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Divisiveness of Facebook

mardi 10 avril 2018 à 02:00

Facebook makes it easy to say different things to different groups of people, which has the effect of breaking up the common culture of any society.

Peace activists arrested

mardi 10 avril 2018 à 02:00

Seven peace activists, all at least 55 years old, entered a US submarine base to protest against nuclear weapons, and were arrested.

Use of deadly force by uniformed thugs

mardi 10 avril 2018 à 02:00

A bill in California would set a stricter standard for use of deadly force by uniformed thugs. This would make it easier to prosecute them when they choke or kill people.

Madagascar vanilla plantations destroy forests

mardi 10 avril 2018 à 02:00

Madagascar's forests are being cut down for vanilla plantations. Many species can go extinct.

It appears that today's wealthy people are more than the Earth can support.

US social media identities

mardi 10 avril 2018 à 02:00

The US proposes to require would-be visitors to the US to list all their social media identities for the past 5 years.

This could intimidate people against posting criticism of the US. Maybe that's its purpose.

I think the fingerprint requirement is more of a violation of human rights than the social media requirement. But this global censorship effect could make the latter do more damage to world freedom.