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Obama urges tech, law enforcement to address social media used for plots

December 7, 2015 admin address, from-expressing, help-address, militant-groups, official, president, social-media, use-technology

The White House is urging Silicon Valley to help address the threat posed by militant groups by restricting the use of social media for planning and promoting violence, a senior administration official said on Sunday. In coming days, the White House will talk to companies in the tech sector about developing a “clearer understanding of when we believe social media is being used actively and operationally to promote terrorism,” said the official, speaking on background

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Shootings sharpen debate on U.S. electronic surveillance powers

December 6, 2015 creative address, against-privacy, bernardino, bulk-collection, bulk-metadata, california, from-expressing, help-address, militant-groups, nsa, official, recent-shutdown, under-renewed, use-technology, wednesdays

The San Bernardino shootings are reviving a debate about Washington's digital surveillance effort to find and capture violent extremists, with the recent shutdown of a U.S. cellphone spying program coming under renewed criticism. The debate is long-running and pits a huge and powerful national security apparatus against privacy and civil rights activists, who prevailed recently on the National Security Agency’s (NSA) bulk collection of cellphone metadata.

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Snippets of Adele’s ’25’ leaked, removed days ahead of release

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Parts of Adele's much anticipated new album “25” were reported on Wednesday to have been leaked online ahead of the official Nov. 20 release of the Grammy-winning British singer's first release in four years

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New Jersey university probes threats against African-Americans

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An anonymous user posted messages to Twitter on Tuesday night, threatening to kill or shoot black students and others at the school, where students have been demonstrating to raise awareness about racism on U.S. campuses. “I will shoot every black woman and male I see at Kean University,” wrote the Twitter user using the name @keanuagainstblk.

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Twitter misfire puts Walker into 2016 presidential race prematurely

July 11, 2015 admin began-reviewing, cyber-security, denver, federal, herbert-lash, him-waving, his-official, internet-explorer, official, scott-walker, speaks-during, summit, team, the-federal

A technical glitch put Republican Scott Walker into the 2016 presidential race prematurely on Friday, days ahead of his official announcement speech. “Scott is in.

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U.S personnel agency chief resigns over massive data breach

July 10, 2015 admin began-reviewing, capitol-hill, obama, official, personal, personal-data, president, recently-revealed, team, the-federal

By Mark Hosenball and Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The chief of the U.S.

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Republican Scott Walker tweets that he is running for president

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Republican Scott Walker tweeted the obvious on Friday, that he is running for president in 2016, days ahead of his official announcement in Wisconsin. “Scott is in.

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Alibaba’s Ma says freezing hiring after growing ‘too quickly’: report

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Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd is freezing hiring for the rest of the year because it has grown “too quickly”, Executive Chairman Jack Ma told staff.

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Twitter complied with Turkey’s request, ban to be lifted shortly: Turkish official

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Twitter has complied with Turkey’s request to remove images of an Istanbul prosecutor held at gunpoint by far-left militants and the block of access to is about to be lifted, a Turkish official told Reuters on Monday.

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Google says working to restore YouTube service in Turkey

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FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Google has seen reports that YouTube is blocked in Turkey and is working to restore its video-sharing service, a company spokesman said on Monday. (Reporting by Eric Auchard; Writing by Nick Tattersall; Editing by David Dolan)

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