdoor for communication platforms protected by end-to-end encryption.
Europe proposes backdoors in encrypted platforms under new security strategy
The recently announced ProtectEU plan aims to safeguard Europe from internal threats, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen stated, emphasizing that security is a fundamental pillar...Alfonso Maruccia (TechSpot)
that's the point, to secure itself against $enemy-nation the state will first secure itself against the citizenry, by having a way of compromising citizens security on demand
ultimately governnment only cares that IT can exploit the mechanism, not that other actors cannot do so via the same mechanism
strip away all the obfuscation layers (there are so many lol) and thats pretty much the extent of the thought process of natsec orgs. you're the threat. its an utterly retarded mind virus thats infected them we can all agree, but from an individual's standpoint we can only protest and hope to shame the policymakers into a constructive course of action
Why the right still embraces Ivermectin
Why the Right Still Embraces Ivermectin
Five years after the pandemic began, interest in the anti-parasitic drug is rising again as right-wing influencers promote it — and spread misinformation about it.Richard Fausset (The New York Times)
Trump expected to host Netanyahu at White House Monday
Trump expected to host Netanyahu at White House Monday
President Trump is expected to host Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for a visit on Monday, a White House official told NewsNation.Ashleigh Fields (NewsNation)
It was never good, never acceptable, and something that I fervently criticized.
The distinction I am making here is that I now consider them to be in league with Trump. It's a talking point that I will use with Democratic supporters of Israel to try and get them to reconsider their position. Not that I expect much traction, but given how much of a "team sport" American politics is it seems like something to call them out for.
Most Americans think AI won’t improve their lives, survey says
US experts who work in artificial intelligence fields seem to have a much rosier outlook on AI than the rest of us.
In a survey comparing views of a nationally representative sample (5,410) of the general public to a sample of 1,013 AI experts, the Pew Research Center found that "experts are far more positive and enthusiastic about AI than the public" and "far more likely than Americans overall to believe AI will have a very or somewhat positive impact on the United States over the next 20 years" (56 percent vs. 17 percent). And perhaps most glaringly, 76 percent of experts believe these technologies will benefit them personally rather than harm them (15 percent).
The public does not share this confidence. Only about 11 percent of the public says that "they are more excited than concerned about the increased use of AI in daily life." They're much more likely (51 percent) to say they're more concerned than excited, whereas only 15 percent of experts shared that pessimism. Unlike the majority of experts, just 24 percent of the public thinks AI will be good for them, whereas nearly half the public anticipates they will be personally harmed by AI.
Most Americans think AI won’t improve their lives, survey says
Rare survey of AI experts exposes deep divide with public opinion.Ashley Belanger (Ars Technica)
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