LinkedIn violated data protection by using 18M email addresses of non-members to buy targeted ads on Facebook…
November 26, 2018
In short: in a bid to get more people to sign up to the service, LinkedIn admitted that it was using people’s email addresses — some 18 million in all — in a way that was not transparent. LinkedIn has since ceased the practice as a result of the investigation.
There were two parts to the supervision, as the DPC describes it:
First, the DPC found that LinkedIn in the US had obtained emails for 18 million people who were not already members of the social network, and then used these in a hashed form for targeted advertisements on the Facebook platform, “with the absence of instruction from the data controller” — that is, LinkedIn Ireland — “as is required.”
Ohio becomes first state to accept tax payments in bitcoin…
November 26, 2018
Starting Monday, businesses in Ohio will be able to pay their taxes in bitcoin — making the state that’s high in the middle and round on both ends the first in the nation to accept cryptocurrency officially.
Companies who want to take part in the program simply need to go to OhioCrypto.com and register to pay whatever taxes their corporate hearts desire in crypto. It could be anything from cigarette sales taxes to employee withholding taxes, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal, which first noted the initiative.
How a Liberal Gay Couple Became Two of N.Y.’s Biggest Trump Supporters…
November 26, 2018
“He’s not a politician,” Mr. White, 51, said when asked to explain why he favors Mr. Trump. “He’s not going to configure himself as anything other than what he is. I think that he has an authenticity.”
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The two men were not only longtime backers of left-wing causes, but firm supporters of Hillary Clinton who put their clout and cash behind her two White House bids. President Barack Obama was the guest of honor at a $39,500-a-plate truffle risotto fund-raiser dinner they hosted once in their Chelsea townhouse.
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The couple say they have been condemned not just for hypocrisy, but for what has been seen as a betrayal of their own community, by backing a man who has scaled back L.G.B.T. protections.After Giving $15 Million To Soros Orgs, USAID Fires Half Of Its West Bank Staff…
November 26, 2018
The Trump State Department notified USAID last week that they would need to present a list of 60 percent of its employees to be dismissed immediately - with a full shutdown to ensue shortly thereafter.
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The shutdown is thought to be linked to President Trump's funding freeze for various Palestinian relief organizations, as dozens of USAID projects in the West Bank and Gaza were suspended - even those which were partially completed.Swedish school adds #MeToo course to official curriculum…
November 26, 2018
A school in Sweden has added an extremely modern course to its curriculum, requiring all 15-year-olds to take a two-hour lesson on the #MeToo movement.
Union Sues to Ensure Educators Cannot Be Armed for Self-Defense…
November 26, 2018
The Morning Call reports that the suit comes after Tamaqua Area School District became “the first district in the state to allow armed school staff as a way to defend schools against shooters.”
Tamaqua Area Education Association president President Frank Wenzel issued statement in which he defended the union’s fight to keep teachers unarmed: “As teachers, counselors and other education professionals, we are trained to provide a high-quality education to our students, not to carry or use firearms in dangerous situations. This is a bad policy for a lot of reasons, but we are challenging it in court because we believe it is illegal.”
Claim of first gene-edited babies in China divides scientists…
November 26, 2018
A Chinese researcher claims that he helped make the world's first genetically edited babies — twin girls whose DNA he said he altered with a powerful new tool capable of rewriting the very blueprint of life.
If true, it would be a profound leap of science and ethics.
A US scientist said he took part in the work in China, but this kind of gene editing is banned in the United States because the DNA changes can pass to future generations and it risks harming other genes.
Business Insider blatantly misquotes Trump and puts words in his mouth regarding law enforcement and the 9th Circuit Court…
November 26, 2018
DHS plans to use credit-scores to judge who may become a citizen…
November 26, 2018
The US Department of Homeland Security has published a new proposed rule that would make people ineligible for US citizenship if their credit-scores were poor.
Notionally, the rule-change is meant to prevent immigrants from becoming burdens on the welfare system (migrants do not make disproportionate use of any public welfare system).
Contagious Brain-Eating Disease Threatens Part of Deer Population, Can Potentially Infect Humans…
November 26, 2018
Rifle season began on Saturday. A lot of hunters hit the woods looking for deer, but they also need to be on the lookout for CWD that may be making it's way to Alabama. It's a contagious brain disease and can potentially infect humans who consume diseased deer.
145 whales die on remote New Zealand beach…
November 26, 2018
Up to 145 pilot whales have died in a mass stranding in a remote part of New Zealand, with authorities saying Monday they made the "heart-breaking" decision to euthanise dozens that lay stricken on the shore.
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Exactly why whales and dolphins strand is not fully known but factors can include sickness, navigational error, geographical features, a rapidly falling tide, being chased by a predator, or extreme weather.Man convicted of spying pardoned after allegedly admitting he’s with MI-6…
November 26, 2018
The United Arab Emirates has pardoned and will free a British academic sentenced to life in prison for spying after showing journalists a video of him purportedly saying he was a captain in British intelligence.
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The video, which Emirati officials did not allow journalists to record, shows Hedges describing himself as a captain in MI-6 during what appears to be a court hearing in the Gulf Arab country.New UN Pact Will Make It Illegal To Criticize Open Borders…
November 26, 2018
The United Nations global compact on migration will make it a criminal offense, punishable by prison, for citizens and media outlets to criticize open borders and mass immigration.
Democratic Sen. Brian Schatz deletes tweet suggesting ‘chemical weapons’ used at US-Mexico border…
November 26, 2018
Turkish military helicopter crashes in Istanbul residential area…
November 26, 2018
Four people were killed and one injured after a Turkish military helicopter crashed into a residential area of Istanbul’s suburbs, local media report. The cause of the incident was not immediately known.
Hawaii Burger Joint Closes After Video Captures Employee Cooking Rat…
November 26, 2018
A Hawaii-based burger joint fired two of its employees and closed briefly after a video showed an employee cooking a rat on the burger grill.
Alan Dershowitz: Mueller report will be ‘devastating’ for the president…
November 26, 2018
“When I say devastating, I mean it's going to paint a picture that's going to be politically very devastating. I still don't think it's going to make a criminal case,” Dershowitz said.
Did Vaccines Play a Part in Senator’s Death?…
November 26, 2018
Last week we reported on the death of Senator José R. Peralta, but as we revisited the story, it seems the mainstream media are carefully avoiding reporting the obvious link with the flu-shot vaccine that he received and promoted. We have to admit though, we missed this as well.
According to the NY Times article above, Senator Peralta's director of communications, Chris Sosa said “He just thought he was having symptoms related to getting the flu shot.”. It seems the mainstream media discusses the Senator having a septic shock, but fail to make an obvious link with the flu shot which triggered it. Instead, it seems that if he had the flu or measles, they would use the story to drum for more vaccines.
KEK wills it.
Mass HPV Vaccination Plan for the U.S…
November 26, 2018
The American Cancer Society (ACS) has set an aggressive goal to achieve an 80 percent uptake rate among American children with two doses human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine by 2026. To gain that coverage, 14 million more preteen children would need to complete the two-dose series, for a total of 57.62 million doses above and beyond the number of vaccinations given to date.
Earth is swallowing TRILLIONS of tons of water into its interior as tectonic plates collide beneath the ocean…
November 26, 2018
- Scientists say water become trapped rock at subduction zones as plate travels
- Here, it can be pulled more than 60 miles into Earth's mantle, researchers found
- Every million years, Earth drags 3 billion teragrams of water into its interior
Scientists aren't quite sure where it all ends up.