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Lame spam of the day: Gaddafi’s money

Robert Weiner

I loved the movie Three Kings , so I got a kick out of being asked to help smuggle Gaddafi's money out of Libya. US) Thirty Five million United States Dollars to you, as far as I can be assured that my share will be safe in your care until I complete my service here in Libya, this is no stolen money, and there is no danger involved.

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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? It depends on who you ask.

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Facebook is deleting evidence of war crimes, researchers say

The Verge

On October 24th, 2020, an art trafficker in Darnah, Libya posted a series of unusual ads. While both companies will sometimes preserve evidence at the request of law enforcement, this policy doesn’t help most academic researchers. Photo by Arun Sankar/AFP via Getty Images.

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URL Shorteners: Blind(ly) Heading Towards Disaster?

Care2

has been seized by the Libyan government for failure to comply with Islamic law. is used and operated by Libya, they are within in their jurisdiction to seize domains that don't comply with their laws. However, just today a.ly shortener called vb.ly And now this has all.ly url shorteners on high alert. Some Background.

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

Fast Company Tech

But Trump isnt getting Congress to pass laws imposing these tariffs on foreign importshes doing it by executive order, acting entirely on his own. Congress could, of course, fix this problem overnight by simply repealing the laws that have outsourced so much responsibility over trade to the president. How is Trump able to do this?

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