KOBE—Four plaintiffs have filed a lawsuit against the platform operator of Facebook and Instagram for running fraudulent ads that duped them into investing in projects they believed were endorsed by noted entrepreneurs.
Defacing or illegally removing election posters is a criminal offence. The
Japanese actor Hiroyuki Sanada is no longer waging off-screen battles as he
WAJIMA, Ishikawa Prefecture--The melodic tones of a lacquered violin and cello that survived the New Year’s Day earthquake on the Noto Peninsula resonated through a school gymnasium here.
With another blistering summer on the way, industry groups and government officials are calling on people to check their air conditioners now to make sure they work properly before the heat wave hits.
NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has warned that the National Security Agency (NSA) is on the verge of significantly expanding its surveillance capabilities through a new bill amending Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), potentially allowing the government to compel a wide array of businesses and individuals to assist in NSA surveillance operations. […]
Christian Langalis, famously known as “Bitcoin Sign Guy,” has auctioned the “Buy Bitcoin” sign he displayed during Janet Yellen’s 2017 Congressional testimony for 16 BTC, approximately $1 million dollars at current prices. The sign was listed on the Scarce City marketplace, and was drawn on a yellow legal pad with a Uniball Vision pen. Langalis […]
At a recent workshop, researchers and journalists debated how to announce a
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Divide And Conquer: The Government's Propaganda Of Fear And Fake News Authored by John and Nisha Whitehead via The Rutherford Institute, “It is the function of mass agitation to exploit all the grievances, hopes, aspirations, prejudices, fears, and ideals of all the special groups that make up our society, social, religious, economic, racial, political. Stir them up. Set one against the other. Divide and conquer. That’s the way to soften up a democracy.” - J. Edgar Hoover,...
For many years addressing climate change has been framed, at least in political debates, as one that carries an economic tradeoff: Could we afford to do it, even if we think it's otherwise a good idea, or would it cost jobs and money in a world so dependent on fossil fuels? This framing endures today in many ways — especially on a personal level, if not a macro one.People are far more likely to oppose U.S. efforts to combat climate change if they think it will hurt their personal finances. In...
Wisconsin attorney general's office interviewed Kenneth Chesebro, part of 'active' probe.