Tag: politics
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Olavo de Carvalho’s anger has inspired a number of Brazilian far-right politicians, the country’s president among them. Editor’s Note: This article is part of our “Democracy Undone” series about the… more ›
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It was Confucius who extolled the “rectification of names.” “If names be not correct,” he said, “language is not in accordance with the truth of things. https://qz.com/1772558/what-do-we-call-hong-kongs-2019-protests-in-2020/ more ›
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In footage from drones hovering above, the nighttime streets of Hong Kong look almost incandescent, a constellation of tens of thousands of cellphone flashlights, swaying in unison. Each twinkle is… more ›
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Every minute of every day, everywhere on the planet, dozens of companies — largely unregulated, little scrutinized — are logging the movements of tens of millions of people with mobile… more ›
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Researchers said the profiles, linked to the Epoch Media Group, used photos generated by artificial intelligence in a preview of an “eerie, tech-enabled future of disinformation. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/20/business/facebook-ai-generated-profiles.html more ›
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JOJUTLA, Mexico — The recruits filed into a clearing, where a group of trainers with the stern bearing of drill sergeants stood in a tight row, hiding something. The trainers… more ›
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Right now, we’re at a tipping point between two concepts that shape how we experience the world—the schedule and the stream. The first has lasted over a century, and the… more ›
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“Employment: Yarkant County satellite factory [for] persons in detention or reeducation. https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/12/11/cotton-china-uighur-labor-xinjiang-new-slavery/ more ›
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Racial discrimination by algorithms or by people is harmful — but that’s where the similarities end. In one study published 15 years ago, two people applied for a job. Their… more ›