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We have heard the rumblings, now it comes.... the Code of Conduct for social media along with the banhammer.
From Bloomberg we get this warning:
U.S. Internet giants Facebook Inc., Twitter Inc., Google and Microsoft Corp. pledged to tackle online hate speech in less than 24 hours as part of a joint commitment with the European Union to combat the use of social media by terrorists.
Of course terrorists are defined down to "unambiguous hate speech that they said promoted racism, homophobia or anti-Semitism" before the short article ends.
Buckle up folks, the ride is is about to get bumpy.
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Life is not for everyone.
(Score: 2) by butthurt on Thursday June 02 2016, @05:57AM
On what street was the Woolworth's in Greensboro, North Carolina?
http://americanhistory.si.edu/brown/history/6-legacy/freedom-struggle-2.html [si.edu]
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Thursday June 02 2016, @02:08PM
132 South Elm Street
Is there some significance to that address? A tree name - hmmm - the Goddess tree? Meditation? Magic?
Abortion is the number one killed of children in the United States.
(Score: 2) by butthurt on Thursday June 02 2016, @06:06PM
Thank you. I just wondered whether it was a Main Street business.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Friday June 03 2016, @01:34AM
From my youth, Woolworth's was located on a downtown main street, just like Kresge's, or Murphy's, or any other retailer. Back then, the further from "Main Street" a business was located, the less successful it was. Sometimes, "Main Street" isn't precisely the main street in town. Or, maybe that's just how things worked out over time - Main will be a thoroughfare through town, and the businesses will be set a block or two off of Main.
But, looking at the photos, the young men who staged the sitins appear to be walking along a typical downtown business street for the time. They most certainly aren't out on the edge of town, or on the "wrong side of the tracks".
Abortion is the number one killed of children in the United States.
(Score: 2) by butthurt on Friday June 03 2016, @02:02AM
Thank you for your comments. I do understand the expression "Main Street." I didn't mean to cause you to waste your time explaining it.