Month: November 2022

Reporter implores White House to crack down on Twitter , asks What tolls WH has to stop Musk and free speech

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Political Twitter was once a hellscape where it felt like the Right was fighting with one hand tied behind its back. Now, with Elon Musk in charge of the company, it feels like a level playing field. (And still a hellscape.) Why? Well, Musk has committed himself and his company to free speech. Unfortunately, that’s … Read more

New York City Will Hospitalize More Mentally Ill People Involuntarily

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Mayor Eric Adams announced a major effort on Tuesday to remove people with severe, untreated mental illness from the city’s streets and subways, saying New York had “a moral obligation” to address “a crisis we see all around us.” The effort will involve hospitalizing people involuntarily, even if they do not pose an immediate risk of … Read more

Google provided investigators with location data for more than 5,000 devices as part of the federal investigation on the US Capitol attack!

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The investigation included the largest number of phones in the history of controversial geofencing orders, court records show. A filing in the case of one of the January 6 suspects, David Rhine, shows that Google initially identified 5,723 devices that were in or near the US Capitol during the riots. Only about 900 people have … Read more

White House announces international ‘Summit for Democracy’ in March

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White House announces international ‘Summit for Democracy’ in March The White House on Tuesday announced an international “Summit for Democracy” to be held next March, co-hosted with Costa Rica, the Netherlands, South Korea and Zambia. The summit, which follows on from a first one held in 2021, will showcase the ability of democracies to handle … Read more