Instead of restoring access to The Associated Press newswire, as required by a federal judge, the Trump administration is removing the wire position in the daily press corps rotation altogether.
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My latest about how Republicans are trying to steal an election in North Carolina and how it could usher in a new era of unprecedented election subversion. https://www.democracydocket.com/opinion/republicans-are-trying-to-steal-an-election/
But contrary to his claims and Yann LeCun’s lies saying that “95% of hate speech on facebook is removed by ‘AI’,” all social media is essentially 4chan in these languages and contexts.
We have now spent 3 years documenting these failures. We had no language technology to do this–not even the equivalent of a spell checker. So we partnered with Lesan founded by Asmelash Teka to create those tools.
🗣️🗣️🗣️ Announcing new work from DAIR which is very close to my heart, 3 years in the making.
When #TigrayGenocide, the deadliest genocide of the 21st century thus far, started in November 2020, it was 1 month before I got fired from Google. Unlike Tigrayans whose sisters were being raped & parents murdered, I didn’t know exactly what was happening on the ground & who to believe. But I saw the genocidal speech targeting Tigrayans on social media, particularly from Eritreans, in Tigrinya. 🧵
See Fasica's report at https://data-workers.org/fasica/
I will never forget the genocidal mania among the Ethiopian intelligentsia. It was a popular genocide, with your “progressive” diaspora falling over themselves to deny and justify it. The least we can do is raise awareness about what has happened and what is about to happen.
You can find our work thus far on https://www.dair-institute.org/tigray-genocide/.
Exploited by subcontractors like Sama, content moderators for Meta in Nairobi face psychological trauma and silencing. This report highlights their mental health struggles and common coping mechanisms, including drug abuse and self-harm.
Students in at least three universities across New Mexico have had their student visas revoked by the U.S. Department of State, the schools confirmed Tuesday.
https://www.abqjournal.com/news/article_7290d284-20b8-4c37-bb31-e9679217a76b.html
Cannabis businesses in the southern part of the state are being hit with enforcement actions at Border Patrol checkpoints, including forfeitures, detentions of employees and even impoundment of vehicles.
https://www.abqjournal.com/business/article_8f3141df-64e1-4986-b45f-ca88b40992c2.html
Steve Herman
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Timnit Gebru (she/her).
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