Tuesday, March 23, 2021

Six In The Morning Tuesday 23 March 2021

 


Facebook guidelines allow for users to call for death of public figures

 UK technology editor

Exclusive: public figures considered to be permissible targets for otherwise-banned abuse, leaked moderator guidelines show


Facebook’s bullying and harassment policy explicitly allows for “public figures” to be targeted in ways otherwise banned on the site, including “calls for [their] death”, according to a tranche of internal moderator guidelines leaked to the Guardian.

Public figures are defined by Facebook to include people whose claim to fame may be simply a large social media following or infrequent coverage in local newspapers. They are considered to be permissible targets for certain types of abuse “because we want to allow discussion, which often includes critical commentary of people who are featured in the news”, Facebook explains to its moderators.


Sabmyk Network: Founder of bizarre new religion targeting QAnon believers ‘unmasked’ by Hope Not Hate

Anti-racism group accuses German artist of masterminding fresh conspiracy theory concerning ‘Sword of Shawunawaz’ that offers disappointed Q believers an alternative

A Berlin-based performance artist and art dealer has been accused of being the man behind a sinister conspiracy theory network on social media seeking to attract followers away from the QAnon cult.

British anti-fascist group Hope Not Hate (HNH) says its research indicates that Sebastian Bieniek, a 45-year-old German art world personality, is responsible for a string of 136 channels on the unregulated messaging app Telegram that post QAnon-related misinformation while seeking to promote a strange quasi-religion centered around a Messianic figure known as Sabmyk, the pre-ordained ruler of the world.

China, Russia accuse US of interference with sanctions

In a show of unity, the foreign ministers of China and Russia have met to condemn Western sanctions against them over human rights.

The foreign ministers of both China and Russia have condemned Western sanctions against them and accused the US of political interference.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov both rejected outside criticism of their authoritarian systems.

‘I don’t feel safe’: Asians in the UK reflect on a year of hatred

A year since the UK went into its first lockdown, anti-Asian hatred is still on the rise.


One year ago, the UK was placed under its first lockdown as the coronavirus surged across the country.

Since then, Britain’s East and Southeast Asian communities have seen a 300-percent increase in hate crimes, according to End the Virus of Racism, a UK-based advocacy group.

As worldwide headlines claimed the virus originated in China, takeaway restaurants were vandalised. Some in Chinatowns across the UK were boycotted altogether.

These are the victims of the Boulder mass shooting

Boulder Police Chief Maris Herold provided the names and ages of the 10 people who were killed in Monday's shooting.

These are the victims:

  1. Denny Strong, 20
  2. Neven Stanisic, 23
  3. Rikki Olds, 25
  4. Tralona Bartkowiak, 49
  5. Suzanne Fountain, 59
  6. Terry Leiker, 51
  7. Officer Eric Talley, 51
  8. Kevin Mahoney, 61
  9. Lynn Murray, 62
  10. Jody Waters, 65


Sean Hannity, Dan Bongino Use Colorado Shooting To Slam BLM Protests


Ron Dicker

·General Assignment Reporter, HuffPost


The mass shooting that killed 10 people, including a police officer, at a supermarket in Boulder, Colorado, on Monday prompted Fox News host Sean Hannity to rant against Black Lives Matter.

Wait, what?

If you find that ridiculous, wait until you actually hear Hannity attempt to make the stupefying connection with guest Dan Bongino in the video below. Bongino is the guy who’s basically replacing the late Rush Limbaugh on the radio.

Hannity noted the “horrific shooting” and pivoted to an incendiary diatribe against last summer’s protests for justice.


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