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Feb. 2, 2021 Far-right backers of Donald Trump are drumming up support on social media for the idea of a "Patriot Party," using references to militia groups and promoting a mix of conspiracy theories, according to a study published on Tuesday. The online campaign for a proposed alternative to the Republican Party has heavily promoted "Stop the Steal" events throughout the country, including the violent siege of Capitol Hill on Jan. 6, pushing the false claim that the former U.S. President lost November's election due to widespread fraud. Amid a rift with several Republican leaders over the Ca...

BBC News Published image copyrightEPA image captionJacob Chansley (C), also known as the QAnon Shaman, has been charged over the US Capitol riots Social network executives have been grilled by MPs on the role their platforms played in recent events in Washington which saw a mob break into Congress. All said that they needed to do more to monitor extremist groups and content such as conspiracy theories. But none had any radical new policies to offer. The government has recently set out tough new rules for how social media firms moderate content. Facebook said it had removed 30,000 pages, event...

CNN was roughing up Facebook on Friday, using a report from the Tech Transparency Project -- which is described as "nonpartisan" but is transparently funded by leftist George Soros. 

Apple’s longtime supplier accused of using forced labor in China Sun Online Desk 1st January, 2021 08:35:57 Employees in the workshop of Lens Technology in 2015 in Liuyang, a city in China’s Hunan province. (AFP/Getty Images) One of the oldest and most well-known iPhone suppliers has been accused of using forced Muslim labor in its factories, according to documents uncovered by a human rights group, adding new scrutiny to Apple’s human rights record in China. The documents, discovered by the Tech Transparency Project and shared exclusively with The Washington Post, detail how thousands ...

Apple's Longtime Supplier Accused Of Using Forced Muslim Labour In China Apple's Longtime Supplier Accused Of Using Forced Muslim Labour In China The documents, discovered by the Tech Transparency Project and shared exclusively with The Washington Post, detail how thousands of Uighur workers from the predominantly Muslim region of Xinjiang were sent to work for Lens Technology. Updated: December 30, 2020 9:02 am IST Apple has faced criticism for its labor practices in the past, particularly in China. One of the oldest and most well-known iPhone suppliers has been accused of using forced M...