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A Facebook loophole is allowing politicians around the world to fake support and criticize opponents

The Verge

Governments and politicians around the world are using a loophole in how Facebook polices inauthentic activity to fake popular support and harass opponents. The loophole identified by Zhang concerns the use of Pages to create fake supporters used by governments to appear popular and criticize opponents. 4/8) — Sophie Zhang?????

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The “All In” Woman Philanthropist

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the #MeToo movement in Asia , reproductive rights activism in Honduras , and the ongoing fight for women’s equality in Iran. Women wield greater economic power than ever before and are harnessing their influence to lead change on these issues and beyond. What does this mean for grantmakers and philanthropy as a whole?

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Nonprofit Technology News for April 2014 - The Green Issue

Tech Soup

This time we’ll report on some climate change news, the TrashOut app, the difference between cloud backup and cloud storage, the heartbleed bug, a green energy innovation in Latin America that works – and another one that doesn’t, and the epic digital inclusion drone wars being waged by Google and Facebook. Climate Change.

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Trump defies U.S. judge’s order, deports hundreds of immigrants to El Salvador

Fast Company Tech

Boasberg issued an order Saturday temporarily blocking the deportations, but lawyers told him there were already two planes with immigrants in the airone headed for El Salvador, the other for Honduras. Video released by El Salvador’s government Sunday showed men exiting airplanes onto an airport tarmac lined by officers in riot gear.

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Twitter plans to label the personal accounts of heads of state

The Verge

Beginning next week, Twitter will add labels to the personal accounts of heads of state as it expands its policy on government-affiliated accounts, the company said Thursday. Next week, you’ll start to see new profile labels on government accounts in 16 other countries.

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What ‘The Social Dilemma’ misunderstands about social networks

The Verge

In particular, Harris’ work on screen time triggered a powerful sea change in the industry, and DiResta’s explorations of misinformation have been essential to helping social networks understand themselves. Governing. ? And yet despite all that. the film is ridiculous? She added: “I know that I have blood on my hands by now.”.