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Employees at Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, have expressed concern over what they describe as āobviousā and ābiasedā…
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Sleeping Giants Brasil and the organization CTRL+Z sent new evidence to the Superior Electoral Court on Monday. The groups say it points…
Since the January 3, 2026, military strikes and kidnapping of President NicolĆ”s Maduro, the Trump administration has imposed semi-colonial rule over Venezuela,…
Iāve seen many screenshots of conversations where Metaās AI simply refused to carry out requests concerning Lula, but today I tried to…
It is no secret that Lulaās campaign is facing a David versus Goliath battle. As many people have put it, this is…
In this article, I take a look at Marx’s distinction between āuse-valueā and āexchange-valueā and apply it to one of the internet’s…
During the 2026 election campaign, at least 1,069 advertisements mentioning incumbent President Luiz InĆ”cio Lula da Silva or opponent FlĆ”vio Bolsonaro on…
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