Only reluctantly is the legacy media willing to tell this story. Congolese cobalt mined with child labor is a substantial part of the supply chain for #Apple and other Big Tech firms. Is the #iPhone reliant on #slavery? https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/17/tech/apple-microsoft-tesla-dell-congo-cobalt-mining/index.html?utm_source=twCNN&utm_content=2019-12-21T06:24:48&utm_term=link&utm_medium=social #news #childlabor
An international advocacy group has accused Apple, Google, Microsoft, Dell and Tesla of "knowingly benefiting from" the use of young children to mine cobalt in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Critics have called it Putin's own Great Firewall.
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#Putin is set to test his #Internet "Iron Curtain" -- #Russia's answer to the Great Firewall of China. Governments who demand control over information have way too many secrets. https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/russias-sovereign-internet-test-will-cut-entire-country-web-monday #news #censorship
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First Xi Jinping and now Vladimir #Putin? Autocrats never learn the lesson of history, and linger too long on the world stage. https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/putin-through-2030-he-hints-rule-consecutive-term-limits-could-be-abolished #news #Russia #termlimits
Monica Crowley has been vindicated by Columbia University after a years-long investigation ultimately concluded she did not plagiarize her thesis.
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The Monica Crowley #plagiarism fracas highlights the importance of proper attribution as well as the difficulty of being thorough and accurate with it. It also underscores the mendacity of the legacy media #FakeNews narratives. https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/12/20/exclusive-monica-crowley-vindicated-by-columbia-university-after-fake-plagiarism-accusations-from-cnn-establishment-media/ #news #journalism #Trump