Not 13, she's 12 and a half, with a snake in the bed
Disinformation Fellowship
Berkman Klein Center Harvard University
Event Oct 27, 2020
Where have I heard 'disinformation fellow' before?
Join evelyn douek and Julie Owono in discussion about how platforms are preparing for—and anticipating—a variety of issues related to disinformation in the lead up to and immediate aftermath of the 2020 US election on November 3. douek will focus on what platforms have and haven't learned from 2016. Owono will explore how this election, and others in the world, will challenge freedom of expression on global social media platforms.
Together, they will highlight the intricate challenges that platforms are facing and provide insight into what to look for and anticipate in the days to come.
This event will be recorded. Video and audio will be available a few days after the event.
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China tells UK to 'correct mistakes' after visa offer for almost 3mn in Hong Kong
23 Oct, 2020 09:59
The Foreign Ministry in Beijing has urged London to reconsider its policy that offers visas for Hong Kongers with British overseas status and paves the way for UK citizenship.
The Chinese ministry's Hong Kong office said Britain should "immediately correct its mistakes" regarding the visa policy. China's Foreign Ministry in Beijing also said that it reserves the right to take "further reaction."
The statements came after London confirmed on Thursday details of its citizenship offer for almost three million people with British national (overseas) status in its former colony.
This would be the first step towards earning the right of abode in the country and to full British citizenship.
The new visa scheme could allow more than one million people from China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) to move to Britain in the next five years. They may work and study, but "won't be able to access public funds such as social welfare benefits."
London said there would be no quota on numbers, and a five-year visa would cost £250 ($330).
Applications will open on January 31, 2021, the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office said.
British Home Secretary Priti Patel said back in July that China's national security law for Hong Kong, which reignited protests in the city, had breached the Sino-British Joint Declaration and "could not be ignored."
The law introduced harsher punishments for offenses like insulting China's national symbols, attempting to break away from the country, and using violence to intimidate people in order to further a political cause.
The Chinese embassy in Britain warned in July that Beijing firmly opposes the offer to provide more privileges for Hong Kong residents and reserves the right to take measures.
The HKSAR government earlier also urged London to stop interfering in its affairs.
https://www.rt.com/news/504341-china-uk-visa-hongkong/
Scientists discover ‘grappling hook’ which makes coronavirus so much more infectious than its SARS predecessor
23 Oct, 2020 10:02
Where have we heard about HIV inserts in covid before?
They found that the novel coronavirus had ‘learned a new trick,’ so to speak, picking up a kind of ‘hook’ used by other nasty pathogens like Ebola, HIV and avian flu, to latch onto human tissues more aggressively.
They discovered that the coronavirus uses this ‘grappling hook’ on the receptor neuropilin-1, which lines the nerve tissues inside the human nasal cavity.
More:
https://www.rt.com/news/504339-second-key-coronavirus-infectious/
Bitcoin Price Hits New Record-High In These 7 Countries
Oct 23, 2020
https://www.zerohedge.com/crypto/bitcoin-price-hits-new-record-high-these-7-countries