Battling Fake Accounts, Twitter to Slash Millions of Followers

Gonna get lonely out there with the fake accounts gone. Twitter will begin removing tens of millions of suspicious accounts from follower numbers, signaling a major new effort to fight fraud and restore trust on the platform.

Sri Lanka to begin hanging drug dealers, to ‘replicate success of Philippines’

Sinking to new lows for humanity.

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Government says executions will resume after moratorium of almost 50 years, citing Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs

Sri Lanka will begin hanging drug dealers, ending a near-half-century moratorium on executions, as officials promised explicitly to “replicate the success” of the Philippines’ grisly war on drugs.

Sri Lanka’s decision to cite the Philippines as its model is certain to draw criticism. Under president Rodrigo Duterte 4,200 drug suspects have been killed in the Philippines, although rights groups say the true number could be at least triple that figure.

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Nevada judge stalls execution after company objects to use of its drug

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Judge ruled Alvogen has reasonable probability of winning lawsuit and issued restraining order against use of midazolam

A Nevada judge effectively put the execution of a two-time killer on hold on Wednesday after a pharmaceutical company objected to the use of one of its drugs to put someone to death.

Judge Elizabeth Gonzalez of Clark county district disallowed the use of the drug in a ruling that came down less than nine hours before Scott Raymond Dozier, 47, was to be executed with a three-chemical injection never before tried in the US.

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Officials admit they may have separated family – who might be US citizens – for up to a year

ACLU calls revelation ‘horrific’ and blames administration’s poor execution of family separation policy

The Department of Justice (DoJ) told a federal judge Tuesday that it may have mistakenly separated a father and toddler who could both be US citizens for as long as a year, in the process of enforcing the Trump administration’s “zero-tolerance” immigration policy.

Related: Trump forced to reinstate ‘catch and release’ after court defeats

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Elon Musk hits out at Thai rescue chief who turned down mini-submarine offer – “I am important, you have to listen to me and think I am great! – LOL”

Entrepreneur Elon Musk calls into question the role of the man who turned down his offer of a hastily developed kid-size submarine to assist the rescue of 12 boys and their soccer coach from a Thai cave.

Source: Elon Musk hits out at Thai rescue chief who turned down mini-submarine offer

Rise of Italian populist parties buoys anti-vaccine movement

rise of idiocy in Italy!

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Backlash against sportsman’s post about his young daughter highlights lingering distrust

When Ivan Zaytsev, a volleyball player with Italy’s national team and an Olympic medallist, posted a picture of himself alongside his child on social media last week, it wasn’t intended to be a political statement.

His seven-month-old daughter had just received a vaccine and Zaytsev wanted to celebrate her bravery. But within seconds he was hit with a deluge of abuse from anti-vaccine activists. The attacks ranged from accusations of being bankrolled by pharmaceutical companies to chilling messages wishing for his child to contract a disease.

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Nevada prison illegally bought execution drugs, pharma company alleges

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Alvogen says the sedative midazolam, to be used in execution of Scott Dozier, was obtained through subterfuge

A multinational pharmaceutical company has accused the heads of Nevada’s prisons and health departments of conspiring to illegally buy one of its drugs to use in an execution on Wednesday.

A federal judge has called a hearing just hours before the killing is due to take place to listen to a demand by the drug manufacturer Alvogen for a block on the use of its sedative, midazolam, in putting to death Scott Dozier for murder.

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