Predicting depression via social media

In Sri Lanka, misinformation spread through social media has been linked to deadly mob violence before. In March 2018, the government blocked Facebook, WhatsApp and other internet platforms amid hardline Buddhist violence against Muslims, some of it fuelled by hate speech and false rumors spread on social media. At the time, the Sri Lankan government harshly criticized Facebook for its failure to properly police hate speech in local languages. … [Read more...] about Sri Lanka’s social media blackout reflects sense that online dangers outweigh benefits

"There are good, epidemiological reasons that lockdowns don't work," he told Carlson Tuesday, "which is why, for 15 years, experts on pandemics said this was not a good idea and all of a sudden in March they threw out everything they been saying." … [Read more...] about Alex Berenson proclaims COVID-19 spike in Sun Belt is likely ‘behind us,’ more evidence against lockdowns

Nicholas Klein, a lawyer at DLA Piper, said generally "the government doesn't have the authority to take a cut of a private deal through" the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, which is the inter-agency committee that reviews some foreign investments in the US. … [Read more...] about TikTok founder defends potential Microsoft sale

But though it is possible that the New Zealand mosque killings accelerated the Sri Lankan attacks, it would be very hard for even a capable and experienced terrorist group with an extensive infrastructure to put together such a complex operation from scratch in just five weeks. So far, it appears the claim was based solely on an intelligence memo noting that one member of the NTJ updated his social media accounts “with extremist content” in the aftermath of the Christchurch attack. … [Read more...] about Scale of Sri Lankan attacks suggests Isis ‘sub-contracted’ bombings

But over the past few weeks, the hospital system started to purchase remdesivir directly from AmerisourceBergen, a third-party distributor working with Gilead, according to Dr. Sandra Kemmerly, the medical director of hospital quality at Ochsner. She said that many pharmaceuticals can be hard to source, but the fear is that there isn’t another drug at this point that can be substituted for remdesivir. Ochsner tries to keep enough stocked for two weeks at a time. … [Read more...] about AG Jeff Landry pushes for more remdesivir as hospitals lean on drug to treat coronavirus