TheRat posted:

The research, which media commentator Roy Greenslade said confronted journalists, “and their editors, with the reality of their bias,” claimed there was a “strong tendency within the main BBC evening news bulletins for reporters to use pejorative language when describing Jeremy Corbyn and his supporters, including words like ‘hostile’ and ‘hard core’.”

toe knee hand posted:

Ehm. He moved the Liberal message to the left of the NDP for the duration of the election. The Liberal government has been decidedly centrist and not followed through on a whole bunch of their promises.

He's so dreamy though...

Private Speech posted:

Guardian continues on it's inexorable march towards supplanting The Onion:

Search engines' role in radicalisation must be challenged, finds study

Kurtofan posted:

Why are you dismissive? This article raises important questions about the role of technology in terrorism and counter-terrorism.

Yinlock posted:

that image does seem to equate "learning about islam" with "terrorism" though

Guavanaut posted:

I don't know what a counterspeech event is, but when massive multinationals host them I'm suspicious.

Kurtofan posted:

If the result brings up terrorist propaganda outlets when you search that, well that's part of the issue.

Kurtofan posted:

If the result brings up terrorist propaganda outlets when you search that, well that's part of the issue.

Zephro posted:

I can't get internet over the phone line (4.6k of copper to the cabinet and no one is ever going to do anything about it), I have to drive for a pint of milk, oil fired heating is a pain and I can't drink after work. It's The Worst

Guavanaut posted:

I don't know what a counterspeech event is, but when massive multinationals host them I'm suspicious.

quote:

In one test, a think tank last year helped former members of right-wing and Islamist extremist groups create fake accounts to send private messages to current members of those groups. The messages prompted more, and longer-lasting, conversations than researchers expected, according to Ross Frenett, who conducted the test as a fellow at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, a London-based think tank that studies violent extremism. Facebook was informed of the research but not the fake accounts.

Facebook also has provided ad credits of up to $1,000 to counter speakers, including Belgian comedian Arbi el Ayachi. Last year, Mr. el Ayachi filmed a video to counter claims from a Greek right-wing group that eating halal meat is poisonous to Christians. The one-minute video “was our take on how humor can be used to diffuse a false claim,” Mr. el Ayachi said.

In another initiative, Facebook teamed with the State Department and Edventure Partners, a consulting firm, to encourage college students to create messages to counter extremism. Last fall, 45 college classes from around the world participated in two competitions, where they were given $2,000 budgets and $200 ad credits.

“We need narratives that promote tolerance, peace and understanding,” Ms. Bickert told the group assembled for judging. “Those narratives can’t come from us. Those voices are you.”

There’s not much evidence that counter speech works, experts say. “Right now it’s an assumption” based on the premise that “better ideas ultimately defeat worse ideas,” said William Braniff, executive director of the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism at the University of Maryland.

Kurtofan posted:

If the result brings up terrorist propaganda outlets when you search that, well that's part of the issue.

WhiskeyWhiskers posted:

When 91% of people will never look beyond the first page of a google search, looking at all 68,100,000 results and finding 44% are linked with violent messages when you look at innocuous keywords isn't particularly frightening.

quote:

...claims from a Greek right-wing group that eating halal meat is poisonous to Christians.

limited posted:

I've got a mental image of them following any speech, just getting up on a stage, saying, 'I DISAGREE WITH ALL THE STATEMENTS MADE BY THE PRIOR PERSON' then dropping the mic, and walking away.

Zephro posted:

4.6k of copper to the cabinet and no one is ever going to do anything about it

Guavanaut posted:

How the gently caress would that even work?

Guavanaut posted:

How the gently caress would that even work? Does the meat know? Do Muslims take an antidote every day as part of their prayers? Does it contain something that reacts with communion wine?

ronya posted:

the slightly-less-nutbar version goes like this. This one I have seen in the UK; it was especially popular when the horsemeat scandal was in the popular consciousness.

Kurtofan posted:

What if those results are on the first page?

This was already an issue when I was a teen and internet was still a wild new thing, searching about nazism on google would bring up neo-nazi websites first and foremost, when you consider the role internet has regarding mass radicalization, google must take steps to prevent dangerous content from reaching people who are easily manipulated.

Andrast posted:

Could you please link the terrorist propaganda that's on the first page of those google searches?

Kurtofan posted:

I don't think it's up to me to do that kind of research, but the possibility is there.

Kurtofan posted:

I don't think it's up to me to do that kind of research, but the possibility to abuse the new media is there and vigilance is key.

Renaissance Robot posted:

Clearly, Momentum should be nationalised.

OwlFancier posted:

Sort of, I can't remember when it was first unified but I think we're just outside of 1000 years from it still? I seem to remember it being just before the Norman conquest. Mostly I wanted to say that because it won't be true for very much longer.

Barry Foster posted:

This is disappointing. I don't exactly follow Canadian politics and perhaps shouldn't be surprised, though

Tesseraction posted:

Æthelred is the only king I submit to.

Niric posted:

Do you think he's prepared for that?

OvineYeast posted:

OJ has an interview with Jeremy Corbyn:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGXVHHxxnZQ

45 mins!

Angepain posted:

haven't clicked yet but am hoping for either OJ Simpson or for Corbyn to be talking to an unresponsive carton of tropicana for the best part of an hour

e: hopes dashed

Guavanaut posted:

Incense? Poor air quality?

Tesseraction posted:

Hoho, you fell into my trap, I was not referring to the King of England, but the kings of Mercia and East Anglia!

My Middle Anglian blood lusts for Hwicce death.

Guavanaut posted:

At least they've got lead roofs so the cellphone radio waves won't turn you racist.

Unless someone's nicked the lead again.

Then the radiation leaks in and you start blaming it on Latvians.

Niric posted:

OvineYeast posted:

OJ has an interview with Jeremy Corbyn:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGXVHHxxnZQ

Haven't watched it all yet but 45 mins of interview seems promising.

Guavanaut posted:

At least they've got lead roofs so the cellphone radio waves won't turn you racist.

Unless someone's nicked the lead again.

Then the radiation leaks in and you start blaming it on Latvians.

Express posted:

Correction - Amazing things we get back if we leave EU - 26/7/2016

On 20 May 2016 we published a gallery headlined 'Amazing things we get back if we leave EU'.

The gallery was formed of 11 images. Each image carried a caption. The captions for images 3 (eggs), 5 (jam), 6 (water) & 9 (swedes) were inaccurate. In the case of caption 3 (eggs), the caption claimed that "A dozen eggs: In 2010 the EU said that food could not be sold by number but by weight". In 2010 the European Union was considering legislation governing food labelling. In June 2010 Renata Sommer the MEP responsible for steering the legislation confirmed 'There will be no changes to selling food by numbers". In fact a consumer who purchased eggs in the UK would be able to do so by number. Caption 3 (eggs) was therefore incorrect. Given that 4 of the 11 captions were incorrect this gallery has been deleted.

quote:

Express posted:
Correction - Amazing things we get back if we leave EU - 26/7/2016

On 20 May 2016 we published a gallery headlined 'Amazing things we get back if we leave EU'.

The gallery was formed of 11 images. Each image carried a caption. The captions for images 3 (eggs), 5 (jam), 6 (water) & 9 (swedes) were inaccurate. In the case of caption 3 (eggs), the caption claimed that "A dozen eggs: In 2010 the EU said that food could not be sold by number but by weight". In 2010 the European Union was considering legislation governing food labelling. In June 2010 Renata Sommer the MEP responsible for steering the legislation confirmed 'There will be no changes to selling food by numbers". In fact a consumer who purchased eggs in the UK would be able to do so by number. Caption 3 (eggs) was therefore incorrect. Given that 4 of the 11 captions were incorrect this gallery has been deleted.