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Last month, the Republican Attorney General of Florida, James Uthmeier, launched a lawsuit against the New York Times on behalf of the…
Finally, the ill-fitting mask on the ugly face of government policy comes off. In the sunset of his administration, French President Emmanuel…
Employees at Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, have expressed concern over what they describe as āobviousā and ābiasedā…
The persistent violence from Israeli settlers against Palestinians in the occupied territories of the West Bank has become such common fare it…
āOnline platforms are key actors in democratic debate. Preventing people from expressing themselves or reaching audiences without explanation affects who gets heard,ā…
Sleeping Giants Brasil and the organization CTRL+Z sent new evidence to the Superior Electoral Court on Monday. The groups say it points…
Nearly two years ago, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International released in-depth reports documenting that Israel had committed genocide in Gaza. Months later, Israeli human rights groups did…
Since the January 3, 2026, military strikes and kidnapping of President NicolĆ”s Maduro, the Trump administration has imposed semi-colonial rule over Venezuela,…
Israeli settlers conducting an assault on Palestinians in the occupied West Bank amid their autumn olive harvest also attacked a U.S. journalist…
Iāve seen many screenshots of conversations where Metaās AI simply refused to carry out requests concerning Lula, but today I tried to…
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