In this Sunday, Dec. 4, 2016 file photo, Edgar Maddison Welch, 28 of Salisbury, N.C., surrenders to police in Washington.
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World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee warns ‘fake news’ clickbait can spread ‘like wildfire’
Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web and founder of the World Wide Web Foundation, says it is “too easy” for misinformation to spread on the Internet. In a letter posted online Saturday, marking 28 years since Berners-Lee submitted his proposal that would lead to the creation of the world wide web, he outlined three trends that he finds concerning, including the spread of “fake news.”
Marines who shared nude photos of female colleagues investigated by the Pentagon
The Pentagon have launched an investigation into allegations Marines are sharing images – including naked photographs – of female servicewomen online without the permission. Former and current female Marines have said their photographs and those of women in other services were shared on social media without their consent.
US military faces burgeoning nude picture-sharing scandal
The Pentagon faced a burgeoning scandal Friday as more pictures of naked female service members apparently shared without their consent by male colleagues have turned up on secret social media sites. General Robert Neller, the commandant of the Marine Corps, appeared embarrassed and uncertain how to deal with the problem, which first surfaced among members of his elite force.
Marine commandant condemns nude photo-sharing by his troops
The commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps is condemning the use of a secret Facebook page by some Marines to share nude photos of women, including female Marines. He’s urging victims to come forward if they believe they were harassed or abused, including over social media.
Carson compares slaves to immigrants coming to a a land of dreams and opportunitya
Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson referred to Africans enslaved during the Middle Passage as “immigrants,” calling America “a land of dreams and opportunity.” Ben Carson compared slaves to immigrants seeking a better life in his first official address Monday as Housing and Urban Development Secretary, setting off an uproar on social media.
How the US press reacted to Trump’s Congress speech
In his address to a joint session of Congress Tuesday night, Trump used the word “America” – or a variant – more than 70 times . Obama averaged 52.4 million viewers during his first address to the joint Congress as the USA was struggling under the recession- about 17% more than what Trump received on Tuesday, according to The Hollywood Reporter .
Court may strike law barring sex offenders from social media
The Supreme Court appeared likely Monday to strike down a North Carolina law that prohibits sex offenders from using Facebook and other social networking sites. At least five justices suggested during argument that they would rule for North Carolina resident Lester Packingham Jr. He was convicted of violating a 2008 law aimed at keeping sex offenders off internet sites children might use.
The one thing that’s certain is that their will be changes in the Affordable Care Act.
No matter where you stand on the political spectrum, health care under the Affordable Care Act is going to change in the next few years. The Republican-led Congress has vowed to “repeal and replace” the health law known as Obamacare.
First Take: Zuckerberg’s ‘manifesto’ is just an ad…
Mark Zuckerberg posted a 6,000-word “State of the Union”-style mission statement for Facebook Inc. on Thursday, which many in the media immediately took to calling a “manifesto” that refutes the isolationist ideas of President Donald Trump. The lengthy diatribe , which is nothing like the pithy, controversial manifestos of political and artistic movements of the past , is just Zuckerberg’s attempt to create a warm and fuzzy feeling for Facebook The world’s largest social network has taken a public beating for being a platform for fake news during the recent U.S. presidential election, and been excoriated by some on the left for keeping Trump advisor and early Facebook investor Peter Thiel on its board.
Donald Trump and the pitfalls of a social media presidency
There was U.S. President Donald Trump, in the middle of his Mar-a-Lago resort, conferring with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on decisions with national security implications over iceberg wedge salads. The club members snapped photos and posted them to Facebook with detailed narratives about what they were seeing unfold before their eyes Saturday night in Palm Beach, Florida.
Trump presidency gets social with detailed posts, photos
President Donald Trump speaks as Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe listens as they both made statements about North Korea at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., Saturday, Feb. 11, 2017. President Donald Trump speaks as Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe listens as they both made statements about North Korea at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., Saturday, Feb. 11, 2017.
In praise of ‘slacktivism’
Last week, a friend mentioned to me that she wanted to post a photo of her parents depicting them shortly after they arrived in America. They look terrified and in love and very, very hopeful.
After ICE arrests, fear spreads among undocumented immigrants
Across the United States, some unauthorized immigrants are keeping their children home from school. Others have suspended after-school visits to the public library.
Congressman: Immigration raids in Central, Southa
A congressman confirmed reported Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids are part of an operation that spans through south and central Texas. Congressman: Immigration raids in Central, South Texas part of ‘Operation Cross Check’ A congressman confirmed reported Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids are part of an operation that spans through south and central Texas.
Google, Facebook partner with French media over a oefake newsa
This photo combo of images provided by Facebook demonstrates some of the new measures Facebook is taking to curb the spread of fake news on its huge and influential social network. The company is focusing on the “worst of the worst” offenders and partnering with outside fact-checkers to sort honest news reports from made-up stories that play to people’s passions and preconceived notions.
Teen creates Facebook page to spotlight immigrants’ weekly achievements
Valeria Alvarado, a 19-year-old sophomore at Villanova University, is launching an online storytelling effort to highlight the positive impacts immigrant, undocumented and refugee communities bring to the United States every week. The Facebook page – called ” We, Too, Are America ” – will list the submitted and curated accomplishments to help combat the “criminal” narratives of these groups popularized by President Donald J. Trump.
Kansas Civil Air Patrol officer calls for legislator’s death
The Kansas man who recommended Rep. Stephanie Clayton “swing from a tree” for introducing a bill to prohibit carrying concealed handguns on college and university campuses serves as a lieutenant colonel in the state’s Civil Air Patrol.
Catholic Priest Urges Trump Protesters to Commit Suicide
A Catholic priest who posted a meme suggesting those protesting President Donald Trump’s actions should commit suicide said the controversial message was meant to be funny. Rev. Philip Pizzo, of the largely immigrant St. Benedict Joseph Labre Roman Catholic Church in Queens, New York, shared a social media post that said those against Trump should jump off a building, the New York Post reported .
Resistance Trumps Hate as Protesters Rally Against Anti-Immigrant Executive Orders
The sky was gray, a light snow fell, and the weather was bitingly cold. But the mood outside New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport on Saturday was red hot with anger, as dozens, and then hundreds, and then, as night fell, thousands arrived to protest President Donald Trump’s executive order barring entry into the United States of all refugees-including Syrian refugees, perhaps indefinitely-as well as visa-holders from seven Muslim-majority countries.
How Silicon Valley and Hollywood plan to fight Trump’s Muslim travel ban
Top execs in Silicon Valley, Hollywood actors, and Washington politicians are coming to the defense of Muslims affected by a temporary travel ban into the United States that White House implemented on Friday. Google and Facebook’s chief executives criticized President Trump’s immigration order, while former secretary of State Madeleine Albright, actress Mayim Bialik, and feminist Gloria Steinem all said they would register as Muslims if such a registry is created.
How Silicon Valley and Hollywood plan to fight Trump’s Muslim travel ban
Top execs in Silicon Valley, Hollywood actors, and Washington politicians are coming to the defense of Muslims affected by a temporary travel ban into the United States that White House implemented on Friday. Google and Facebook’s chief executives criticized President Trump’s immigration order, while former secretary of State Madeleine Albright, actress Mayim Bialik, and feminist Gloria Steinem all said they would register as Muslims if such a registry is created.
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A recent piece in The Atlantic – aimed at undermining the use of ultrasounds to convince people that infants in the womb are human – was so filled with errors that after its publication the magazine was forced to issue a slew of “we regret” addenda to the piece to apologize for the many inaccurate assertions made by the author. Thus far no less than four corrections have been added to the January 24 article, which tends to upend the author Moira Weigel’s political stance that a fetus isn’t fully human at certain stages of development.
Secret Service agent placed on leave for criticizing Trump
Secret Service agent Kerry O’Grady said she didn’t want to take “a bullet” for President Trump. She was placed on administrative leave on Friday.
Students: Chancellor failed minorities on pro-white agitator
The University of Wisconsin-Madison chancellor’s response to a student trying to set up a pro-white group on campus further alienates minorities as they struggle for a better campus experience, student leaders said Friday. The student’s effort to set up a campus chapter of the American Freedom Party – whose platform includes “prioritizing white supremacy values,” according to its Facebook page – has raised questions about how the university should respond and comes as the white nationalist movement as a whole has been emboldened by Donald Trump’s presidency.
Sexist, vulgar posts on women’s marches rebound on officials
A school board member in Hillary Clinton’s hometown resigned after making a derogatory reference on Twitter to the female anatomy in describing women marching against President Donald Trump. An Illinois teacher was pulled from the classroom for tweets deemed sexist.
Google, Facebook say theya ll soon roll out tools to sift fake Canadian news
Two of the world’s biggest digital information platforms say they’re getting ready to roll out tools in Canada designed to crack down on so-called “fake news.” The phenomenon of false or misleading information being widely disseminated online became a major storyline in the U.S. presidential campaign, which culminated in the November election of Donald Trump.
A president from Facebook? Vanity Fair makes a case
Nick Bilton of Vanity Fair writes of indications that Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg will run for president of the U.S. someday. Among the lesser bits of circumstantial evidence: Zuckerberg, who has a habit of posting his annual New Year’s resolution on his Facebook page, declared that after conquering the previous challenges of learning Mandarin, and building an artificial-intelligence butler for his home, this year he was going to meet “people in every state in the US.”
Hanzo Launches Fortune 100’s “Best Kept Secret” for Web and…
Customers such as Twitter, LinkedIn, PayPal, Allianz, T Rowe Price, Ameriprise, United Healthcare, Coca-Cola, John Deere and the Department of Justice rely on The Hanzo Platform to ensure integrity of legally defensible content, collecting, preserving and analyzing content to prepare for multiple use cases within the Enterprise. Hanzo Preservea comes pre-built with the industry’s most common connectors to natively archive all website and social media content.
Senate Democrats To Hold Late-Night Talkathon Against Obamacare Repeal
There’s little doubt that Republicans are going to repeal the Affordable Care Act, but Democrats want to make it as politically damaging for them as possible. On Monday night, Senate Democrats plan to stay up late, delivering floor speeches and Facebook Live broadcasts attacking the Republicans’ drive to dismantle President Barack Obama’s signature health care law .
Fake news this week: No, California didn’t legalize child prostitution
As you might have guessed, that’s not what happened. California law changed to treat children in prostitution as crime victims, not juvenile offenders.
Obama makes his mark as first ‘social media’ president
When President Barack Obama urged fellow leaders at the United Nations to do more for the world’s refugees, his mention of a young boy named Alex could have been just a footnote, unnoticed or quickly forgotten. The White House had other plans.
Hate-Crime Charges Filed in Attack on Mentally Disabled Man in Chicago
Family spokesman David Boyd and others hold a news conference Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017, in Crystal Lake, Ill., after an 18-year-old man was assaulted in Chicago earlier this week. Four people were charged with hate crimes Thursday in connection with a video broadcast live on Facebook that showed a mentally disabled white man being beaten and taunted, threatened with a knife and forced to drink from a toilet.
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Four Gitmo detainees are slated to be transferred to Saudi Arabia in the next 24 hours, the first of the final wave of up to 20 transfers expected before Inauguration Day, two U.S. officials tell Fox News. The identities of the four detainees are not immediately known.
Police: Beating of mentally disabled man on video began after friendly encounter
The two 18-year-olds had been schoolmates, police say. After meeting at McDonald’s, they spent two days together, driving around visiting friends.
Second Thoughts From a Member of Pantsuit Nation
Full disclosure #1: I am a member of Pantsuit Nation, that Hillary Clinton adoring Facebook group that has, more than anything else in the past few months, served as testimony to the viral power of the internet and the upside to armchair activism. Full disclosure #2: I loved Pantsuit Nation.
Turkey closing in on nightclub gunman, official says
Chicago police say charges are expected against four people who police say beat a man in an assault that was broadcast live on Facebook. Charges are expected against four people who police say beat a man in an assault that was broadcast live on Facebook, Chicago police said.
Scam artists
The “fake news” phenomenon was on vivid display in social media during the bitter 2016 presidential campaign. A typical example of the nonsense was a story, shared a million times on Facebook, stating falsely that Pope Francis had endorsed the Republican candidate Donald Trump.
Barnestorming: Goodbye to a year filled with unthinkable events Updated at
As 2016 crawls forward into 2017 tonight, we may celebrate with fine drink, cookies and other snacks, but we will also be heaving a sigh of relief when the year of is finally over. For some, 2016 has been the worst year ever for political and pop icons passing away.
Beyond Fake News: 2016’s Most Disruptive Media Moments
Here’s the biggest understatement of the year: 2016 was the most disruptive moment the mainstream American news media have faced in a very long time. That’s not because so many media outlets misread the presidential election, although that is part of it.