Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan applauds at a convention in Istanbul on Tuesday, July 28, 2020.
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Turkey’s parliament on Wednesday approved a new social network that critics say will create a “chilling effect” on dissenting voices and freedom of expression.
The legislation, which is part of the government’s efforts to strengthen its control over the mainstream media, provides Turkey with more than foreign social media corporations operating in the country.
Under the new law, which will take effect on October 1, social media corporations, in addition to Facebook and Twitter, will need to designate local representatives to respond to the removal of content and requests for knowledge from Turkish officials. The Turkish government would also have more force to block sites or shut them down altogether if corporations meet government demands.
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Following a recent Supreme Court defeat, Trump’s management said Tuesday that he would now reject the new Deferred Action Program for Children’s Arrivals, or DACA, and one-year renewal periods. The decision, detailed in a memorandum by acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf, raises new considerations about the program that protects some 650,000 young immigrants from deportation.
And the CEOs of global generation giants Facebook, Amazon, Google and Apple are in a position to testify before Congress today about their market dominance. The U.S. House Of Representatives Antitrust Subcommittee conducted a one-year investigation into corporate practices and billions of clients. Critics argue that audiences would possibly not lead to any regulation.
Two other people speak to a resident through a window of the Pinecrest nursing home after the deaths of several citizens and dozens of people were in poor health from coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Bobcaygeon, Ontario, Canada, on March 30, 2020.
Carlos Osorio / Reuters
Nursing homes in Canada have been affected by coronavirus. For residents, provincial governments have followed the blocking measures and excluded families. But some experts say confinement and isolation can do more harm than good.
Medical scholars walk past a Cuban flag as they check door-to-door for others with symptoms amid considerations about the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in downtown Havana, Cuba, on May 12, 2020.
Alexander Meneghini / Reuters
Cuba stands out as a good fortune in the fight against COVID-19. At the same time, it has generated renewed public attention around police brutality. Despite top-down efforts to silence dissent, activists say they are making progress.
Despite their local celebrity status, two efus have been barred from accessing the Yaraka Hotel in a small town inland Australia. Yes, the efus, brothers Kevin and Carol, are excluded from the status quo because of a bad habit, unless they realize how to hide under the rope to enter the pub.
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He accompanies a child on a bicycle, and wears protective mask as a precautionary measure amid the coronavirus pandemic in Havana, July 3, 2020.
Ramón Espinosa / AP
Cuban officials have not reported new COVID-19-like deaths in the past two weeks. At the same time, and as in the United States, Cuba also sees a popular motion to combat police brutality, which is more confusing in the midst of coronavirus. And before this month, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said social media corporations were immoral and wrong for the Turkish nation. The Turkish Parliament has passed a law to take strong action against corporations of generation. In addition, an online project, Window Swap, allows you to transfer between perspectives from windows around the world, from Egypt to Greece and Australia.
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