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Tatarstan Deputies Reject Kremlin Attempt to Bring Region to Heel

Tatarstan Deputies Reject Kremlin Attempt to Bring Region to Heel

In a rare show of defiance toward the federal government in Moscow, regional politicians in Tatarstan on Thursday rejected a set of amendments to its constitution that would have, among other measures, demoted the republic’s leader from “president” to “head” as the Kremlin continues its attempt to rein in Russia’s regions.   While at one point 13 Russian regions called their elected heads “presidents,” a campaign of rigorous centralization fought by the… Source link

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Google Will Reject Ads Leading To Pages With Intrusive Advertising

Google Will Reject Ads Leading To Pages With Intrusive Advertising

Google Ads is implementing a new policy requiring landing pages to meet the “better ads standards,” as the Coalition For Better Ads laid out. A change to Google’s destination requirements policy states if an ad leads to a page that doesn’t comply with the better ad standards, Google will disapprove the ad. Google is sending emails to advertisers informing them of the policy change, which leaves roughly a monthto make necessary updates. The email reads: “In October 2022, the… Source link

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Google unveils a simpler way for European users to reject cookies

Google unveils a simpler way for European users to reject cookies

Google is making it easier to reject all cookies on search and YouTube in Europe. These changes will begin in France before expanding to the European Economic Area, the UK and Switzerland.  Visitors who are signed out or in Incognito Mode will be presented with a choice to either reject or accept all cookies via buttons. A third option offers more options, allows users to customize their choices.  What it looks like. Here’s a screenshot Google provided of the new look on YouTube. Why now?… Source link

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Google gives Europe a ‘reject all’ button for tracking cookies after fines from watchdogs

Google gives Europe a ‘reject all’ button for tracking cookies after fines from watchdogs

Google is introducing new options to reject tracking cookies in Europe after its existing dialog boxes were found to be in violation of EU data laws. Earlier this year, France’s data protection agency CNIL fined Google €150 million ($170 million) for deploying confusing language in cookie banners. Previously, Google allowed users to accept all tracking cookies with a single click, but forced people to click through various menus to reject them all. This asymmetry was unlawful, said… Source link

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Most Americans want stimulus checks, reject GOP’s ‘red line’ on liability protections, poll shows

While Congress remains gridlocked on the next relief deal, Americans know what they want: A second round of stimulus checks, please. Liability protections and student loan forbearance can wait. Two in three Americans said stimulus checks were the most important provision of the next relief deal, according to the latest Yahoo Finance-Harris Poll of 2,027 people, while fewer than 1 in 4 (23%) support the liability protection for businesses and only 1 in 5 back student loan payment… Source link

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Pfizer and Moderna reportedly reject invitations to Trump’s vaccine ‘PR stunt’

The Conversation Brazil’s president rejects COVID-19 vaccine, undermining a century of progress toward universal inoculation The world is eagerly awaiting the release of several COVID-19 vaccines, but Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is not. “I’m not going to take it. It’s my right,” he said in a Nov. 26 social media broadcast. Bolsonaro, who came down with COVID-19 in July, has also criticized face masks. He and his more faithful supporters oppose any suggestion of mandatory… Source link

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Google workers reject company’s account of AI researcher’s exit as anger grows | Google

Outcry is growing within Google over the treatment of the AI ethics researcher Timnit Gebru, with Gebru’s colleagues challenging the company’s account of her exit in an open letter. In a letter posted on Monday on Medium, Gebru’s colleagues disputed an executive’s claim that she had resigned and called internal research policies into question. “Dr Gebru did not resign, despite what Jeff Dean (Senior Vice President and head of Google Research), has publicly stated,” the letter reads… Source link

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