Health Secretary Defends Biden’s Covid Vaccine Mandates and Social Media Efforts
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Health Secretary Defends Biden’s Covid Vaccine Mandates and Social Media Efforts

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Xavier Becerra, the man President Biden chose to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, does not want to talk about Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the man President-elect Donald J. Trump has chosen to “go wild” in reshaping it. Nor does he…

Giuliani Keeps His Condo in Settlement of Defamation Case
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Giuliani Keeps His Condo in Settlement of Defamation Case

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Rudolph W. Giuliani has reached a settlement with two Georgia election workers who he repeatedly, and falsely, claimed had helped to steal the 2020 election. The former mayor of New York was at risk of losing millions of dollars worth of personal mementos,…

The British Public Dislikes Elon Musk. He Can Still Sway Politics.
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The British Public Dislikes Elon Musk. He Can Still Sway Politics.

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines While many of Mr. Musk’s posts, particularly those on grooming gangs, originated in the ecosystem of far-right bloggers and activists, they are also tempting to mainstream politicians in search of a cudgel to use against their opponents. And they appeal to editors and…

A Neo-Nazi Helped Incite U.K. Riots. Elon Musk Criticized His Sentencing.
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A Neo-Nazi Helped Incite U.K. Riots. Elon Musk Criticized His Sentencing.

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Hours after a deadly knife attack in the northern English town of Southport last July, Andrew McIntyre set up a Telegram channel called “Southport Wake Up.” Amid posts riddled with anti-Islamic, antisemitic and anti-immigrant abuse, he urged people to take to the streets,…

Inside Mark Zuckerberg’s Sprint to Remake Meta for the Trump Era
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Inside Mark Zuckerberg’s Sprint to Remake Meta for the Trump Era

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Mark Zuckerberg kept the circle of people who knew his thinking small. Last month, Mr. Zuckerberg, the chief executive of Meta, tapped a handful of top policy and communications executives and others to discuss the company’s approach to online speech. He had decided…

Man Convicted in Pizzagate Shooting Is Killed in Confrontation With Police
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Man Convicted in Pizzagate Shooting Is Killed in Confrontation With Police

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A man in North Carolina who fired a rifle inside a Washington restaurant in 2016 because he wrongly believed an internet conspiracy known as Pizzagate was fatally shot by the police in North Carolina over the weekend when he pulled out a gun…

Facebook Shifts Content Moderation to Its Users. Are You Ready?
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Facebook Shifts Content Moderation to Its Users. Are You Ready?

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Meta would like to introduce its next fact-checker — the one who will spot falsehoods, pen convincing corrections and warn others about misleading content. It’s you. Mark Zuckerberg, Meta’s chief executive, announced Tuesday that he was ending much of the company’s moderation efforts,…

Meta to End Fact-Checking Program in Shift Ahead of Trump Term
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Meta to End Fact-Checking Program in Shift Ahead of Trump Term

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Meta said on Tuesday that it was ending its longstanding fact-checking program, a policy instituted to curtail the spread of misinformation across its social media apps, in a stark sign of how the company was repositioning itself for the Trump presidency and throwing…

Opinion | Hawaii Governor: Robert F. Kennedy Is Unfit to Be HHS Secretary
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Opinion | Hawaii Governor: Robert F. Kennedy Is Unfit to Be HHS Secretary

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines In early December of 2019, I called Faimalotoa Kika Stowers, the health minister of Samoa. The measles outbreak that had begun earlier that fall on her small Pacific island nation had spread out of control and become an epidemic that threatened to overwhelm…

U.K.’s Starmer Slams ‘Lies and Misinformation’ After Elon Musk Attacks
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U.K.’s Starmer Slams ‘Lies and Misinformation’ After Elon Musk Attacks

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain on Monday fired back at Elon Musk after days of inflammatory social media posts by Mr. Musk, the billionaire owner of X, indirectly accusing him and others of “spreading lies and misinformation” about victims of child sex…