Facebook is a hotbed for conspiracy theories and dangerous organizing at critical moments, like the 650,000-plus posts arguing against President Biden's victory between the 2020 general election and the January 6 insurrection. Some users scattered following the latter and subsequent prosecutions, but a new report first published by Wired shows a resurgence, identifying about 200 groups and profiles across the platform organizing militia activity nationwide. The research, conducted by the Tech...
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Oppo launched the Find X7 alongside the Find X7 Ultra back in January, and the vanilla model has so far been available in black, dark blue, light brown and purple. Today, the company has added another color option to the roster: white. The back of the white Find X7 has a glossy finish and the huge circular camera island is silver-colored. The white Find X7 is identical to its differently colored siblings, save for the hue itself. Before becoming official today, it was teased in China by some...
Ed Zitron wrote a piece named The Man Who Killed Google Search. It goes through in detail how Prabhakar Raghavan, Google's former head of ads - led a coup so that he could run Google Search, and how an email chain from 2019 began a cascade of events that would lead to him running it into the ground, he said.Everyone in the SEO/SEM space is talking about this article and I came back to the SEO on fire. If you have not read it yet, you should.Update: I added Google's statements to this below:I'll...
Mexican authorities have found three bodies in an area of Baja California
Unesco joint research dating back 15 years found violence and intimidation against about 750 reporters and 44 murdersMore than 70% of environmental journalists have been attacked for their work since 2009, according to a Unesco report, which warns of rising threats against those covering the climate crisis.At least 749 environmental journalists have faced violence and intimidation in the last 15 years, the UN body found. It said that 44 reporters were murdered between 2009 and 2023 but that...
MISSION, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Mission police are searching for three women and a man who allegedly stole over $1,000 worth of cosmetics at a local Target. On March 9, authorities responded to a Target located at 2427 E. Expressway 83, according to a release from the Mission Police Department. Authorities say it was reported that []
BROWNSVILLE, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Brownsville police are searching for four men, who are people of interest in an aggravated robbery. The incident occurred at 1 a.m. on April 20 at Vape City located at the 2800 block of Boca Chica Boulevard. According to a social media post by the Brownsville Police Department, two men from []
The Militia Used As An FBI Front Group In 2020 Is Again Proliferating On Facebook Authored by Ken Silva via Headline USA, The tech publication Wired reported Thursday that the Three Percenter, or III%er, militia is again proliferating on Facebook ahead of the 2024 presidential election. A car passes Facebook's new Meta logo on a sign at the company headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. / PHOTO: AP The Three Percenters are a national network of militias, the name being a reference to...
The White House has reportedly been considering whether or not to accept Palestinians from Gaza as refugees amid Israel's war with Hamas.