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Despite 'transparency' claims, Facebook stops watchdogs from monitoring ads

Mashable 

Facebook appears to be talking out of both sides of its mouth again.

On Monday, the nonprofit news organization ProPublica published a report stating that Facebook had intentionally disabled its ability to monitor political advertising on the platform — which doesn't exactly sound like the transparency Mark Zuckerberg promised. 

SEE ALSO: Facebook is pushing 'transparency' hard, but it's becoming a crutch

ProPublica uses a plugin that allows it to see which ads a consenting user sees on Facebook. Читать дальше...

Apple halts group FaceTime after eavesdrop glitch

USATODAY (Tech Top Stories) 

Apple has disabled a group-chat function in FaceTime after users said a software bug could let callers activate another person’s microphone remotely. (Jan. 29)



US Senate to vote on resolution to halt support to Saudi Coalition in Yemen

Almasdarnews.com 

Republican and Democratic U.S. lawmakers will try again to pass a resolution ending U.S. support for the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen, with a greater chance of success than when a similar measure passed the Senate last month. Republican Senator Mike Lee, Democratic Senator Chris Murphy and Independent Senator Bernie Sanders, who caucuses with the Democrats, […]

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Deadliest mining waste accidents around the world since 1962

TheRepublic.com 

The failure of dam holding iron mining waste in Brazil is one of the worst disasters of its kind in recent decades. A look at some of the deadliest mine waste accidents since the early 1960s: —Jan. 25, 2019: at least 84 killed, almost 300 missing, iron ore mine, Minas Gerais state, Brazil. —Nov. 21,

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Ocasio-Cortez totally ignorant

The Washington Times 

It is beyond my imagination that bartender Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, with absolutely no accomplishments to her credit, has become the face and voice of the Democratic Party. The newly elected Ocasio-Cortez flits about, spouting her seductive platitudes from the socialist playbook to anyone who will listen. She's become the darling of ...

BOOK REVIEW: 'Jerusalem and Washington' by Zalman Shoval

The Washington Times 

JERUSALEM AND WASHINGTON: A LIFE IN POLITICS AND DIPLOMACY

By Zalman Shoval

Foreword by Dennis Ross

Rowman & Littlefield, $38, 368 pages

With President Donald Trump's administration about to propose a comprehensive peace plan to resolve the protracted Israeli-Palestinian conflict, likely following Israel's upcoming parliamentary elections on April 9, everyone ...

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Go after pharma but ignore illegals

The Washington Times 

Democrats want to increase their voter base no matter the cost to taxpayers, the harm to our citizens and national security, or the other high costs of the open borders they support. Democrats' border-control talking points (i.e. drones, more border agents) are the equivalent of having a stop sign on ...

British leader seeks Brexit deal changes, but EU stands firm

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

LONDON — British Prime Minister Theresa May on Tuesday won a few weeks to salvage a Brexit deal but headed toward a clash with the European Union by promising to overhaul the divorce agreement she spent a year and a half negotiating with the bloc. Trying to break Britain’s Brexit deadlock, May got Parliament’s backing for a bid to rework an Irish border guarantee in the withdrawal deal — a provision May and the EU both approved, and which the bloc insists cannot be changed. “It is now clear that... Читать дальше...

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Italy PM Says 5 Nations Offer Help to End Migrant Boat Stand-off

Voice of America 

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said on Tuesday five countries had come forward with offers to help end the stand-off over a rescue boat moored off Sicily with 47 migrants on board. The Sea Watch 3, run by a German humanitarian group, rescued the migrants from a rubber boat off the Libyan coast more than a week ago but Italy, which has closed its ports to charity ships, has refused to allow them ashore to request asylum. "I want to thank the friendly countries that have in the last few... Читать дальше...


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