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Oops! Twitter 'sorry' for sharing user data with advertisers without permission. What's new?


RT
Thu, 08 Aug 2019 08:12 UTC
twitter eye
© Reuters / Dado Ruvic
Another day, another social media platform issuing an apology for sharing users' data without permission. Twitter is the latest to "discover" that some of its settings went awry and shared private information for ad targeting.

In a blog post on Tuesday, Twitter admitted that it had recently "found issues" which meant that users' settings choices "may not have worked as intended" and personal data was consequently shared with advertisers. But since it was kind enough to apologize, it looks like Twitter thinks it should all just be water under the bridge.
You trust us to follow your choices and we failed here. We're sorry this happened, and are taking steps to make sure we don't make a mistake like this again.

The company said it resolved the issue on August 5, but didn't mention when exactly it "realized" that it was sharing its users data without consent, only saying that it had been "recently." That's a crucial point, because according to TechCrunch, it may indicate that Twitter is in breach of Europe's GDPR framework, which came into effect in May 2018 (around the same time Twitter says the issues occurred), and which mandates disclosure of data breaches.

Uh oh.
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Trouble in Belfast as police break up bonfire event commemorating British government's mass internment of Irish nationals


RT
Thu, 08 Aug 2019 17:20 UTC
new lodge bonfire
© Getty Images/PA Images/Liam McBurney
PSNI officers faced a barrage of missiles in New Lodge on Thursday, FILE PHOTO.
Police officers were forced to abandon efforts to demolish a bonfire structure in north Belfast after facing a barrage of bricks, bottles and fireworks during a violent standoff.

Violence erupted in the predominantly nationalist New Lodge area of the city on Thursday, as the police attempted to allow private contractors to dismantle the towering bonfire.

Missiles rained down on the officers before a group of protesters charged at police lines, attacking them with pieces of metal fencing. One witness said that children as young as 10 were among the crowds clashing with police, The Irish News reports.

Comment:

For insight into the history of British terrorism in Ireland, check out SOTT radio's:

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Bizarro Earth

Media personalities encouraging political violence following El Paso & Dayton

Nebojsa Malic
RT
Tue, 06 Aug 2019 21:13 UTC
cowboy boot shooting
© REUTERS/Las Vegas Sun/Steve Marcus
The fatal shootings in El Paso and Dayton seem to have been weaponized, with activists claiming to oppose violence and hate now calling for violence against political rivals they hate. How is this democracy?

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) somehow found himself the object of the proverbial two-minute hate after the shootings. Protesters besieged his home, wishing him dead. Twitter celebrities engaged in fantasies of violence, endorsed and amplified by TV stars and media contributors, who angrily demanded an end to all nuance and descent into black-and-white, us-versus-them open war - all in the name of fighting "hate" and "fascism," of course.

Exhibit A:

Comment: And according to What criminology professors learned by studying every mass shooting since 1966 these commenters are actually encouraging more violence:
Third, most of the shooters had studied the actions of other shooters and sought validation for their motives.
See also: Massacre at Walmart in El Paso, Texas: Eyewitnesses Report Multiple Shooters - 'Lone Gunman' Narrative Inconsistencies

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Bizarro Earth

The dream of clean energy is fueling a dirty mining boom


RT
Thu, 08 Aug 2019 06:03 UTC
open pit cobalt mine
© Reuters / Jonny Hogg
Open-pit copper and cobalt mine at Tenke Fungurume in Congo's copper-producing south, January 29, 2013
A future of environment-friendly energy, where dirty engines and power plants rust in history's scrapyard, is an idyllic vision. In the cynical real world, the rush for green batteries is fueling a harmful mining boom.

By 2030, there will be 140 million electric cars on Earth, and by 2040 every third vehicle will be powered by green electricity instead of the fossil fuels that have been slowly choking the environment for the past couple centuries. That's according to assessments by Glencore Plc and BloombergNEF.

Sounds like we're on the right track and Greta Thunberg's zero-emission dream could be achieved within her lifetime. Humanity is finally coming to its senses.

Get digging

Not quite. All those cars will need batteries, and all those batteries will need to be built with a small periodic table of minerals. And all those minerals need to be mined - in some cases strip-mining the rest of the planet's explored deposits.

Comment: Environmentalists pushing the 'green agenda' have sold us a bill of goods - the technology is unreliable, it's more expensive and it's certainly not 'green' in any measure if the sourcing of component parts are pulled into the equation. See:

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Baltimore mother took Lyft to dispose of her 4-year-old's body in a dumpster

Julia Jacobo
ABC
Tue, 06 Aug 2019 13:47 UTC
Malachi Lawson

Malachi Lawson, 4, of Baltimore, was found dead in a dumpster on Aug. 3, 2019.
A Baltimore mother charged in the death of her 4-year-old son searched for trash collection sites on her phone before taking a Lyft to dispose of the boy's body in a dumpster, prosecutors said.

The boy's remains was found in a dumpster Saturday with severe burns over his lower body, according to the charging document.

Alicia Lawson, 25, reported her son, Malachi Lawson, missing from his grandmother's house last Thursday, telling Baltimore police at the time that he disappeared from the front doorstep after she "went inside momentarily," according to documents released by the Office of the State's Attorney for Baltimore City, which charges her with manslaughter and child abuse.

The Baltimore Police Department and FBI created posters for Malachi shortly after he was reported missing on Thursday, conducting an extensive search for him in the area.

Comment: See also:

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Police used streetlamps to spy on public in San Diego


Mass Private
Thu, 08 Aug 2019 21:07 UTC
Streetlamp Cameras
© San Diego Union Tribune
Gone are the days when cities used streetlamps to simply illuminate sidewalks and streets. Today's streetlamps are being used to form an inter-connected web of surveillance devices.

A recent San Diego Union-Tribune article revealed how San Diego police officers have used streetlamp video surveillance in at least 140 cases and sometimes as frequently as 20 times a month.

Let that sink in for a moment; spying streetlamps are real and police have already requested video footage from more than 140 streetlamps.

Lt. Jeffery Jordon called spying streetlamps "game changing" and that is exactly how they should be viewed. Streetlamps that are designed to spy on the public, really is a game changer.

San Diego's streetlamps are equipped with ShotSpotter microphones that police claim are not being used to listen to public conversations.

Should we believe them?
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Evil Rays

Moscow becomes first city in Russia to launch 5G network


RT
Thu, 08 Aug 2019 18:35 UTC
moscow
© Sputnik
A pilot 5G zone, the first of its kind, has been launched in the heart of the Russian capital on Thursday. Swedish telecom company Ericsson provided the equipment for the network, which is run by Russian mobile operator Tele2.

"Today's event means that the 5G era in Russia has already begun, after tests we are moving to use the technology via a commercial network," Tele2 CEO Sergei Edmin said, announcing the launch.

The pilot zone for the super-fast network fully covers Moscow's landmark Tverskaya street, from the Kremlin to the busy Garden Ring highway, the company said in a statement.

Comment: How unfortunate for the people in these cities. Russia may have some sense when it comes to things like GMOs, but clearly it's not at the forefront of understanding the dangers of 5G. The world can likely look forward to an explosion of disease and debilitating conditions (as if things weren't already bad enough!) as 5G blankets large swaths of the world's most populated cities.

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Heart

Conservative activist, 200 volunteers clean 12 tons of trash from Baltimore streets

Petr Svab
The EpochTimes
Tue, 06 Aug 2019 17:03 UTC
Scott Presler
© Courtesy of Scott Presler
Conservative activist Scott Presler after street cleanup event in Baltimore, Md., on Aug. 5, 2019.
Some 200 volunteers combed through the streets of northwest Baltimore on Aug. 5, cleaning up trash and weeds in an "Americans Helping Americans" event organized by conservative activist Scott Presler.

Starting at 7 a.m. at the corner of North Fulton Avenue and Westwood Avenue, the volunteers spread through the surrounding blocks. By 8 p.m., they had collected more than 12 tons of trash — destination junkyard.

Many locals expressed gratitude to the participants, and some joined in, Presler said in a phone call to The Epoch Times.

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Pistol

Shots fired at Baton Rouge Walmart in personal altercation - one hurt, gunman apprehended


Sputnik
Tue, 06 Aug 2019 17:37 UTC
baton rouge walmater shooting
© Logan Ridenour
Scene outside of Baton Rouge Walmart.
Police are responding to reports of shooting at a Walmart store on Burbank Drive in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, the WBRZ TV channel has reported.

​​Police officers have been deployed at the scene and a helicopter was spotted in the area, the report said.

​One of the witnesses shared a video of policemen detaining a suspected gunman.

Comment: Gateway Pundit reported further:
BRPD confirmed the shooting was reported around noon at the Walmart on Burbank Drive at Bluebonnet. A massive law enforcement presence, including sheriff's deputies, Baton Rouge Police and a helicopter was spotted outside the store.

The sheriff's office says the incident is not being considered an active shooting situation at this time. Authorities say they are also checking other Walmarts in the Baton Rouge area.

The Plaquemine Post South reports:
UPDATED August 7: EBRSO STATES:

"Pursuant to Deputies' investigation of the Walmart incident which occurred on 8/06/19, the below listed persons were arrested. 1 - Jacob Bess, 12/26/86, 8029 Ned Av., issued Misdemeanor Summons for Disturbing the Peace. 2 - Robert Tucker, 3/23/75, 1657 Starboard Dr., arrested for Disturbing the Peace, and Aggravated Assault with a Firearm."

ORIGINAL:

A bystander sustained gunshot wounds after an argument broke out between two patrons at a Walmart in Baton Rouge. One suspect is currently in custody, while the other remains at large.

The victim is a 42-year-old father who was in line buying a lunchbox for one of his children. He received multiple gunshot wounds and was transferred to a local hospital where he is in stable condition, according to East Baton Rouge Sheriff Sid Gautreaux.

The initial reason for the altercation is unknown.

"It escalated to both of then pulling guns and one of them firing shots. We think the guy at large is the one who fired the shots, but we won't know until we get him in custody," Sheriff Gautreaux said.

The suspect at large was wearing a black shirt and black shorts. Law enforcement has expanded their search perimeter and asks that local residents remain aware of their surroundings and notify them in case they have any information regarding the shooting.


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Handcuffs

Lawyers say El Paso suspect's mom called police about gun he purchased weeks before attack

Scott Glover and Majlie de Puy Camp
CNN
Thu, 08 Aug 2019 17:24 UTC
el paso, teksas
The El Paso shooting suspect's mother called the Allen, Texas, Police Department weeks before the shooting because she was concerned about her son owning an "AK" type firearm, lawyers for the family confirmed to CNN.

The mother contacted police because she was worried about her son owning the weapon given his age, maturity level and lack of experience handling such a firearm, attorneys Chris Ayres and R. Jack Ayres said.

During the call, the mother was transferred to a public safety officer who told her that -- based on her description of the situation -- her son, 21, was legally allowed to purchase the weapon, the attorneys said. The mother did not provide her name or her son's name, and police did not seek any additional information from her before the call concluded, they added.

It is not known whether the gun the mother inquired about is the weapon used in the attack. In response to public records requests for information on alleged shooter Patrick Crusius, the Allen Police Department provided no reports documenting the call from the mother.

The police said in a statement only three minor incidents -- one, a false burglar alarm at the family home, another when Crusius was a passenger in a bus involved in a minor traffic accident and a third when he ran away from home but returned 30 minutes later -- "are the entirety of our dealings with Mr. Crusius, in any capacity, be it suspect, witness, reporting party, or in any other manner."

Comment: See also: After initially denying the mother had made the call, Allen police confirmed it. Apparently, they had assumed she called the emergency line and found no records. But she apparently called a non-emergency number.

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