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Bolsonaro’s illegal slush-fund financed social media campaign—in which thousands of WhatsApp groups spread hate speech, lies, and character assassination against his opponent—was too sophisticated for his tiny disorganized political party to do on its own
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Here is the son of Brazil's new fascist president Bolsonaro meeting with Steve Bannon, who has been traveling the world working on creating a Fascist International.

He said they're collaborating to fight "cultural marxism" — a fascist term with Nazi roots
Steve Bannon repeatedly favorably cited the genocidal racist book The Camp of the Saints, which depicts a global race war.

Bannon also cited Nazi-affiliated, self-declared "superfascist" philosopher Julius Evola in a 2014 speech at a Christian conference.
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(Movie Review Thread) I just saw Peter Jackson's new film They Shall Not Grow Old, a documentary on World War I. The film is technically breathtaking, but I was shocked to see a film on WWI that is completely apolitical. It's about political mass slaughter but it avoids politics!
They Shall Not Grow Old does not even try to explain why WWI was fought — let alone why it was an entirely preventable, pointless inter-imperialist bloodbath that led to the unnecessary deaths of tens of millions of (almost entirely poor) people!
Instead the whole point of the film is to humanize the soldiers fighting in WWI and show what day-to-day life was for them. And that's great; it's important to see the mind-boggling horrors of WWI and trench warfare. But that must be done *in historical and political context*.
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I just saw @ViceMovie, and it's brilliant. The film shows how well-made narratives can capture the zeitgeist and politics of an era not only more captivatingly but even more accurately than documentaries. Because it's not just about the facts; it's about the tone and attitude.
.@GhostPanther masterfully captured the essence of Cheney and the Bush admin -- and the facts, yes, but more importantly the spirit.

Christian Bale and Amy Adams used their bodies as instruments, like musical virtuosi, to forge a sick world in which reactionary power intoxicates
Vice does much more than just retell the story of Cheney/Bush's crimes; it offers profound human insight into how right-wing aspiring autocrats think about and see the world, and their place in it

By humanizing blood-soaked Dick Cheney, it makes his crimes all the more monstrous
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I interviewed peace activist @MedeaBenjamin of @CODEPINK, who stressed that US support for the Saudi monarchy must be fundamentally challenged.

Some US officials want a cosmetic change, simply replacing Crown Prince MBS, but the problem runs much deeper
.@MedeaBenjamin: "It's our job now to say this is not just about MBS... We have to use this time to re-evaluate the entire relationship. But it’s very difficult then, because there’s so much money that is involved in this."
therealnews.com/stories/the-re…
Back in early 2016, @CODEPINK organized the first-ever summit calling for an end to the "suicidal death pact between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia" salon.com/2016/03/10/ins…
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Good thread. Also this is often illegal. Call the EEOC and complain if you are screened out from a job due to "must lift ..." clauses if it's not a lifting job.
ILLEGAL!
maybe I'll go read some academic jobs ads and yell about them.
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Recommendation 15: ZBC needs to be reformed into a truly independent public service
broadcaster and state-owned media must abide by their legal obligation to be impartial and
provide equitable treatment to all political parties and candidates.- @eueomzimbabwe

#media #Zimbabwe
@eueomzimbabwe In accordance with the Electoral Act, from 4 July the state broadcaster ZBC afforded free access to political contestants through various programming aired on TV and radio stations. - @eueomzimbabwe report

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@eueomzimbabwe Nevertheless, ZBC failed to abide by its legal obligation of ensuring equitable and fair treatment to all political parties and candidates in its news and current affairs programmes.- @eueomzimbabwe report

#media #Zimbabwe
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#MuhRussia Timeline part 1
2014
March 6: The U.S. begins imposing sanctions on Russia for “violating the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine.”

(No date): The Russian government allegedly performs various “intelligence-related activities targeting the U.S. voting process” starting in 2014,
according to a Senate Intelligence Committee report released on May 8, 2018. Russians perform “traditional information gathering efforts as well as operations likely aimed at preparing to discredit the integrity of the U.S. voting process and election results,” according to
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THE NEXUS BETWEEN TRUTH AND LIES (A Case Study of Nigeria)

According to a 19th century legend, the Truth and the Lie meet one day.
The Lie says to the Truth: "It's a marvellous day today"!
The Truth looks up to the skies and sighs, for the day was really beautiful.
They spend a lot of time together, ultimately arriving beside a well.

Again, The Lie tells the Truth: "The water is very nice, let's take a bath together!"!
The Truth, once again suspicious, tests the water and discovers that it indeed is very nice.
They undress and start bathing.
Suddenly, the Lie comes out of the water, puts on the clothes of the Truth and runs away.

The furious Truth comes out of the well and runs everywhere to find the Lie and to get her clothes back.
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"Our results suggest that social media can act as a propagation mechanism between online hate speech and real-life violent crime."

The study was published in May, but @amandataub's and @Max_Fisher's reporting about Germany is more relevant than ever: nytimes.com/2018/08/21/wor…
@amandataub @Max_Fisher You've all read and probably shared this NYT story on Facebook. Here's important context:

- @JonasKaiser:
- @halhod:
- @ferrisjabr:

@CaseyNewton sums it up: getrevue.co/profile/caseyn…
@amandataub @Max_Fisher @JonasKaiser @halhod @ferrisjabr @CaseyNewton Medienkritiker (gendern erübrigt sich) in meiner Timeline:

1. Krasse NYT-Reportage! Warum macht das kein deutsches Medium?

2. Die Studie ist fragwürdig. Was erlauben NYT?

3. Endlich nimmt jemand die Studie auseinander. Ich hab's ja gleich gesagt: Korrelation ≠ Kausalität!
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1. On July 17, the House Judiciary Committee held a 3-hour hearing to examine the content filtering practices of social media companies. Executives from Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter were invited to provide testimony and answer questions from the committee.
2. Over 210 million Americans use social media. Even the Supreme Court called it a Constitutional right. Thus, it's staggering that only a few executives in Silicon Valley decide what 2/3 of America is allowed to talk about. This a growing concern to Congress.
3. So who are the employees at these companies controlling what America is allowed to say? Nobody knows.

What is the process for censoring or banning? Nobody knows.

What training materials do they use? Nobody knows.

Are they men, black, religious, American, etc? Nobody knows.
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