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How Russia Is Destroying Democracy

Do social media threaten democracy?

From The Economist

Facebook acknowledged that before and after last year’s American election, between January 2015 and August this year, 146m users may have seen Russian misinformation on its platform. Google’s YouTube admitted to 1,108 Russian-linked videos and Twitter to 36,746 accounts. Far from bringing enlightenment, social media have been spreading poison.

We’re going to take legal action against the FCC to try to stop them from doing away with net neutrality.

From KDKA-TV      Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro. At the KDKA-TV studios on Tuesday, Shapiro told KDKA money editor Jon Delano that everyone who has internet service should care about the Federal Communications Commission’s decision to repeal net neutrality. Delano: “What exactly is net neutrality, and why should I care?” Shapiro: “So when a Pittsburgher goes to turn the internet on in their home, they get an internet service provider. That’s Comcast, or someone like that provides internet to your home.”

Don't argue with the Devil - he's much more intelligent than us, says Pope Francis

 From   The Telegraph  

The Devil is more intelligent than mere mortals and should never be argued with, Pope Francis has warned. Satan is not a metaphor or a nebulous concept but a real person armed with dark powers, the Pope said in forthright remarks made during a television interview.

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