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Google teams up with Jewish hate group ADL to censor YouTube videos they don't like

Allum Bokhari
Breitbart
Tue, 01 Aug 2017 16:57 UTC
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© REUTERS/Dado Ruvic
Content creators on YouTube who follow all of the site's rules may still face censorship by the platform, under new plans announced by Google.

According to a post on YouTube's official blog, videos will now be subject to the rule of the mob. If enough users flag a video as "hate speech" or "violent extremism," YouTube may impose restrictions on the content even if it breaks none of the platform's rules.
We'll soon be applying tougher treatment to videos that aren't illegal but have been flagged by users as potential violations of our policies on hate speech and violent extremism. If we find that these videos don't violate our policies but contain controversial religious or supremacist content, they will be placed in a limited state. The videos will remain on YouTube behind an interstitial, won't be recommended, won't be monetized, and won't have key features including comments, suggested videos, and likes.
YouTube has also rolled out a "trusted flagger" program, in which 15 "expert NGOs and institutions" to help them identify hate speech and extremism on their platform.

Comment: There's a reason free market economies outstrip fully centralized ones. And there's a reason free speech always trumps stage-managed and "curated" content. Guess Google hasn't learned that lesson. Welcome back to the Middle Ages, folks!

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Nebraska Patrol accused of forcing female candidates to undergo vaginal exams


RT
Thu, 03 Aug 2017 03:17 UTC
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Female recruits for the Nebraska State Patrol were forced to undergo exams that were "medically unnecessary and sexually invasive" before being hired, according to a lawsuit filed by one trooper.

State Trooper Brienne Splittgerber, 37, filed a civil rights lawsuit against the Nebraska State Patrol, the state of Nebraska, two former patrol heads and various other people, accusing them of permitting and covering up the sexual assault of female candidates, according to the Associated Press.

Splittgerber said she was required to undergo a pre-employment physical exam in September 2014, where she was told to "remove her pants, lay on her back on the examination table, bend her knees to put her feet flat on the table and open her knees exposing her genitalia," according to the Omaha World-Herald.

She also alleges that other female recruits were forced to undergo vaginal and rectal examinations for years, while the same was not required for male recruits.

"Subjecting the plaintiff and other female trooper candidates to a medically unnecessary and sexually invasive procedure is outrageous conduct which goes beyond all possible bounds of decency and is utterly intolerable in a civilized community," the lawsuit reads, according to AP.
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Meat the deluded halfway: California butcher shop hangs 'animal rights' sign to stop vegan protesters


RT
Thu, 03 Aug 2017 13:45 UTC
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After months of protests, a small butcher shop gave in to a list of demands from animal rights activists and agreed to display a sign in their window that warns customers that "animal lives are at risk."

The Local Butcher Shop in Berkeley, California, made a deal with Direct Action Everywhere, a non-profit group whose mission is to create "a peaceful and beautiful world where the animals are liberated."

As a part of the deal, the meatmarket agreed to hang a 15-inch square sign in their window that reads: "Attention: Animals' lives are their right. Killing them is violent and unjust, no matter how it's done."

In exchange, the vegan group, also known as DXE, has agreed to hold only two more protests as long as the sign stays up for the next year.

"The most palatable option to us was to put that sign up" Monica Rocchino, who owns the butcher shop, told the Berkeleyside. "The protests impacted the neighbors and local businesses more than it impacted us... so it felt like the most respectful thing to do."

DXE has held weekly protests in front of the butcher shop, while the meat vendor held classes. Some of the protests involved people wrapped in plastic and dripping with fake blood as if they were cuts of meat.

Comment: Are these protesters suffering from the brain shrinkage that often accompanies vegetarian and vegan diets?

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Syrian group that left anti-Daesh fight agrees to return US coalition-supplied arms


Sputnik
Thu, 03 Aug 2017 13:59 UTC
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© Associated Press/Hammurabi's Justice NewsDodgy alliance: Syrian 'rebels' side-by-side US troops
The US-led coalition and the Syrian Shohada Al Quartyan (ShQ) group that defected from the counter-terrorfight, have agreed on the return heavy weapons, Operation Inherent Resolve spokesperson told Sputnik on Thursday.

Last week, CNN reported that the coalition had cut ties with the ShQ because the group's leadership wants to fight the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad instead of Daesh terrorists. When commenting on the reports, Operation Inherent Resolve spokesperson Col. Ryan Dillon said last Thursday that the US-led coalition will reclaim some equipment it provided to Shohada Al Quartyan fighters.

"Our meeting with the ShQ was cordial and we negotiated for heavy weapons and other equipment to be turned in," the spokesperson said. "The ShQ also agreed not to conduct offensive operations against the Syrian Regime from inside the 55km de-confliction zone."
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Chemical leak at a NC YMCA pool sends scores of children to hospital


RT
Thu, 03 Aug 2017 13:33 UTC
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A chemical leak at the YMCA facility pool in North Carolina has sent 43 people, including 40 children between the ages of six and 12, to hospital. Six of the children were reported as being in a serious but non-life-threatening condition.

The Downtown YMCA in Durham reported a leak of sodium hypochlorite in their swimming pool. The chemical is commonly used as a disinfectant. Durham County spokeswoman, Dawn Dudley, said the chemical is used for "everyday maintenance" of swimming pools, according to the Charlotte Observer.
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Blogger investigated for 'Russian propaganda & terrorism' in Ukraine


RT
Thu, 03 Aug 2017 13:06 UTC
Ukrainian Security Service in Kiev
© SputnikBuilding of the Ukrainian Security Service in Kiev
Ukraine's Security Service have launched an investigation into a journalist and blogger whom they accuse of treason as well as his alleged attempts to violate the country's territorial integrity via publications critical of the government in Kiev.

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) released a statement Wednesday, reporting that it had "ended the activity" of a journalist from the Zhitomir region in central Ukraine, who they claim worked on the "instructions of Russian curators" and "prepared and distributed anti-Ukrainian materials."

"Since 2014 the journalist had been writing tendentious articles at the request of the Russian government propaganda news agencies," the agency said without releasing the name of the suspect.
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Canada's housing market could soon implode along with economy


RT
Thu, 03 Aug 2017 13:06 UTC
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© Mark Blinch / ReutersHouses are seen in a suburb located north of Toronto in Vaughan, Canada
The tightening in Canada's booming housing market, which has long been the leading driver for employment and growth, could wipe out economic gains, experts warn.

The real estate boom has attracted thousands of workers into the sector, from realtors and home stagers to construction workers.

According to analysts, a drop in home sales has already started to weigh on the economy, and if prices start to decline, consumer spending and jobs will suffer. Canada's home construction jobs accounted for the bulk of the economic growth last year.
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Six bomb threats made against Virginia military bases in one day


RT
Thu, 03 Aug 2017 13:06 UTC
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© US Navy / ReutersNaval Station Norfolk
Two military bases in Hampton Roads, Virginia received six bomb threats Wednesday. The threats have all been cleared but the source is under investigation.

Normal operations have resumed at Naval Station Norfolk and the Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek (JEBLC) following security sweeps at the bases, according to WAVY. The bomb threats were deemed not credible.

Within hours, three US Navy ships based at Naval Station Norfolk ‒ the USS Whidbey Island, USS Gunston Hall and USS Oak Hill ‒ as well as an on-base medical center and a Personnel Support Detachment received calls saying they were being targeted.
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London doctor charged with 118 sex offenses with 1 against a child


RT
Thu, 03 Aug 2017 13:03 UTC
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A doctor from East London has been charged with more than a hundred sexual offenses, including one against a minor, the Metropolitan Police have said.

Manish Shah, 47, of Brunel Close in Romford, was charged with a total of 118 offenses, reportedly carried out between 2004 and 2013.

The charges include 52 counts of penetration in breach of section 3 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003.

Shah was also accused of sexually assaulting a child under the age of 13, contrary to Section 7 of the same act.

The alleged offenses targeted up to 54 victims.
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Warsaw to seek WWII reparations from Germany


RT
Thu, 03 Aug 2017 12:39 UTC
A picture of inmates behind barbed wire taken in 1945 when the concentration camp of Auschwitz was liberated in Poland
© Elizaveta Svilova / AFPA picture of inmates behind barbed wire taken in 1945 when the concentration camp of Auschwitz was liberated in Poland where millions of Jewish deportees were exterminated by nazis during World War II.
Poland will consider a claim demanding reparations from Germany for the destruction it brought during the Nazi occupation in World War II, a Warsaw official said, adding that some 6 million people were slaughtered as a result.

The parliament's bureau of research is preparing an analysis if it can legally make the claim by August 11, Arkadiusz Mularczyk, a ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party member said on Wednesday, as cited by the local media.

Seeking wartime reparations from Berlin is "a moral duty" for politicians, Mularczyk, who submitted the request to the bureau of research, said. Some 6 million Polish people were killed, art works were looted and the whole country was destroyed during the war, he added.
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