Category Archives: Viva!

EU gives Facebook, Twitter ultimatum on consumer protection laws

The European Commission said it “cannot negotiate forever” and plans fine social media companies that do not comply with stricter consumer laws. Facebook and Twitter have until the end of 2018 before sanctions kick in.

Danish mayors vow to ignore citizenship handshake plan

Racist are a strange lot…

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Rightwing government wants to make handshake mandatory in naturalisation ceremonies

Opposition is growing in Denmark to plans by the ruling rightwing coalition to deny citizenship to any immigrant who declines to shake hands with their local mayor during a revamped naturalisation ceremony – a measure widely seen as targeting Muslims.

An opinion poll published on Thursday showed 52% of respondents opposed the proposal, part of tough new rules for obtaining Danish citizenship introduced by the minority conservative government in June. Several mayors have said they will ignore the requirement if the law is passed.

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Trevor Noah: ‘Let’s not add attempted rape to the list of stuff drunk boys do’

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Late-night hosts discussed the sexual assault allegations against Brett Kavanaugh and how it could affect his hearing

Late-night hosts discussed the allegation of sexual assault being leveled against the supreme court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and how the Republican party has been handling it.

Related: Seth Meyers on Trump and Toad: ‘My head’s not in the gutter, the news is’

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Jeremy Hunt: Burmese generals must face justice over Rohingya

Trying to take heat off of lack of any successful British foreign policy in Europe – complain about former colony that Britain looted!

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British foreign secretary speaks after meeting Myanmar’s de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi

The Burmese generals responsible for atrocities against Rohingya Muslims must be punished for their crimes, Jeremy Hunt has said after a meeting with Myanmar’s de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi.

The United Nations should look at all options, including a referral to the international criminal court, the British foreign secretary added.

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afloweroutofstone: tankies: Massachusetts police tweet lets slip scale of leftwing…

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Massachusetts police tweet lets slip scale of leftwing surveillance

Well this is fucking terrifying

“At the height of Thursday night’s gas emergency that affected 8,000 people and in which one person was killed, Massachusetts state police posted to Twitter a map of responses to fires and explosions.

It was an image of a computer monitor, showing locations of 39 incidents as confirmed “by MSP Watch Center”, and it included a vital message: “Reminder: all residents of Lawrence/Andover/N[orth] Andover who have Columbia Gas must evacuate, as should anyone else who smells gas.”

But the image also showed something else: a bookmarks bar at the top of the browser window which listed several leftwing groups.

The bookmarks included a Facebook group for Mass Action Against Police Brutality (MAAPB); the Coalition to Organize and Mobilize Boston Against Trump (Combat); Facebook 413; Facebook MA Activism; and Resistance Calendar, which notes timings for canvassing for Democratic or progressive candidates and anti-Trump rallies.

The state police’s official Twitter account shared the image at 6.26pm. Less than half an hour later it deleted it and shared a new one, which had been cropped. But the first tweet had already drawn the attention of activists and reporters, who shared screenshots and began a social media debate about online police surveillance.”

‘I’m hard-left, hard-remain’: grassroots bid for Labour Brexit seachange

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Constituency groups could force Jeremy Corbyn to agree to a ‘people’s vote’ at the conference

Few people in Labour have heard of Michael Chessum, the self-described “hard-left, hard-remain” campaigner, who concedes he is an unusual frontman for a campaign that could transform the Labour party’s Brexit policy.

“Last year the faces were Chuka Umunna, Heidi Alexander, I can’t really believe that this year, it’s people like me, it’s weird,” he says in his shared south London office, surrounded by anti-Brexit paraphernalia and protest signs.

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