Bot-like accounts on X fuel US political conspiracies, watchdog says
31 Jul
Politics

Bot-like accounts on X fuel US political conspiracies, watchdog says

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Politics tamfitronics Bot-like accounts remain entrenched on X, previously known as Twitter, researchers say..Photo: JUSTIN SULLIVAN / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/Getty Images via AFPSource: AFPBot-like accounts on social media platform X that spread misinformation and hate ahead of Britain's election are now amplifying conspiracy theories around US politicsa watchdog investigation revealed Tuesday, as the race to the White House kicks into high gear.Forty-five accounts analyzed by Global Witness, which collectively generated more than four billion impressions since late May, were active in the run-up to the British polls earlier this month.Some of them subsequently pivoted to other high-profile events ahead of the US presidential election in November, including the recent assassination attempt on Donald Trump and President Joe Biden pulling out from the race, the watchdog said...
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Autonomy: Credible LG Polls Will Boost Women’s Participation In Politics – Stakeholders

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Politics tamfitronics Stakeholders have said that the recent Supreme Court judgement granting financial autonomy to all 774 local government areas in Nigeria presents an immense opportunity for more women to participate in politics and governance at the grassroots level.Reacting to the judgement, the state coordinator of Progressive Sisters Network and technical assistant to a federal lawmaker, Lateefah Aspita Isah, said the judgement on LGA autonomy couldn’t have come at a better time. Speaking during an interview, she said women, as great mobilizers, must take advantage of their numbers to intensify the drive for women’s inclusion in governance right from the local government level.According to her, “Formidable women’s groups like the Nigerian Women Trust Fund and the Women in Politics Forum, among others at the federal level, need to intensify advocacy to fight for increased women’s...
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Readers Weigh In on Abortion and Ways To Tackle the Opioid Crisis
31 Jul
Health News

Readers Weigh In on Abortion and Ways To Tackle the Opioid Crisis

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Health News tamfitronics Letters to the Editoris a periodic feature. Wewelcome all commentsand will publish a selection. We edit for length and clarity and require full names.Debunking Abortion MythsI want to send a big THANK YOU to Matt Volz for writing a fact-checking article on the nonsense rhetoric around “abortion up until and after birth” that has run wild and unchallenged in the media (“GOP’s Tim Sheehy Revives Discredited Abortion Claims in Pivotal Senate Race,” July 9). Thanks for putting abortion later in pregnancy in context and debunking false assumptions.I am a near-third-trimester abortion patient (nonviable pregnancy, terminated at 26 weeks), and I am so sick of hearing politicians like Tim Sheehy talk about something they have never experienced or bothered to learn about. It is as though I am watching the entire nation maliciously...
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