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7. Fox News attacks Democratic politicians invoking reproductive justice when talking about climate change

Fox News has a long record of spreading misinformation about climate change and reproductive rights, but in 2019, the network used both issues to attack Democratic politicians as extreme.

During a CNN climate town hall in September, Democratic candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) responded to a question about the role of reproductive rights in climate policy by saying that the United States should eliminate the Mexico City Policy, which prohibits international organizations from receiving U.S. funding if they perform or refer patients for abortions, even though federal money is already prohibited from directly supporting abortion care.

Fox News host Jedediah Bila said on The Five that she found Sanders comments troubling because they were an indication that the Democratic Party has an audience for expanding abortion rights, which she repeatedly called extreme. On Special Report, Fox News contributor Mollie Hemingway quipped that there is something to be appreciated about the candor with which he displayed his eugenics and his support for eugenics. Hannity similarly asked during a segment on his show if Sanders sick, ugly, repulsive support for worldwide abortions to control populations in poor countries reflects the new Democratic Party.

Similarly, in November on The Ingraham Angle, The Federalists John Daniel Davidson attacked climate activists and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) for acknowledging peoples fears about having more children in response to the dangers of climate change. Davidson alleged such ideas were the same as supporting eugenics and claimed that progressives have always been having this conversation about how to control the population.

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With out shyness! Yuliett Torres wore a brief so quick that she challenged censorship It leaves you breathless! Yuliett Torres is targeted on her private model as an teacher.

Yuliett Torres has been in comparison with Kim Kardashian herself for the very tight outfits she makes use of and the rearguard that simulates that of the socialite.

Though the Mexican mannequin doesnt have a lot qualification when making her publications, with clothes that train every part and trigger sensation.

Yuliett shocked her greater than 4.eight million followers just a few days in the past with a postcard the place she poses in a blue gown that appears a measurement much less and boasts a neckline that stands out with a gap and the shirt that has been unbuttoned.

However Torres drove netizens loopy with a summer time outfit the place she wears a brief so quick that it solely covers half of her rear. She accomplished the look with a sleeveless shirt.

The publication already exceeds 149 thousand likes and in it the health teacher wrote: these sunny days that by no means finish and their followers agree.

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A government-appointed review board has harshly criticized the organizers of the 2019 Aichi Triennale, which made headlines around the world for temporarily closing an exhibition that was itself themed around the issue of censorship. The closure came after an outcry regarding a sculpture in the show by Kim Seo-kyung and Kim Eun-sung that spotlighted the history of comfort women in Japan during WWII.

A six-person review panel, led by Toshio Yamanashi, director of the National Museum of Art, in Osaka, found that while the removal of the sculpture was the right way to deal with threats over the artwork, there were numerous faults with the way the exhibition was organized, reports the Japan Times. The exhibition was ultimately reopened after a legal challenge and a pledge by some artists to remove or alter their works in protest. The Triennale took place August 1 to October 14 in Nagoya and nearby cities.

The authors of the report have called for a thorough examination and revision of procedures for organizing the Triennale. Aichis governor, Hideaki Omura, who headed the Triennales steering committee, said, as quoted in the Japan Times, that we will sincerely accept the proposals, and work toward the next triennale by gaining local residents understanding. The panel also found fault in the curation of the censorship-themed exhibition, pointing out that while the concept initially was to show works that had been censored in public museums, it also included new works that had never fallen victim to suppression.

Artistic director and journalist Daisuke Tsuda, says the report, was given considerable power, but, the authors maintain, there was no system of checks and balances in place. The report also saw insufficient communication between Tsuda and the curators and other administrators.

The report did not, on the other hand, find fault with the handling of the highly controversial artwork.

Kim Seo-kyung and Kim Eun-sungs Statue of Peace (2011), a life-size sculpture of a seated woman, depicts the so-called comfort women, who were in fact forced into sexual slavery to the occupying Japanese military before and during World War II. The curators said in a statement at the time that the works removal would constitute the worst censorship incident in Japans postwar period.

The sculpture was included in the show After Freedom of Expression? which was part of the Triennale and took place at the Aichi Prefecture Museum of Art in the city of Nagoya. The exhibition was closed in the wake of menacing messages, including one that promised to burn the museum down. The review panel deemed the closure of the show unavoidable. In the panels view, this did not comprise an unwarranted restriction on freedom of expression.

Artnet reached out to Toshio Yamanashi and Daisuke Tsuda but did not receive an immediate reply.

The issue of sexual slavery has been a flash point for years. The government has in the past issued apologies, but in 2007, prime minister Shinzo Abe denied that there was any evidence that the Japanese had enslaved women, only to later say he would not reconsider previous apologies by previous officials. Nagoya Mayor Takashi Kawamura has objected to the presence of the artwork in the Triennale, since it constitutes an ackowledgement that Japan had indeed forced the women into sexual slavery.

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In a revealing letter to The Ethicist column in the New York Times Magazine, a Bay Area renter asked for moral guidance on handling his landlord. He described the man as a nice guy providing a below-market rental, but the correspondent felt uncomfortable when he saw a Christian magazine in his landlords mail, with cover stories that suggest LGBTQ rights are undermining religious freedom and others about the dangers of educating children about gender diversity.

While acknowledging that destroying his landlords mail would violate the law, the perplexed tenant asked: Is it more ethical to give him this magazine, and perpetuate hate and inequality, or to occasionally just lose this piece of mail once a month?

This inquiry shows the lefts powerful urge to censor what neighbors read, or think. It also displays the breathtaking arrogance and intolerance that lead more and more Americans to fear and resent the strident left with its toxic role in the culture.

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Make your day. TikToks slogan conveys the idea of another playful company to add to the list of social media giants. The reality, though, is much darker.

Initially released as Musical.ly a platform that allowed users to upload videos of themselves miming to songs the company was later acquired by Chinese ByteDance, who then launched TikTok. Rather than focusing on music videos, the app is now a place where users can create, share, and watch any kind of short videos on a continuous loop.

According to GlobalWebIndex, TikToks target demographic is primarily Gen Z and Millennials between 16 and 24 years old. In November 2019, it hit an impressive 1.5 billion downloads worldwide, placing the app third in the list of most-downloaded non-gaming apps, after Whatsapp and Facebook Messenger.

Operating on such a huge scale, TikTok has come under harsh scrutiny from governments and the press about its transparency and content regulation. With its headquarters in Beijing, questions about TikToks ethics came to fruition long before the company expanded into Europe in September 2017. Bytedance has repeatedly had to defend itself from allegations of propagandist aims and preventing mentions of Tiananmen Square. With an already-tarnished reputation in countries like Indonesia, Bangladesh and India, can the app survive fresh accusations of censorship in a relatively new European market?

Of the 500 million active TikTok users, 150 million are located in China and use the Chinese version of the app (called Douyin). Other Asian countries like Japan, Vietnam, and Thailand have an equally high engagement.

A November 2018 breakdown of TikToks European markets noted that Germany was the top country for users with 4.1 million active, followed closely by France with 4 million, where views averaged a total of 6.5 billion and 5 billion respectively. In both countries TikTok users open the app around 8 times a day.

As of October 2019, Germanys user base has more than doubled with 8.8 million users and is now the 10th country in the world with the biggest TikTok following.

Indonesia was one of the first countries to block TikTok after videos on the platform were deemed blasphemous and pornographic. As a result, TikTok was removed from all app download stores for a week, beginning July 2018. Only once TikTok agreed to clear all negative content, apply additional restrictions for 14 to 18-year-olds, and set up a team of censors in Indonesia to sanitize content, was the app reinstated in the country.

Later, in February 2019, after declaring a war on pornography, Bangladesh followed suit and also shut down TikTok. Currently, the app remains unavailable in the country.

More recently, in April this year, India joined the list of countries hitting back at TikTok. Accusations of content featuring child pornography, accidental suicides and killings, as well as dangerous trends like jumping in front of cars surfaced. Other issues included spreading fake news and cyberbullying. For two weeks, new downloads of the app were banned across all of India, costing TikTok $500,000 in revenue each day. Following an appeal from TikToks parent company Bytedance, Madras High Court reversed its decision after one week.

In November 2019, German digital rights blog Netzpolitik gained access to TikToks moderation rules. The site noted that, although guidelines were extremely loose, TikToks strategy, however, is clear: certain content is given the widest possible reach, while others are systematically suppressed.

Netzpolitik also discovered that unwanted content on TikTok is divided into four categories: deletion, visible to self, not for feed, and not recommended. General videos that do not fall into these categories can still be marked risk and be blocked by location. TikTok claims the moderation is to ensure content complies with different country laws.

The strategy, however, is clear: certain content is given the widest possible reach, while others are systematically suppressed.

An unnamed source from TikTok also told Netzpolitik that protests are generally not welcome on the app. Since its parent company Bytedance is Chinese, the recent troubles in Hong Kong, for example, have little if any exposure on the platform.

Only a month later, Netzpolitik broke another story about TikToks use of censorship. This time, a leaked document revealed how TikTok made videos of people with disabilities less visible. The app also hid videos of overweight people and people identifying as LGBTQ by grouping them on special user lists, deemed higher risk.

The justification? TikTok claimed the action was to protect vulnerable users and those susceptible to harassment or cyberbullying based on their physical or mental condition. These special user lists were curated by a team of moderators who were assigned to make their judgements based on 15-second video uploads.

The controversial measure meant that videos of users with disabilities or perceived disabilities were only shown in the country where they were uploaded. In Germany, this shrunk a potential audience of 500 million to 8.8 million.

TikTok claims the special user lists were never intended to be a long-term solution and have since changed them. The platform has also emphatically denied censoring politicized content. Nonetheless, its moderation guidelines and Bytedances likely pressure to further Chinese foreign policy still compromise the platform.

By systematically disadvantaging unfavorable content, TikTok has fueled suspicions of censorship and its broader political goals. While TikToks growth does not appear to be slowing down, it remains uncertain whether the skepticism will have a lasting impact on its user base.

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