Viquipiera - Contribucions de l'usuari [ca]

How Musk apos;s Twitter Takeover Could Endanger Vulnerable Users

2023-01-29T00:34:20Z

CathernMcCabe:

Twitter rights experts and overseas hubs hit by staff cull * Musk says moderation is a priority as experts voice alarm * Activists fear rising censorship, surveillance on platform By Avi Asher-Schapiro LOS ANGELES, Nov 11 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Elon Musk's mass layoffs at Twitter are putting government critics and opposition figures around the world at risk, digital rights activists and groups warn, as the company slashes staff including human rights experts and workers in regional hubs. Experts fear that changing priorities and a loss of experienced workers may mean Twitter falls in line with more requests from officials worldwide to curb critical speech and hand over data on users. "Twitter is cutting the very teams that were supposed to focus on making the platform safer for its users," said Allie Funk, research director for technology and democracy at Freedom House, a U.S.-based nonprofit focused on rights and democracy. Twitter fired about half its 7,500 staff last week, following a $44 billion buyout by Musk. Musk has said "Twitter's strong commitment to content moderation remains absolutely unchanged". Last week, its head of safety Yoel Roth said the platform's ability to manage harassment and hate speech was not materially impacted by the staff changes. Roth has since left Twitter. However, rights experts have raised concerns over the loss of specialist rights and ethics teams, and media reports of heavy cuts in regional headquarters including in Asia and Africa. There are also fears of a rise in misinformation and harassment with the loss of staff with knowledge of local contexts and languages outside of the United States. "The risk is especially acute for users based in the Global Majority (people of color and those in the Global South) and in conflict zones," said Marlena Wisniak, a lawyer who worked at Twitter on human rights and governance issues until August. Twitter did not respond to a request for comment. The impact of staff cuts is already being felt, said Nighat Dad, a Pakistani digital rights activist who runs a helpline for women facing harassment on social media. When female political dissidents, journalists, or activists in Pakistan are impersonated online or experience targeted harassment such as false accusations of blasphemy that could put their lives at risk, Dad's group has a direct line to Twitter. But since Musk took over, Twitter has not been as responsive to her requests for urgent takedowns of such high-risk content, said Dad, who also sits on Twitter's Trust and Safety Council of independent rights advisors. "I see Elon's tweets and I think he just wants Twitter to be a place for the U.S. audience, and not something safe for the rest of the world," she said. CENSORSHIP RISKS As Musk reshapes Twitter, he faces tough questions over how to handle takedown demands from authorities - especially in countries where officials have demanded the removal of content by journalists and activists voicing criticism. Musk wrote on Twitter in May that his preference would be to "hew close to the laws of countries in which Twitter operates" when deciding whether to comply. Twitter's latest transparency report said in the second half of 2021, it received a record of nearly 50,000 legal takedown demands to remove content or block it from being viewed within a requester's country. Many targeted illegal content such as child abuse or scams but others aimed to repress legitimate criticism, said the report, which noted a "steady increase" in demands against journalists and news outlets. It said it ignored almost half of demands, as the tweets were not found to have breached Twitter's rules. Digital rights campaigners said they feared the gutting of specialist rights and regional staff might lead to the platform agreeing to a larger number of takedowns. "Complying with local laws doesn't always end up respecting human rights," said Peter Micek, general counsel for the digital rights group Access Now. If you cherished this write-up and [https://lessons.sciren.org/2023/01/26/ap-news-in-brief-at-904-p-m-est-51/ Lawyer Law Firm Turkey istanbul] you would like to obtain more details relating to [https://www.wiklundkurucuk.com/Turkey-Law-Firm-nl Lawyer Law Firm Turkey istanbul] kindly check out our own web site. "To make these tough calls you need local contexts, you need eyes on the ground." Experts were closely watching whether Musk will continue to pursue a high profile legal challenge Twitter launched last July, challenging the Indian government over orders to take down content. Twitter users on the receiving end of takedown demands are nervous. Yaman Akdeniz, a Turkish academic and digital rights activist who the country's courts have several times attempted to silence through takedown demands, said Twitter had previously ignored a large number of such orders. "My concern is that, in the absence of a specialized human rights team, that may change," he said. SURVEILLANCE CONCERNS The change of leadership and lay-offs also sparked fears over surveillance in places where Twitter has been a key tool for activists and civil society to mobilize. Social media platforms can be required to hand over private user data by a subpoena, court order, or other legal processes. Twitter has said it will push back on requests that are "incomplete or improper", with its latest transparency report showing it refused or narrowed the scope of more than half of account information demands in the second half of 2021. Concerns are acute in Nigeria, where activists organized a 2020 campaign against police brutality using the Twitter hashtag #EndSARS, referring to the force's much-criticized and now disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad. Now users may think twice about using the platform, said Adeboro Odunlami, a Nigerian digital rights [https://www.wiklundkurucuk.com/Law-Firm-istanbul-Turkey-at Lawyer Law Firm Turkey istanbul]. "Can the government obtain data from Twitter about me?" she asked. "Can I rely on Twitter to build my civic campaign?" ELECTION VIOLENCE Twitter teams outside the United States have suffered heavy cuts, with media reports saying that 90% of employees in India were sacked along with most staff in Mexico and almost all of the firm's sole African office in Ghana. That has raised fears over online misinformation and hate speech around upcoming elections in Tunisia in December, Nigeria in February, and [https://www.wiklundkurucuk.com/Law-Firm-vn istanbul Turkey Lawyer ] in July - all of which have seen deaths related to elections or protests. Up to 39 people were killed in election violence in Nigeria's 2019 presidential elections, civil society groups said. Hiring content moderators that speak local languages "is not cheap ... but it can help you from not contributing to genocide," said Micek, referring to online hate speech that activists said led to violence against the Rohingya in Myanmar and ethnic minorities in Ethiopia. Platforms say they have invested heavily in moderation and fact-checking. Kofi Yeboah, a digital rights researcher based in Accra, Ghana, [https://fecglobal.org/community/profile/camillekroger2/ Lawyer Law Firm Turkey istanbul] said sacked Twitter employees told him the firm's entire African content moderation team had been laid off. "Content moderation was a problem before and so now one of the main concerns is the upcoming elections in countries like Nigeria," said Yeboah. "We are going to have a big problem with handling hate speech, misinformation and disinformation." Originally published on: website (Reporting by Avi Asher-Schapiro; Additional reporting by Nita Bhalla in Nairobi; Editing by Sonia Elks. The Thomson Reuters Foundation is the charitable arm of Thomson Reuters. Visit website adverts.addToArray({"pos":"inread_player"})Advertisement

A Huge Explosion Has Rocked A Shopping Centre In Kyiv As Rescuers Pulled Bloodied Victims From The Rubble As Police Said At Least Eight People Had Been Killed Amid Fears Dozens Of Others Were Missing

2023-01-28T08:08:51Z

CathernMcCabe:

A huge explosion has rocked a shopping centre in Kyiv as rescuers pulled bloodied victims from the rubble as police said at least eight people had been killed amid fears dozens of others were missing. The blast smashed the sprawling 'Retroville' mall and was so powerful it pulverised vehicles in its car park - leaving a massive crater - as well as bodies scattered in the carnage. Mayor Vitali Klitschko this morning said it was one of several bombs to be dropped on the city overnight, with others flattening homes. Offices and a gym were also hit. Rescuers were continuing to trawl through the chaos this morning as they desperately searched for any more survivors of the latest horror attack to rock Ukraine. Shortly after the strike, mayor Vitali Klitschko declared the start of another 35-hour curfew - going from 8pm this evening until 7am on Wednesday. Russian forces have increasingly resorted to long-range rocket strikes as their army has stalled. Heavy fighting continues to the north of Kyiv, Britain's Ministry of Defence said Monday, but advances from the north-east have been halted. Attackers in the north-west have been 'repulsed by fierce Ukrainian resistance', the ministry added. Western intelligence now estimates that Russia is losing up to 1,000 troops per day, which would be its fastest rate of casualties since the Second World War. Desite the punishing losses, British intelligence believes that capturing Kyiv remains Russia's 'primary objective' and Putin's men are 'likely to prioritise attempting to encircle the city over the coming weeks', the ministry added. If you have any sort of questions regarding where and the best ways to utilize [https://www.wiklundkurucuk.com/Lawyer-istanbul-Turkey-ma Lawyer Law Firm istanbul], you can contact us at our own web-page. It comes as Ukraine rejected Russian demands troops in the Black Sea port of Mariupol lay down their weapons and surrender in return for letting tens of thousands of civilians trapped in the heavily besieged city leave safely. Russian Colonel-General Mikhail Mizintsev laid out Moscow's offer late Sunday, saying Ukrainian troops and 'foreign mercenaries' who laid down their arms and raised white flags would be given safe passage. But Mariupol rejected the demands within minutes, with Pyotr Andryushenko - an adviser to Mariupol mayor [https://www.wiklundkurucuk.com/Law-Firm-istanbul-ca Lawyer Law Firm Turkey istanbul] - saying Russian promises of amnesty could not be trusted and troops defending the city were determined to fight. Elsewhere in the crisis overnight: The British Army banned WhatsApp over fears Russia is hacking it to get operationally sensitive information;Boris Johnson is considering a quick trip to Kyiv to show support for [https://saforissims.org/viquipiera/index.php?title=Usuari:CathernMcCabe Lawyer Law Firm istanbul] Ukraine's battle against Vladimir Putin;A heart-breaking new video showing the devastation Ukraine has suffered has now emerged on social media;Volodymyr Zelensky's government suspended 11 Ukrainian political parties due to alleged links with Russia;Joe Biden will travel to Poland Friday to discuss the international response to Russia's brutal war in Ukraine. Russian airstrikes destroyed the 'Retroville' shopping mall in the north of Kyiv on Monday, [https://www.wiklundkurucuk.com/Law-Firm-istanbul-ro Law Firm in istanbul Turkey] killing at least eight people and [http://trsfcdhf.hfhjf.hdasgsdfhdshshfsh@forum.annecy-outdoor.com/suivi_forum/?a%5B%5D=%3Ca+href%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.wiklundkurucuk.com%2FLawyer-istanbul-Turkey-ma%3ELawyer+Law+Firm+istanbul%3C%2Fa%3E%3Cmeta+http-equiv%3Drefresh+content%3D0%3Burl%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.wiklundkurucuk.com%2Flb+%2F%3E Lawyer Law Firm istanbul] leaving others buried in the rubble more videos DM.later('bundle', function() DM.molFeCarousel.init('#p-19', 'channelCarousel', "activeClass" : "wocc", "pageCount" : "3.0", "pageSize" : 1, "onPos": 0, "updateStyleOnHover": true ); ); People gather amid the destruction caused after shelling of a shopping center, in Kyiv, Ukraine Rescuers work at the site of the shopping mall damaged by an airstrike, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Kyiv this morning more videos DM.later('bundle', function() DM.molFeCarousel.init('#p-24', 'channelCarousel', "activeClass" : "wocc", "pageCount" : "3.0", "pageSize" : 1, "onPos": 0, "updateStyleOnHover": true ); ); A huge explosion has rocked a shopping mall in Kyiv as rescuers pulled bloodied victims from the rubble amid reports up to six people have been killed. Pictured: Rescuers trying to free survivors Here, at least one person can be seen being carried away from the ruins on a stretcher by rescue workers as they trawled the scene for survivors The blast smashed the sprawling 'Retroville' and was so powerful it pulverised vehicles in its car park - leaving a massive crater - as well as bodies scattered [https://www.wiklundkurucuk.com/Turkish-Law-Firm-Lawyer-Turkey-istanbul-sp in istanbul Law Firm] the carnage Mayor Vitali Klitschko this morning said it was one of several bombs to be dropped on the city, with others flattening homes nearby. Pictured: The bombed out shopping centre this morning The ruins of a Ukrainian shopping mall in the northern outskirts of Kyiv is pictured on Monday morning, after it was hit by Russian missiles in the early hours The ruins of a truck parked near the site of a Russian airstrike on a mall in northern Kyiv is seen after the explosion Firefighters inspect the burned-out ruins of a shopping mall north of Kyiv, after it was struck by Russian missiles Emergency workers search through the rubble of a destroyed shopping mall in northern Kyiv after it was bombed by Russia A Ukrainian serviceman walks among debris inside a shopping center after bombing in Kyiv, Ukraine Ukranian servicemen search through rubble inside the Retroville shopping mall after a Russian attack in northwest of Kyiv ‹ Slide me › BEFORE AND AFTER: How the shelling left the front entrance to the sprawling shopping centre decimated, with cars pulverised in the car park ‹ Slide me › BEFORE AND AFTER: A view from the car park towards the Sport Life store and a tower block on the site is now reduced to a hollowed out building <div class="art-ins mol-factbox news halfRHS" data-version="2" id="mol-c4b5f800-a8f0-11ec-bbad-5da808570d0d" website Russian shelling leaves civilians dead and parts of Kyiv

Usuari:CathernMcCabe

2023-01-28T08:07:13Z

CathernMcCabe: Es crea la pàgina amb «Hello! My name is Alana and I'm a 28 years old girl from Tomnacross. Here is my website; [https://www.wiklundkurucuk.com/Lawyer-istanbul-Turkey-ma Lawyer La...».

Hello! My name is Alana and I'm a 28 years old girl from Tomnacross. Here is my website; [https://www.wiklundkurucuk.com/Lawyer-istanbul-Turkey-ma Lawyer Law Firm istanbul]