Julia Carrie Wong
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Fire tore through the Karuk tribe’s homeland. Many won’t be able to rebuild
Insurers are increasingly wary of serving wildfire-prone areas. Happy Camp residents are struggling to rebuild without it
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The Karuk tribe in California have long fought state officials for a return to cultural burning and indigenous fire management. Now they're dealing with a catastrophic fire that has left half of the residents of the tribe's main town homeless.
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Facebook to ban QAnon-themed groups, pages and accounts in crackdown
Policy update comes after the company’s initial attempt failed to stem misinformation and harm from the conspiracy movement
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This new QAnon policy is a major step for Facebook (especially when you consider that FB had no policy at all on QAnon two months ago). But there are still very large loopholes, especially for Instagram influencers. This is not a total deplatforming. theguardian.com/technology/202… pic.twitter.com/nagnCDUgdC
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Coronavirus live news: Belgium limits gatherings to four people; Italy set to make masks mandatory outdoors
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Julian Borger,
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‘People are tired, we know,’ says Belgian PM of new measures; Lazio and Campania already enforcing face-covering rules
Coronavirus live news: Mexico sees record daily cases; Japan-South Korea travel plan
Ireland’s health chiefs called for highest level of restrictions late on Sunday; restaurants in Paris can stay open but bars cannot
How Excel may have caused loss of 16,000 Covid tests in England
Public Health England data error blamed on limitations of Microsoft spreadsheet
What is QAnon and why is it so dangerous? – video explainer
The Guardian US technology reporter Julia Carrie Wong explains the rise of QAnon, the unfounded conspiracy theory that emerged in the US in 2017, and is now spreading across the world
He fought wildfires while imprisoned. California reported him to Ice for deportation
Kao Saelee told the Guardian his sister was waiting outside the prison to pick him up on his release date, but guards transferred him to US immigration
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This story makes me want to scream.
Kao Saelee served 22 years in prison, fought wildfires for $1 per hour, and is now being detained prior to deportation to a country he fled at 2 years old that doesn't recognize his citizenship due to his ethnicity.
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'I picked up a drink and casually set fire to my life': how addiction nearly destroyed me
Find a job, lose the job, go to jail: Guardian reporter Mario Koran found himself in a dangerous cycle. But behind bars, he discovered a new purpose
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From writing his first article in the library of a rural Wisconsin jail to landing a job at the Guardian but having to live in an adult dorm bc landlords wouldn't rent to him, @MarioKoran's path in journalism has been so hard won, and so valuable.
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The growing influence of the QAnon conspiracy theory – podcast
The Guardian US tech reporter Julia Carrie Wong discusses the rise of QAnon, a wide-ranging and baseless internet conspiracy theory that has been festering on the fringes of rightwing internet communities for years
'The difference is QAnon': how a conspiratorial hate campaign upended California politics
A lawmaker’s LGBTQ+ bill led to antisemitic attacks calling him a pedophile: ‘The GOP has been infected by Qanon’
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A national politics infected by QAnon is wholly incompatible with the evidence-based debate and compromises required to govern any society.
This is what's coming for our political debates in the US. Are you ready?
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If you want a preview of what politics will look like with QAnon in the White House and Congress, here’s how it completely upended passage of a simple bill in California, setting off an antisemitic and homophobic hate storm that the GOP joined in on
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'The difference is QAnon': how a conspiratorial hate campaign upended California politics
A lawmaker’s LGBTQ+ bill led to antisemitic attacks calling him a pedophile: ‘The GOP has been infected by Qanon’
'Rumors spread like wildfire': false posts claiming activists started Oregon fires flood social media
Officials have asked public to stop sharing rumors about the cause of fires that have killed three people and destroyed several towns
US wildfires: Oregon has 'never seen this amount of uncontained fire', governor says – as it happened
At least eight killed in California, Washington and Oregon amid blazes in 13 states
Russian agency created fake leftwing news outlet with fictional editors, Facebook says
Internet Research Agency also hired real, unwitting freelance reporters in operation Facebook has removed
Portland suffers serious street violence as far right return 'prepared to fight'
Armed rightwingers have attacked leftwing protesters and reporters, supplanting the nightly standoffs with police
Person shot during pro-Trump car caravan through downtown Portland
The "Trump Cruise-in" drew thousands of people to the Clackamas Town Center, from which they will drive to Portland where a clash with anti-racist demonstrators almost certainly awaits.
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“A post pinned to the Facebook event page, which drew some 2,500 attendees, encouraged concealed carry.” opb.org/article/2020/0… pic.twitter.com/WAoQZyixMS
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Neuralink: Elon Musk unveils pig he claims has computer implant in brain
Billionare entrepreneur presented animal during a live-stream event to recruit workers for his neuroscience startup
Neuralink: Elon Musk unveils pig he claims has computer implant in brain
Billionare entrepreneur presented animal during a livestream event to recruit workers for his neuroscience startup
Facebook blames contractors for failing to remove Kenosha militia's 'call to arms'
Zuckerberg points to ‘operational mistake’ by teams meant to bar organizations deemed dangerous
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Mark Zuckerberg is blaming an "operational mistake" and contractors for Facebook's failure to remove the Kenosha militia and "call to arms".
When I spoke to @ekp a few weeks ago, she pointed out that companies outsource the work they don't care about.
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Praise for alleged Kenosha shooter proliferates on Facebook despite supposed ban
One fundraiser for Kyle Rittenhouse, 17, was shared more than 17,700 times by groups with more than 3.9m aggregate followers
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Sometimes I file a story on Facebook and feel angry. Sometimes I feel righteous, indignant, amused. Occasionally I’m bored.
This story I filed a few hours ago, and I’m still sitting here just thinking about how fucking scared I am.
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