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How you can help save declining butterflies

Fast Company Tech

Geological Surveys Powell Center Status of Butterflies of the United States Working Group , which I am involved in. This gives me a bit of hope when it comes to butterfly conservation. Because they have such short generation times, even small conservation steps can make a big difference and we can see populations bounce back.

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Facebook reportedly removed strikes from conservative pages after executive intervened

The Verge

Facebook reportedly cleared misinformation “strikes” against several posts by conservatives in an apparent attempt to prevent them from being banned, BuzzFeed News reported. He also was reportedly involved in removing a “partly false” fact-check label from an article on the conservative site Daily Wire.

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Missouri voters backed stronger wage and sick leave laws—and then state Republicans repealed them

Fast Company Tech

That level of support, said Missouri Jobs with Justice Policy Director Richard Von Glahn, stems from the fact that the measure speaks to the experiences that voters have in their lives and where the economy is not working for them. In both Missouri and Nebraska, conservative lawmakers have led the charge to roll back ballot measures.

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Facebook still hosts boogaloo extremist groups, report finds

The Verge

Facebook is still littered with groups and pages aligned with the antigovernment “boogaloo” movement months after the company announced that it would ban these communities, according to a new report from the Tech Transparency Project Wednesday. But that policy change could be less effective than it originally suggested.

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Facebook blocks access to group criticizing Thailand king after government threat

The Verge

According to a report from The Guardian , the company has removed a Facebook group with more than 1 million members after it was threatened by the Thai government for violating local laws around defaming the ruling monarch. Facebook restricted the group to avoid fines from the Thai government.

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Facebook reportedly ignored its own research showing algorithms divided users

The Verge

Changes might disproportionately affect conservatives and might hurt engagement, the report says. The group found that if this core element of its recommendation engine were left unchecked, it would continue to serve Facebook users “more and more divisive content in an effort to gain user attention & increase time on the platform.”

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International Organizations and Social Media: News, Engagement, and Social Data for Policy Change

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Not every student in my class is focused on the same policy issue. They will be placed with organizations working on policies in these areas, many part of large international networks, nonprofits, and government. While this represents around 150 million more users than this time last year, these numbers may still be conservative.