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WHO Chief Doubles Down on Free Speech Crackdown(reclaimthenet.org)
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Richest 1% emit as much planet-heating pollution as two-thirds of humanity(oxfam.org.uk)
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arbon emissions of richest 1 per cent surged to 16 per cent of world’s total CO2 emissions in 2019 - enough to cause 1.3 million excess deaths due to heat The richest 1 per cent of the world’s population produced as much carbon pollution in
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Oxfam calls for a green overhaul of the US Export-Import Bank(oxfamamerica.org)
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October 17, 2023 By Oxfam Financial institution must divest from fossil fuels to align with Biden administration’s climate policy goals As mounting climate concerns cause extreme weather events, & global efforts intensify to keep warmin
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Billionaire emits a million times more greenhouse gases than the average person(oxfam.org)
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Published: 7th November 2022 Billionaire investments in polluting industries such as fossil fuels and cement double the average for the Standard and Poor group of 500 companies – Oxfam The investments of just 125 billionaires emit 393 milli
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Climate Finance Shadow Report 2023: Assessing the delivery of $100B commitment(policy-practice.oxfam.org)
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Overview In 2009, high-income countries committed in the Copenhagen Accords to mobilize US$100 billion a year by 2020 in climate finance for low- and middle-income countries. Oxfam reported on the progress of this commitment in 2016, 2018 a
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Rights groups urge IMF to address corruption in Covid-19 emergency funding(africa.cgtn.com)
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A group of civil society organisations from across the world called on the International Monetary Fund to include anti-corruption measures in all its COVID-19 related emergency funding. The 99 organisations added that the IMF must take tang
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Up to $41B in World Bank climate finance unaccounted for, Oxfam finds(oxfam.org)
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It’s been revealed that Rockstar Games was hacked by a teenager using an Amazon Firestick, a hotel TV and a mobile phone. Last September, over 90 videos and screenshots from Grand Theft Auto 6 surfaced online ahead of the game’s public reve
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'Grand Theft Auto 6' hacked using Firestick, hotel TV and mobile phone(nme.com)
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American researchers concealed their intention to conduct high-risk coronavirus research in Wuhan under lax safety standards from the Pentagon the year before the COVID-19 pandemic, according to documents obtained by U.S. Right to Know. A 2
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Meta has laid out plans for political advertising in 2024, as some of the world's biggest democracies — including the United States, India, Indonesia, Mexico, and the European Union — are set to hold elections. On Wednesday, the tech g
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Meta reveals plans for 2024 global elections(mashable.com)
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With elections being held in several nations in 2024, Meta has reiterated its approach to tackling electoral misinformation, and how it’s looking to combat new elements, like generative AI, in regards to how it can be used to mislead voters
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How Meta Is Planning for Elections in 2024(about.fb.com)
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Next year, more than two billion people will head to the polls in elections across some of the world’s biggest democracies, including the United States, India, Indonesia, Mexico and the European Union. Over many years, Meta has developed a
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Meta Enhances Election Safeguards for 2024 to Tackle Misinformation(finance.yahoo.com)
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In 2024, over two billion people across significant democracies like the U.S., India, Indonesia, Mexico, and the European Union will participate in elections. Meta Platforms, Inc (NASDAQ: META), recognizing the importance of these events, h
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Meta unveils plans to prevent misinformation and hate amid 2024 global elections(news-journal.com)
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Meta has set out its plans ahead of the 2024 elections. Sir Nick Clegg, president of global affairs at Meta - which owns Facebook, Instagram and Threads - has laid out the measures it's putting in place to prevent misinformation and ha
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NYC leases security robot to patrol Times Square subway station overnight(cbsnews.com)
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by Alice Gainer (~4–5 minutes) Updated on: September 22, 2023 / 8:09 PM / CBS New York NEW YORK -- The NYPD already uses drones and robot dogs, but now New York City is turning to robots to potentially patrol subway stations. Mayo
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Robot to help patrol Times Square subway station(abc7ny.com)
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Saturday, September 23, 2023 1:22AM Robot to help NYPD patrol Times Square subway station TIMES SQUARE, Manhattan (WABC) -- The newest member of the NYPD weighs 400 pounds, gets paid $9 an hour and works midnights without a single complaint
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PayPal Blocks Multiple Alt. Media Figures Critical of US Empire Narratives(caitlinjohnstone.com)
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In what appears to be yet another escalation in Silicon Valley’s redoubled efforts to quash dissident voices since the beginning of the Ukraine war, PayPal has just blocked the accounts of multiple alternative media voices who’ve been speak

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