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Facebook moderators flooded with potential 'sextortion' and revenge porn cases

Nick Hopkins and Olivia Solon
The Guardian
Mon, 22 May 2017 16:48 UTC
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© Rex Facebook allows ‘moderate displays of sexuality’ and pixelated sexual activity involving adults.
Facebook had to assess nearly 54,000 potential cases of revenge pornography and "sextortion" on the site in a single month, according to a leaked document.

Figures shared with staff reveal that in January Facebook had to disable more than 14,000 accounts related to these types of sexual abuse - and 33 of the cases reviewed involved children.

The company relies on users to report most abusive content, meaning the real scale of the problem could be much greater.

But the Guardian has been told that moderators find Facebook's policies on sexual content the hardest to follow. "Sexual policy is the one where moderators make most mistakes," said a source. "It is very complex."

Facebook admitted this was a high priority area and that it was using "image-matching" software to stop explicit content getting on to the site. It also acknowledged it was difficult to draw a line between acceptable and unacceptable sexual content.
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People

Palestinian protesters hold Trump effigy at gunpoint to decry Bethlehem visit


RT
Tue, 23 May 2017 16:46 UTC
Palestinain protesters with Trump efigy
© Mohammed Salem / Reuters
Hundreds of people took to the streets in Gaza City to protest Donald Trump's visit to Palestine on Tuesday and express their outrage over the labeling of de facto Gaza Strip rulers Hamas as a terrorist group.

During his stay in Saudi Arabia earlier this week, Trump mentioned Hamas alongside Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) and Al-Qaeda terrorists, saying that the damage done by the groups "must be counted not only in the number of dead," but also "in generations of vanished dreams."

According to the Palestinian Ma'an news agency, the US leader's words were interpreted in Gaza as "a blanket condemnation of all forms of Palestinian resistance."
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Ohio teen who was "hero to her family" for killing abusive father agrees to manslaughter charge and reduced jail time


RT
Tue, 23 May 2017 16:22 UTC
Bresha Meadows
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An Ohio teenager has pleaded guilty to a manslaughter charge for the killing of her allegedly abusive father. She was given a sentence of a year and a day in juvenile jail, but may be released in eight months to relatives who consider her a "hero."

Bresha Meadows, 15, entered a plea of "true" to a reduced charge of involuntary manslaughter on Monday. She was charged with fatally shooting her father, Jonathan Meadows, 41, in the head while he slept in the family home last July.

A plea of true in juvenile court is similar to a guilty plea in adult court.

Meadows' attorneys argued that she was acting in self-defense to protect her family.

"This is a good child," said Ian Friedman, Meadows' attorney, according to the Huffington Post. "She grew up in an environment where every adult failed her. This did not have to happen."

Comment: See: Ohio teen facing murder charges for killing father is a 'hero' to her family

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Red Flag

Delusional: White supremacist teenager converts to Islam, kills Neo-Nazi roommates for insulting his faith


RT
Tue, 23 May 2017 16:07 UTC
Tampa police
© Joe Skipper / ReutersTampa police
A white supremacist who converted to Islam killed his two Neo-Nazi roommates because they had offended his new faith, local media reported, citing police, who also found bomb-making materials, radioactive substances, and Nazi-propaganda at the crime scene.

The incident came to light on Friday when a man identified as Devon Arthurs, 18, led police to two deceased men in Tampa, Florida that he said he had murdered, police reported.

However, on Monday, police disclosed new details about what had initially been thought to be a common homicide. It appears that Arthurs is a former white supremacist who converted to Islam, police Detective Kenneth Nightlinger said in his report, as cited by Tampa Bay newspaper.

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Twitter responds to McCain: 'Butt-hurt, Russia-obsessed' Senator 'has lost his mind'


Sputnik
Tue, 23 May 2017 16:12 UTC
John McCain
© AP Photo/ Rick Scuteri
John McCain, the hawkish Arizona senator well-known in Russia for his Russophobic outbursts, launched another tirade against Moscow on Sunday, calling President Putin a "thug and a murderer" and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov a "stooge" and "propagandist." Russian officials responded to the offensive remarks. So did Twitter users.

Speaking to Fox News Sunday anchor Chris Wallace, McCain lashed out against President Trump for hosting the Russian foreign minister in the White House. Lavrov, the senator said, "had no business in the Oval Office."

McCain went on to call the foreign minister "the stooge of a thug and murderer," his choice of words to describe the Russian president, and claimed that President Putin had "committed human rights violations all over the place."
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Heart - Black

Crowds cheer on public caning of two gay men in Indonesia


RT
Tue, 23 May 2017 16:05 UTC
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An Indonesian man (C), one of two to be publicly caned for having sex, is caned in Banda Aceh on May 23, 2017 Chaideer Mahyuddin / AFP
Two men caught having sex in March were subjected to a public caning in the Indonesian province of Aceh on Tuesday. A crowd of about 1,000 people watched the punishment, many cheering and filming the event.

The public caning took place in a square in front of a mosque in the provincial capital, Banda Aceh. The pair, aged 20 and 23, each received over 82 strikes with thin rattan canes. Their original sentence of 85 lashes was reduced due to time spent in detention.

At least eight other men and women were caned along with the gay pair for offenses such as adultery, which is a crime under Sharia law. The beating was carried out by some 10 officials, who were wearing brown robes and had hoods covering their faces. The officials took turns during the beating and paused briefly when those being punished indicated that they were in too much pain, Reuters reported.

A crowd of some 1,000 people witnessed the punishment. Some cheered or filmed the caning or livestreamed the event on the internet.
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Pistol

Cosa Nostra: Mafia don assassinated while biking in Sicily


RT
Tue, 23 May 2017 15:57 UTC
Guiseppe Dainotti killing
© Alessandro Fucarini / AFP
Legendary crime kingpin, Guiseppe Dainotti, who was released from prison last year, was shot dead in broad daylight in a Palermo street by two killers, according to Italian police.

"When some people claim the mafia no longer exists or has been destroyed, something always happens to confirm it is still there," said Palermo prosecutor Francesco Lo Voi in a statement to the media. "When necessary, it shoots again, in a clear and symbolic way."

Photographs circulated on Monday showed a blood-splattered white bicycle lying on the ground, following what police said was the first mafia don slaying in Sicily for three years.
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Snakes in Suits

CEOs of top US companies got highest pay raise since 2013 last year


RT
Tue, 23 May 2017 16:00 UTC
skyline
© Lucas Jackson / Reuters
A study by executive data firm Equilar for the Associated Press (AP) found a typical chief executive officer of the largest US companies got an 8.5 percent pay raise last year, raking in $11.5 million in salary, stock, and other compensation.

According to the research, over the last five years, median CEO pay has jumped by 19.6 percent, not accounting for inflation. That's nearly double the 10.9 percent rise in the average weekly paycheck for full-time employees across the country.

It also found compensation dropped for nine of the ten companies scoring the lowest on "Say on Pay" votes, where shareholders have the right to vote on the remuneration of executives.

"It's all out of whack right now," Heather Slavkin Corzo, director of the AFL-CIO Office of Investment told AP, adding CEOs for major US companies make 347 times more than the average worker.
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Arrow Up

Olive oil prices spike sharply due to Mediterranean drought


RT
Tue, 23 May 2017 15:49 UTC
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© Marcelo del Pozo / Reuters
The drought that hit major olive producers around the Mediterranean has had a significant effect on consumers all over the world with the price of extra virgin olive oil surging by nearly a quarter this year.

Olive oil production in Greece, Italy, Tunisia and, to a lesser extent, Spain is expected to decrease in 2017 sharply.

"Italy is terrible, Greece is terrible, and Tunisia is terrible. Can you imagine if Spain had also been down sharply?" said Panayotis Karantonis, director of the Athens-based Greek Association of Olive Oil Processors and Packers, as quoted by FT.

The International Olive Council (IOC) expects global output to fall 14 percent in this year, while in Italy production may be halved in the 12 months to September.

Greece will be down 20 percent and Tunisia 17 percent, while Spanish output is likely to face a drop of seven percent.
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Network

'Bigger than WannaCry': New malware employs 7 NSA exploits, Croatian expert warns


RT
Mon, 22 May 2017 15:43 UTC
laptop screen
© Thomas Samson / AFP
Seven cyber exploits purportedly stolen from the US National Security Agency (NSA) have been identified in 'EternalRocks', a new type of malware detected by a Croatian tech security advisor.

Similar to the WannaCry malware which struck hundreds of thousands of computers worldwide this month, EternalRocks apparently draws on NSA-identified network exploits EternalBlue, EternalChampion, EternalRoman, and EternalSynergy.

The worm utilizes DoublePulsar, Architouch and SMBtouch, a series of tools released in an apparent NSA leak by hacking group ShadowBrokers.
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