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Have autonomous robots started killing in war? The reality is messier than it appears

The Verge

Autonomous drone attacked soldiers in Libya all on its own,” read one headline. Let’s be clear: by itself, the UN does not say for certain whether drones autonomously attacked humans in Libya last year, though it certainly suggests this could have happened. And why is this incident in Libya special?

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Some Reflections About Civil Society 2.0 and Why I’m Not On A Plane To Tunisia Right Now

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Youtube blocked access to the offensive video in two of the countries in turmoil, Egypt and Libya , but did not remove the video from its Web site. It is also raising questions about censorship on the Internet.

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Trump just drove a truck through Congress’s massive tariff loopholes

Fast Company Tech

Bush imposed steel tariffs in 2002 , for instance, it caused considerable controversy, simply because that kind of action was so unusual. And before Trump, the national security exemption for tariffs had been used primarily to ban oil imports from countries like Iran and Libya (which quite plausibly did pose a threat to national security).

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