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Fake News Joke Tweet Leads to Call From the FBI
Trump and Duterte's Drug War Bromance
Duterte: During phone call, Trump praised my drug war as the ‘right way’
Duterte Says Trump Wished His Drug Crackdown 'Success'
Duterte says felt rapport with Trump, assures U.S.-Philippines ties intact
Philippines President Says Trump Congratulated Him on Violent Anti-Drug Crackdown
Duterte Call With Trump Seen Warming U.S. Ties After China Tilt
Rebooting our relations with the US
Trump lauds Du30 grisly drug drive?
Duterte invites Trump to the Philippines
He's just tailoring his message to his audience! There's no way he actually believes that! He's for individual liberties!!!11
Some BBC Election Stories
Oculus VR vs ZeniMax
Oculus VR made "factually inaccurate" statements in ZeniMax lawsuit, forensic analyst says
A recently-granted motion in the lawsuit between ZeniMax Media and Oculus VR suggests that the case could be about to get very interesting, and not in a way that's good for Oculus. The motion to "permit disclosure of any 'demonstrably inaccurate' representations made to court," as reported by Polygon, indicates that an independent expert investigating the case found sworn statements that are "factually incorrect," and that "critical log files" on one of John Carmack's hard drives were deleted prior to its collection as evidence.
I'm too lazy to give this one the research needed to produce a coherent submission, since I haven't been following the case.
Sasha Disses Barack on Snapchat
I'm taking away your Air Force One privileges.
President Obama ridiculed on Snapchat by daughter Sasha
The president also mentioned that his own iPhone was limited to receiving emails and browsing the internet, and would not take photos, play music or make calls. "My rule has been throughout my presidency, that I assume that someday, some time, somebody will read this email," he said. "So, I don't send any email that at some point won't be on the front page of the newspapers."
US election 2016: Indians' verdict on Donald Trump's Hindi
An uncanny mixture: God, alcohol and even cannabis
A Stray: Finding and filming the real Somali immigrant experience
In pictures: Living off-grid
John Oliver Pinpoints Fake Opioid Crisis Statistic
John Oliver Pinpoints A Fake Statistic That Fueled The Opioid Crisis
In John Oliver’s latest segment on opioids during Last Week Tonight, he pulled up one of the key statistics pharmaceutical salespeople used to market prescription opioids to doctors in the 1990s: Less than 1 percent of patients taking opioids become addicted to painkillers. That figure is completely inaccurate, of course, and as Oliver points out, it has a disturbing origin story.
Facebook Employees Argued for Censorship of Mr. Trump
Somebody got triggered.
Facebook Employees Pushed to Remove Trump’s Posts as Hate Speech
Some of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s posts on Facebook have set off an intense debate inside the social media company over the past year, with some employees arguing certain posts about banning Muslims from entering the U.S. should be removed for violating the site’s rules on hate speech, according to people familiar with the matter.
The decision to allow Mr. Trump’s posts went all the way to Facebook Inc. Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg, who ruled in December that it would be inappropriate to censor the candidate, according to the people familiar with the matter. That decision has prompted employees across the company to complain on Facebook’s internal messaging service and in person to Mr. Zuckerberg and other managers that it was bending the site’s rules for Mr. Trump, and some employees who work in a group charged with reviewing content on Facebook threatened to quit, the people said.
Facebook employees argued Trump's posts should be banned as hate speech
It's Not Russia This Time. Blame Canada!
It's not Russia that's trying to impact our elections, it's our evil neighbor to the north!
Those hosers have launched a propaganda campaign designed to confuse and demoralize Americans in advance of the election.
Couched in condescending terms as a "love note" to Americans, Canadians tell lies, make unsubstantiated claims and generally try to blow smoke up our asses.
We suck donkey balls and anyone who says differently is either a Clinton shill or one of her many secret hit squads have abducted family members and threatened them if they don't toe the line.
Okay, maybe that's just a *little* hyperbolic. Actually, I think the ad campaign is kind of sweet.
32% Globally Think Gay Marriage Should Be Legal
One in Three People Globally Think Gay Marriage Should Be Legal
Only 19 percent of respondents in Africa and 26 percent in Asia said they approved of same-sex marriage, against 35 percent in the Americas, 41 percent in Europe and 56 percent in Oceania the online survey found.
These divisions reflect that rights advocates in Africa and Asia have focused on more pressing issues, such as fighting discrimination against gays rather than promoting acceptance of same-sex marriage, said study co-author Aengus Carroll.
"This is so far off the agenda for Africa and Asia," Carroll told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.
