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YouTuber Gives Fake Award To Far Right Activist Who Calls Greta Thunberg An ‘Autistic Fucking Wench’
YouTuber Josh Pieters has revealed that he pranked far right British commentator Katie Hopkins by flying her to Prague and presenting her with a fake award. Hopkins, who is frequently retweeted by President Trump and was recently suspended on Twitter, was awarded with the Campaign to Unify the Nation Trophy, abbreviated as C.U.N.T. And if…
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When Asked About Trump Dinner, Zuckerberg Is Suddenly A Big Fan Of Privacy
Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan recently sat down with CBS This Morning‘s Gayle King for a conversation about the future of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, a limited liability company that wants “to accelerate progress.” More interesting than the very wealthy couple’s unusual attempt at philanthropy, however, was Zuckerberg’s response to a question about his secret…
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California Bans Deepfakes In Porn And Politics
California has become the latest U.S. state to ban politically motivated deepfakes amidst growing concern about how the technology could be used to interfere with the upcoming 2020 election.
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Another U.S. City Moves To Ban Face Recognition, Citing Threats To Free Speech And Civil Rights
On Wednesday, the city of Cambridge, Massachusetts moved one step closer to prohibiting local U.S. government from using facial recognition. Three other cities in the country have already instituted such bans over concerns that the technology is biased and violates basic human rights.