Google’s YouTube, which has pledged to do more to remove fake content, has not taken down a video that falsely calls George Floyd a rapist. The video was posted Monday, as the defense and prosecution made closing arguments in the trial of Derek Chauvin, a white former Minneapolis police officer convicted Tuesday of murder and manslaughter for kneeling on the neck of Floyd, a Black man, for nearly 10 minutes. By Tuesday at 6 p.m., the video by conservative YouTube host Stew Peters, who has… Source link
Read More »A Ray of Light or a False Dawn?
For most people across the globe, the movie going experience appears a dim memory from a different era. However, New York cinema lovers will once again soon be sitting opposite the silver screen after Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that Big Apple theatres can re-open in the first week of March. As the biggest movie theatre operator in New York City, this is great news for AMC Entertainment (AMC). The beleaguered theatre chain has 13 locations in NYC, which it plans to open on March 5 in… Source link
Read More »Google bans Bannon YouTube channels after false election claims
NOTE: Google, eight hours after Rudy Giuliani made false claims of election fraud in a live-stream on Steve Bannon’s “War Room” YouTube channel, took down the video and permanently banned the channel and another Bannon channel. Two days after the deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol driven by false claims the presidential election was rigged, Google’s video-streaming platform YouTube hosted a video in which President Donald Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani alleged the election was… Source link
Read More »Google bans Bannon YouTube channels after false election claims
NOTE: Google, eight hours after Rudy Giuliani made false claims of election fraud in a live-stream on Steve Bannon’s “War Room” YouTube channel, took down the video and permanently banned the channel and another Bannon channel. Two days after the deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol driven by false claims the presidential election was rigged, Google’s video-streaming platform YouTube hosted a video in which President Donald Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani alleged the election was… Source link
Read More »Carter Page sues Yahoo, HuffPost parent company for ‘false and defamatory’ articles
EXCLUSIVE: Former Trump campaign aide Carter Page is suing Yahoo parent company Oath Inc. over “false and defamatory statements,” claiming the outlet “portrayed him as a traitor to America” who illegally conspired with Russia to influence the 2016 election. The suit – obtained by Fox News — was filed Monday in Delaware Superior Court and accuses Oath’s Yahoo News and HuffPost of publishing stories about Page “with actual knowledge of falsity or with a reckless… Source link
Read More »Trump flails in interview with Wallace, citing false and nonexistent data on COVID-19 [Video]
In an interview with Fox News’ Chris Wallace that aired Sunday, President Trump defended his handling of the coronavirus pandemic — with incorrect data that had to be corrected by Wallace — and insisted that former Vice President Joe Biden wants to defund the police, which Wallace disputed. Video Transcript [MUSIC PLAYING] Source link
Read More »Trump flails in interview with Wallace, citing false and nonexistent data on COVID-19
In an interview with Fox News’s Chris Wallace that aired Sunday, President Trump defended his handling of the coronavirus pandemic — with incorrect data that had to be corrected by Wallace — and insisted that Joe Biden wants to defund the police, which Wallace disputed. The White House was unable to provide any evidence for the claim. Trump continued his long effort to minimize the risk from COVID-19, insisting “I’ll be right eventually” that the coronavirus will disappear on its… Source link
Read More »Wayfair: The false conspiracy about a furniture firm and child trafficking
Image copyright Getty Images Expensive furniture sold by the US-based company Wayfair is at the centre of a bizarre conspiracy theory involving allegations of child trafficking, which has been spreading online. The unfounded claims first appeared on 14 June in the US but have become a global trend… Source link
Read More »Wayfair: The false conspiracy about a furniture firm and child trafficking
Image copyright Getty Images Expensive furniture sold by the US-based company Wayfair is at the centre of a bizarre conspiracy theory involving allegations of child trafficking, which has been spreading online. The unfounded claims first appeared on 14 June in the US but have become a global trend… Source link
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