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Anonymous ID: 6c9a8d Feb. 4, 2019, 2:56 p.m. No.5029705   🗄️.is 🔗kun

Interdasting stuff from RT here.

https://www.rt.com/newsline/450649-vatican-pope-uae-extremism-yemen/

Vatican & Al-Azhar mosque agree to fight extremism together on Pope’s historic Arab visit

Vatican and Egypt’s Al-Azhar mosque and university have reached an agreement to jointly fight extremism, Al Arabiya reported. The signing took place in the UAE’s capital, Abu Dhabi, as Pope Francis became the first pontiff to arrive the Arab Peninsula. The head of the Catholic Church denounced the “logic of armed power” in Yemen, Syria and other conflicts in the Middle East, saying that they bring nothing but misery and death. Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb, the Grand Imam of the Al-Azhar mosque, for his part, called on Muslims in the Middle East to “embrace” Christians, whom he described as “citizens with full rights and responsibilities.” The Pope faced criticism in the West ahead of his trip due to the role played by the UAE in the Saudi-led military campaign in Yemen.

Anonymous ID: 6c9a8d Feb. 4, 2019, 2:57 p.m. No.5029711   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>9981 >>0136 >>0226

https://www.rt.com/newsline/450637-us-trump-kim-korea/

US envoy discusses 2nd Trump-Kim summit with S. Korean officials

US special envoy for North Korea met with South Korea’s national security adviser on Monday to discuss a planned second summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, Seoul’s presidential office said. Stephen Biegun explained to Chung Eui-yong Washington’s stance toward North Korea ahead of talks on setting up the summit, the presidential Blue House said. There is speculation that Biegun will meet his North Korean counterpart at the Korean border village of Panmunjom or in Pyongyang this week, AP reported. The Blue House said Chung told Biegun that Seoul hopes the planning talks between the US and North Korea will pave the way for a successful summit.

Anonymous ID: 6c9a8d Feb. 4, 2019, 2:58 p.m. No.5029720   🗄️.is 🔗kun

Walls work, ask Israel!

https://www.rt.com/newsline/450636-israel-barrier-border-gaza/

Israel says that work to strengthen its border with the Gaza Strip had entered a new phase, with construction starting on a massive new barrier along the frontier. “Over the weekend we began building the above-ground barrier along the Gaza border,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday before the weekly Cabinet meeting. The barrier will be 6 meters high (20ft) and is designed to “prevent terrorists from Gaza from penetrating into our territory on the ground,” he said. A Defense Ministry statement said that work on the structure began last Thursday. It is set to follow the 65-kilometer (41 miles) course of an underground barrier which is also under construction and meant to neutralize the threat of cross-border “tunnels” built by Gaza’s armed groups, AFP reports.

Anonymous ID: 6c9a8d Feb. 4, 2019, 2:59 p.m. No.5029728   🗄️.is 🔗kun

==Free Speech? Yeah, right!

https://www.rt.com/newsline/450621-eu-social-media-hate/

EU says social media firms ‘now better’ at removing hate speech

 

EU has said major social media firms have stepped up their efforts to remove hate speech online. EU Justice Commissioner Vera Jourova said that the 2016 code of conduct “works well,” with companies like Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter reacting within 24 hours in an average 89 percent of the cases pointed out to them. The companies remove the content, on average, in 72 percent of the cases. Jourova said she would never require that all flagged content be removed since the fundamental right of freedom of expression needs to be respected, AP reports. According to EU statistics, YouTube removed 85.4 percent of the contested content, Facebook 82.4 percent, and Twitter 43.5 percent. Brussels still wants big tech companies to work harder to combat fake news online, particularly ahead of EU parliament elections in May.

Anonymous ID: 6c9a8d Feb. 4, 2019, 3:23 p.m. No.5029979   🗄️.is 🔗kun

YouTube doesn't want us Disliking stuff

https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2019/02/04/youtube-explores-censorship-of-dislikes-after-rewind-humiliation/

YouTube is considering removing or limiting its users’ ability to use the “dislike” button to indicate their distaste for content after one of the platform’s own official videos — the infamous “Rewind 2018” annual recap — became the most disliked YouTube video in history.

The director of project management at YouTube, Tom Leung, revealed in a recent video that changes to the dislike button were being discussed at the company.

 

In the video, Leung acknowledged that removing dislikes altogether would be “extreme” and not “democratic,” but also admitted that it was one of the options on the table.