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Video shows guards walking away during fire that killed 38 migrants near US-Mexico border
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Video shows guards walking away during fire that killed 38 migrants near US-Mexico border

Surveillance footage from inside the immigration detention center in northern Mexico near the U.S. border where 38 migrants died in a dormitory fire appears to show guards walking away from the blaze and making no apparent attempt to release detainees. Source: Video shows guards walking away during fire that killed 38 migrants near US-Mexico border

Israeli commandos protest judiciary overhaul
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Israeli commandos protest judiciary overhaul

Members of Israeli commando units staged an underwater protest against the government’s judicial overhaul and took the protest to the depths of the Red Sea.

Power to the people!
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Protest-hit Israel faces ‘general strike’ call over govt reforms

Israel’s top trade union chief called a general strike Monday over the hard-right government’s controversial judicial reforms, a day after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sacked his defence minister who had called for a stop to the overhaul.”I am calling a general strike,” Histadrut chairman Arnon Bar-David said in a televised address. “From the moment this…

Internet Archive
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The Fight Continues – Internet Archive Blogs

Today’s lower court decision in Hachette v. Internet Archive is a blow to all libraries and the communities we serve. This decision impacts libraries across the US who rely on controlled digital lending to connect their patrons with books online. It hurts authors by saying that unfair licensing models are the only way their books…

Netanyahu softens judicial overhaul but showdown looms
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Netanyahu softens judicial overhaul but showdown looms

STORY: Facing mounting mass protests inside of Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday said he would soften his controversial judicial overhaul plan. But the changes failed to satisfy an opposition that has organized a campaign against the government over the proposed reforms.The plan would give the government more control of the appointment of judges…

Bots run rampant on social media, and most people can’t tell the difference
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Comment: Bots run rampant on social media, and most people can’t tell the difference – Study Finds

Scientists from Copenhagen Business School conducted an experiment in which 375 participants were asked to differentiate between real and fake social media profiles. The fake accounts were created and maintained by some of the latest AI technology. The ensuing results were eye-opening. Subjects largely could not tell the difference between artificially generated fake Twitter accounts…

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