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  1. #Thailand’s corruption score slips
    "🇹🇭 ranked fifth in #Asean, w #Singapore the highest & #Myanmar the lowest at 169th.. #Transparency #International said global ave score in 2025 dropped one point to 42 & 122 countries scored below 50, signalling #widespread #public #sector #corruption. “Only 5 countries now score above 80 (down fr 12 a decade ago), & recent slippage in high-scoring #democracies shows corruption risks can rise even where #institutions once looked secure"🤦‍♂️
    bangkokpost.com/business/gener

  2. At least #Perplexity got one thing right:

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    Multiple
    #independent #investigations and #leaked #internal #data confirm that #SocialMedia platforms—especially #Meta (#Facebook and #Instagram)—have engaged in #widespread, #systematic #censorship of #pro-Palestinian #content, often in direct response to #Israeli #government #requests[1][2][3][4][6][7]. This censorship has resulted in the #removal, #suppression, or #shadowbanning of tens of thousands of #posts and #accounts, with a disproportionate impact on users from Arab and Muslim-majority countries, but also affecting users worldwide[2][3][4][6].

    Key points from the evidence:

    - Meta has complied with 94% of Israeli government takedown requests since October 7, 2023, resulting in over 90,000 immediate removals and the suppression of millions more posts through automated systems[2][3][4][6].
    - The vast majority of these requests targeted
    #content #critical of #Israel or #supportive of #Palestinians, and only a tiny fraction targeted Israeli users[3][6].
    -
    #HumanRightsWatch and other NGOs have documented this as a #global, #systemic pattern of #censorship, not isolated incidents[1][5][7].
    - There is no comparable evidence of systematic censorship or suspension for users expressing pro-Israeli views; the
    #documented #bias overwhelmingly targets pro-Palestinian speech[1][2][3][4][5][6][7].

    In summary, the documented reality is that pro-Palestinian views are aggressively censored on major social media sites, while pro-Israeli views do not face the same level of moderation or suppression. This creates a significant imbalance in the digital public sphere[1][2][3][4][6][7].

    Citations:
    [1]
    https://www.hrw.org/report/2023/12/21/metas-broken-promises/systemic-censorship-palestine-content-instagram-and
    [2]
    https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/leaked-data-israeli-censorship-meta
    [3]
    https://www.jewishvoiceforlabour.org.uk/article/social-media-platforms-remove-pro-palestinian-posts/
    [4]
    https://www.palestinechronicle.com/crackdown-on-pro-palestinian-content-meta-deletes-over-90000-posts-at-israels-requests/
    [5]
    https://www.euronews.com/next/2024/10/07/human-rights-ngos-say-social-media-platforms-continue-to-censor-pro-palestine-content
    [6]
    https://7amleh.org/post/meta-must-end-the-systematic-censorship-of-palestinian-content-globally
    [7]
    https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/12/20/meta-systemic-censorship-palestine-content
    [8]
    https://www.un.org/unispal/document/ngo-action-news-17-april-2025/
    [9]
    https://features.csis.org/gaza-through-whose-lens/index.html
    [10]
    https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2023/10/24/shadowbanning-are-social-media-giants-censoring-pro-palestine-voices
    [11]
    https://www.iemed.org/publication/the-gaza-war-coverage-the-role-of-social-media-vs-mainstream-media/

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    Answer from Perplexity: pplx.ai/share

    @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected]

  3. At least #Perplexity got one thing right:

    -----
    Multiple
    #independent #investigations and #leaked #internal #data confirm that #SocialMedia platforms—especially #Meta (#Facebook and #Instagram)—have engaged in #widespread, #systematic #censorship of #pro-Palestinian #content, often in direct response to #Israeli #government #requests[1][2][3][4][6][7]. This censorship has resulted in the #removal, #suppression, or #shadowbanning of tens of thousands of #posts and #accounts, with a disproportionate impact on users from Arab and Muslim-majority countries, but also affecting users worldwide[2][3][4][6].

    Key points from the evidence:

    - Meta has complied with 94% of Israeli government takedown requests since October 7, 2023, resulting in over 90,000 immediate removals and the suppression of millions more posts through automated systems[2][3][4][6].
    - The vast majority of these requests targeted
    #content #critical of #Israel or #supportive of #Palestinians, and only a tiny fraction targeted Israeli users[3][6].
    -
    #HumanRightsWatch and other NGOs have documented this as a #global, #systemic pattern of #censorship, not isolated incidents[1][5][7].
    - There is no comparable evidence of systematic censorship or suspension for users expressing pro-Israeli views; the
    #documented #bias overwhelmingly targets pro-Palestinian speech[1][2][3][4][5][6][7].

    In summary, the documented reality is that pro-Palestinian views are aggressively censored on major social media sites, while pro-Israeli views do not face the same level of moderation or suppression. This creates a significant imbalance in the digital public sphere[1][2][3][4][6][7].

    Citations:
    [1]
    https://www.hrw.org/report/2023/12/21/metas-broken-promises/systemic-censorship-palestine-content-instagram-and
    [2]
    https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/leaked-data-israeli-censorship-meta
    [3]
    https://www.jewishvoiceforlabour.org.uk/article/social-media-platforms-remove-pro-palestinian-posts/
    [4]
    https://www.palestinechronicle.com/crackdown-on-pro-palestinian-content-meta-deletes-over-90000-posts-at-israels-requests/
    [5]
    https://www.euronews.com/next/2024/10/07/human-rights-ngos-say-social-media-platforms-continue-to-censor-pro-palestine-content
    [6]
    https://7amleh.org/post/meta-must-end-the-systematic-censorship-of-palestinian-content-globally
    [7]
    https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/12/20/meta-systemic-censorship-palestine-content
    [8]
    https://www.un.org/unispal/document/ngo-action-news-17-april-2025/
    [9]
    https://features.csis.org/gaza-through-whose-lens/index.html
    [10]
    https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2023/10/24/shadowbanning-are-social-media-giants-censoring-pro-palestine-voices
    [11]
    https://www.iemed.org/publication/the-gaza-war-coverage-the-role-of-social-media-vs-mainstream-media/

    ---
    Answer from Perplexity: pplx.ai/share

    @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected]

  4. At least #Perplexity got one thing right:

    -----
    Multiple
    #independent #investigations and #leaked #internal #data confirm that #SocialMedia platforms—especially #Meta (#Facebook and #Instagram)—have engaged in #widespread, #systematic #censorship of #pro-Palestinian #content, often in direct response to #Israeli #government #requests[1][2][3][4][6][7]. This censorship has resulted in the #removal, #suppression, or #shadowbanning of tens of thousands of #posts and #accounts, with a disproportionate impact on users from Arab and Muslim-majority countries, but also affecting users worldwide[2][3][4][6].

    Key points from the evidence:

    - Meta has complied with 94% of Israeli government takedown requests since October 7, 2023, resulting in over 90,000 immediate removals and the suppression of millions more posts through automated systems[2][3][4][6].
    - The vast majority of these requests targeted
    #content #critical of #Israel or #supportive of #Palestinians, and only a tiny fraction targeted Israeli users[3][6].
    -
    #HumanRightsWatch and other NGOs have documented this as a #global, #systemic pattern of #censorship, not isolated incidents[1][5][7].
    - There is no comparable evidence of systematic censorship or suspension for users expressing pro-Israeli views; the
    #documented #bias overwhelmingly targets pro-Palestinian speech[1][2][3][4][5][6][7].

    In summary, the documented reality is that pro-Palestinian views are aggressively censored on major social media sites, while pro-Israeli views do not face the same level of moderation or suppression. This creates a significant imbalance in the digital public sphere[1][2][3][4][6][7].

    Citations:
    [1]
    https://www.hrw.org/report/2023/12/21/metas-broken-promises/systemic-censorship-palestine-content-instagram-and
    [2]
    https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/leaked-data-israeli-censorship-meta
    [3]
    https://www.jewishvoiceforlabour.org.uk/article/social-media-platforms-remove-pro-palestinian-posts/
    [4]
    https://www.palestinechronicle.com/crackdown-on-pro-palestinian-content-meta-deletes-over-90000-posts-at-israels-requests/
    [5]
    https://www.euronews.com/next/2024/10/07/human-rights-ngos-say-social-media-platforms-continue-to-censor-pro-palestine-content
    [6]
    https://7amleh.org/post/meta-must-end-the-systematic-censorship-of-palestinian-content-globally
    [7]
    https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/12/20/meta-systemic-censorship-palestine-content
    [8]
    https://www.un.org/unispal/document/ngo-action-news-17-april-2025/
    [9]
    https://features.csis.org/gaza-through-whose-lens/index.html
    [10]
    https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2023/10/24/shadowbanning-are-social-media-giants-censoring-pro-palestine-voices
    [11]
    https://www.iemed.org/publication/the-gaza-war-coverage-the-role-of-social-media-vs-mainstream-media/

    ---
    Answer from Perplexity: pplx.ai/share

    @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected]

  5. The #clickbeetle #Agrypnus #murinus (#Agrypninae, #Elateridae) is #phytophagous as #adult #beetle, while the #larvae are soil dwellers and feed on roots, but also as predators, particularly targeting the larvae of other insects.
    The species is #widespread in the Near East, the #easternPalearctic and the Nearctic realm. White and brown #scales give the species it's impressive look. The base color is darker. #Biodiversity #entomology
    © #StefanFWirth Berlin 2024

  6. The cmte’s 6,700-pg “#torture report,” an executive summary of which was publicly released in 2014, alleged that #CIA #interrogation techniques — incl’g #waterboarding, #SleepDeprivation, physical #abuse, #confinement in a coffin-size box & #threats against suspects’ #families — had been far more #brutal, more #widespread & less effective than the agency previously claimed.

    #DianneFeinstein

  7. NORTHLAND FORECAST FOR AUGUST 12 & 13, 2023:

    The #Northland will see an unsettled and cool #weather pattern this #weekend.

    Saturday will see #widely #scattered #showers and a few #thunderstorms during the afternoon. Sunday will see #widespread #rain by the afternoon.

    #Temperatures will be seasonally cool, with #fog at times.

    VIDEO & DISCUSSION: fox21online.com/weather/

    #wxtooter #forecast #MNwx #WIwx #UPwx