#president duda in tanzania

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रूस की पोलैंड पर हमले की आशंका के बीच जो बाइडेन से मिले राष्ट्रपति डूडा, जानें अमेरिका ने क्या कहा

रूस की पोलैंड पर हमले की आशंका के बीच जो बाइडेन से मिले राष्ट्रपति डूडा, जानें अमेरिका ने क्या कहा

Washington News: रुस-यूक्रेन युद्ध के बीच पोलैंड के राष्ट्रपति और प्रधानमंत्री के संयुक्त अमेरिका दौरे ने दुनिया का ध्यान आकर्षित किया है. पॉलिश राष्ट्रपति ने यहां यूरोप के भविष्य पर बड़ी चिंता जताई. उन्होंने कहा कि अगर पुतिन यूक्रेन जीत गए तो वो अपने युद्ध का दायरा बढ़ा सकते हैं. राष्ट्रपति आंद्रेज डूडा ने पोलैंड और अन्य देशों पर संभावित रुसी अक्रमण को लेकर चिंता जताई, जिस पर हिटलर के हमले ने…

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COVID19 Updates: 03/17/2021

India:  India's daily cases jumped up by 28,903 in 24hrs, the highest increase in 3 months

Philippines:  Philippine authorities say it will suspend the arrival of foreigner travellers and some returning citizens as the country battles a renewed surge in Covid cases.

Italy:  Italy has reported 502 coronavirus deaths on Tuesday, and 20,396 new cases.

Poland:  Poland has reported 25,052 daily coronavirus cases, its highest rate since November.

UK:  Britain will proceed with an inquiry into the government’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic

Poland:  POLISH GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES NATIONWIDE LOCKDOWN POLISH HEALTH MINISTER SAYS SHOPPING MALLS, CINEMAS, THEATERS AND HOTELS WILL HAVE TO CLOSE STARTING FROM SATURDAY

Brazil:  Brazil health service in 'worst crisis in its history' LINK

US:  COVID cases rising in 14 states compared to last week. This week, cases have increased by 50% in Michigan, 39% in Delaware, 34% in Montana, 31% in Alabama, and 29% in West Virginia. Other states with cases increasing by more than 10% in the last week: NH, HI, MS, ME, NV, ND, ID, MD.

World:  Many people who die of COVID-19 have the virus in their hearts LINK

Minnesota:  Teens fuel COVID-19 activity in Minnesota LINK

UK:  NHS has written to local health organisations warning of a 'significant reduction in weekly supply' of the vaccine from week beginning March 29th for a month.  Letter says 'supply constraint means vaccination centres and community pharmacy led local vaccination services should close unfilled bookings from March 29th’  should ‘ensure no further appointments are uploaded to the national booking system or local booking system til apr 30th

Germany:  #Greiz: "4 weeks ago, we had diffuse cases. No source was known. Then we realized: many education personnel was among the infected. So we tested the kids. In a group of 4-6 year olds: all of them were infected. Their parents too. And their contacts."

France:  France Reports 38,501 New Coronavirus Cases In 24 Hours Vs 29,975 Yday

Mexico:  HONDA SAYS WILL TEMPORARILY SUSPEND PRODUCTION IN MEXICO FROM MARCH 18 DUE TO SUPPLY CHAIN PROBLEMS - SPOKESPERSON

Tanzania:  Tanzania President suspected to be seriously ill with covid... trying to keep it a secret from the public... sarscov2 suspected to be spreading in the country but Tanzania has not reported any new cases of covid for the past 12 months.

UK:  Coronavirus outbreak hits residents and staff at Stoke-on-Trent care home LINK  (in spite of residents and staff being at least partially vaccinated)

UK:  Coronavirus outbreak confirmed in Retford care home as work takes place to manage infections - Lincolnshire Live LINK  (in spite of residents and staff being at least partially vaccinated)

France:  French President Macron to hold a meeting with  Scientific Council this morning. This occurs amid growing speculation that Paris & the wider Île-de-France region, is heading for new restrictions (including a weekend lockdown), similar to that in Nice and the Calais region;

India:  Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has warned that the country needs to take quick and decisive steps soon to stop an emerging second “peak” of Covid-19 infections, Reuters reports;  India’s daily cases jumped by 28,903 on Wednesday (data from the Health Ministry showed), the highest increase since December 13. Total cases rise to 11.44M. Deaths increased by 188 to 159,044;

Poland:  Poland has reported 25,052 daily covid cases, its highest rate since November, Reuters reports; Poland’s President Andrzej Duda announced a tough new nationwide LD amid surging infections. Poland’s Health Minister said shopping malls, theatres, cinemas & hotels will close from Saturday, while schools will have to switch to online learning;

Michigan:  Michigan! What is going on?! #COVID19 cases are spiking and hospitalizations are picking up. Now is NOT the time to continue to open up indoor public spaces!

Tanzania:  TANZANIA PRESIDENT MAGUFULI HAS DIED, VICE PRESIDENT SAYS

Brazil:  Appalling. 99,634 new #COVID19 cases today in Brazil, including 9,331 cases unreported yesterday. 3,149 deaths, not counting 501 unreported yesterday.

Italy:  Italy COVID update: Number in hospital approaches 30,000 - New cases: 23,059 - In hospital: 29,834 (+480) - In ICU: 3,317 (+61) - New deaths: 431

Tennessee:  Tennessee reported 1,826 new cases and 8 new deaths linked to COVID-19 on Wednesday. There are now 12,841 active cases in the state.

UK:  COVID: ASTRAZENECA SPOKESMAN SAYS UK DOMESTIC VACCINE SUPPLY CHAIN IS NOT EXPERIENCING ANY DISRUPTION AND THERE IS NO IMPACT ON OUR DELIVERY SCHEDULE

Germany:  Germany COVID update: New cases up 32% compared to last Wednesday - New cases: 16,075 - In hospital: 11,751 (+247) - In ICU: 2,849 (+4) - New deaths: 247

Brazil:  New dark ominous study on #P1 variant that is now everywhere in ... it is 2.52x faster transmission that old wild common type of #SARSCoV2. That is 152% increase!#B117 is only 40-60% faster. So #P1 would then be ~68% faster than even #B117!

US:  It appears to be the same story for the #USA today. Overall numbers may be slightly down again, but #NewYork is seeing #Covid19 infections rise again while #NewJersey and in particular #Michigan continue to show strong growth.

Michigan:  Michigan now has the 5th most new COVID-19 cases per population over the last 7 days among states, according to the CDC's tracker

Japan:  Japan to lift Tokyo area state of emergency as planned on Sunday -minister

World:  Virus variants found to be deadlier, more contagious; some may thwart vaccines LINK

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New Post has been published on https://techcrunchapp.com/no-matter-who-wins-the-us-election-the-worlds-fake-news-problem-is-here-to-stay/

No matter who wins the US election, the world's 'fake news' problem is here to stay

As journalists assembled for a photo op, setting up cameras, Trump quipped: “Get rid of them. Fake news is a great term, isn’t it? You don’t have this problem in Russia, but we do.”

“We also have, it’s the same,” Putin replied.

Meanwhile, some of those same leaders have greenlit the deliberate spread of real disinformation — US intelligence agencies concluded that Russia, for example, had used false news to interfere in the 2016 election.

But the specter of disinformation and foreign electoral interference, which has loomed large over the 2020 presidential race, is perhaps not as pernicious as the language now coming out of the White House itself. Less than two weeks out from the election, Trump has touted unfounded narratives and conspiracy theories casting doubt over mail-in voting and the November results — which could leave Americans even more vulnerable to further manipulation, experts warn.

“There is no question that the fact that the President of the United States is using this term to attack independent media gives an element of license to other politicians elsewhere.”

Rasmus Kleis Nielsen, director of the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism

“Unless we [Americans] mitigate our own political polarization, our own internal issues, we will continue to be an easy target for any malign actor — Russian or Iranian, foreign or domestic,” Nina Jankowicz writes in “How to Lose the Information War,” her new book on Russia’s influence campaigns and their effect on the democratic project.

For experts like Jankowicz, who have closely followed the President’s war on facts and the undemocratic behavior they inspire, the potential coup de grace could be yet to come: After November, any suggestion that the US election results are phony would have a devastating effect — and not just in America.

At a time when authoritarians are working to stamp out domestic dissent and roll back fundamental rights, undermining elections at the heart of the world’s beacon of democracy sets a dangerous precedent — one likely to be embraced by other leaders trying to maintain their grip on power.

Four years of the ‘fake news’ phenomenon

President Trump has said he came up with the term “fake news. ” But the phrase has been in general circulation since the end of the 19th century, according to Merriam-Webster.

Trump was, however, the first US President to deploy it against his opponents. And over the last four years, he has brought the phrase into the mainstream, popularizing it as a smear for unfavorable, but factual coverage.

According to a database maintained by Stephanie Sugars of the US Press Freedom Tracker, Trump has used the phrase “fake news” nearly 900 times in tweets aimed to denigrate the media, insult particular news outlets, discredit supposed leaks and leakers, and allege falsehoods. As election day nears, he’s redoubled his efforts bashing the fourth estate, research by Sugars has shown.

This has given cover and conferred legitimacy to other politicians hoping to do the same. “Fake news” has been invoked by dozens of leaders, governments and state media around the world, including Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, Polish President Andrzej Duda, former Spanish Foreign Minister Alfonso Dastis, Chinese Ambassador to the United Kingdom Liu Xiaoming and former Malaysia Prime Minister Najib Razak, just to name a few.

“It [fake news rhetoric] has emboldened authoritarians, who are capable of taking even more brutal action against domestic opponents than President Trump can in the US.”

Allie Funk, a senior research analyst at Freedom House

“There is no question that the fact that the President of the United States is using this term to attack independent media gives an element of license to other politicians elsewhere, including some authoritarian leaders to dress up their own attacks on independent media and point to the example of the US,” said Rasmus Kleis Nielsen, director of the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism.

This can have serious consequences in less democratic contexts, where the term “fake news” has been co-opted by governments to crack down on dissent. That’s what a group of journalists from Pakistan, Nicaragua, Tanzania, India and Brazil told Vice President Mike Pence on a trip to the White House last year, while in Washington, DC, to receive press freedom prizes from the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) for risking attacks, threats and imprisonment to report the news.

Patrícia Campos Mello, who has been harassed for her reporting on alleged corruption in Brazil, told Pence that President Jair Bolsonaro had mirrored Trump’s rhetoric and attacks on the press, even canceling the government’s subscription to her publication, Folha de S.Paulo, after the US President did the same to The New York Times and The Washington Post newspapers. Other reporters at the event also flagged the worrying rise in “fake news” legislation, used to target critical media.

Governments in Russia, China, Egypt, Bangladesh, Kazakhstan and Cambodia, among others, have used the genuine problem of disinformation as a pretext to curtail free speech and expand media censorship. Between 2017 and 2019, 26 countries approved or proposed laws to restrict online media in the name of fighting “fake news,” according to research by Freedom House, which is funded by the US government. Some of the laws include criminal or civil penalties for the publication of what they deem false news, while others are more directly aimed at censoring or removing related content from the internet.

“It [fake news rhetoric] has emboldened authoritarians, who are capable of taking even more brutal action against domestic opponents than President Trump can in the US,” said Allie Funk, a senior research analyst for technology and democracy at Freedom House, pointing to an escalation of arrests and violence.

Where does the world go from here

Trump’s promotion of the phrase “fake news” will have lasting implications for democracy around the world, say academics, press freedom advocates and policymakers — not least because the global laws enacted in the wake of his rhetoric will be difficult to overturn.

“It’s been almost four years of equating journalists with fake news. And we’ve seen that taken up by countries and leaders around the world, from the obvious ones like China and Russia, Egypt, which need no excuse for their press freedom crackdowns but are nonetheless happy to have the cover of the United States doing the same, through to Hungary, Poland, across Europe and in Latin America,” said Courtney C. Radsch, CPJ’s advocacy director.

“I doubt that’s going to somehow dissolve once you have a new administration in place. I just don’t see the genie being put back in the bottle.”

The timeless problem of powerful people trying to mislead the public has been compounded by social media platforms, which allow demonstrably false information to be shared to very large audiences with limited regulation or oversight. The content moderation policies that do exist are often applied unequally — politicians’ posts that break the rules and misleading political advertisements are rarely removed, because they are considered to be in the public interest. Addressing that reality requires more transparency on the part of the platforms — specifically, revealing how their algorithms work — as well as political will to improve the online information ecosystem and hold tech companies, which are almost entirely headquartered in America, to account.

“Never before has a leader in the highest office in one of the world’s most powerful, if not the most powerful, democracies, taken the hammer himself, to start breaking down the very principles that the country once was proud to defend.”

Marietje Schaake, international policy director at Stanford University’s Cyber Policy Center

To date, however, efforts in the US to police the platforms have been hindered by a belief that any regulation would impinge on the First Amendment’s guarantee of free speech. Marietje Schaake, international policy director at Stanford University’s Cyber Policy Center, says that framing ignores the way that data collection, algorithmic amplification, artificial intelligence, curation and virality influences the way speech travels online — including hate speech, conspiracy theories and propaganda. And that can have a perilous impact on public discourse.

Facebook and Twitter have begun to add fact-checks and warning labels to misleading or false posts from politicians, and, in some cases, are taking them down altogether. But a narrow focus on factually incorrect content ignores what is possibly more dangerous — rhetoric that, over time, undermines faith in democracy itself, says Deborah Brown, senior researcher and advocate on digital rights at Human Rights Watch. “They’re looking at information that could mislead voters about when or where the poll is taking place, or specific charges that can be proven untrue. But I think what we’ve seen with Trump’s strategy is he’s calling into question the entire legitimacy of the process,” she said.

So what happens, for example, if the US President does take to Twitter on election night and calls the results “fake”?

Casting doubt over any adverse outcome is a tactic that other foreign leaders have deployed for decades, but it would be unprecedented for a sitting President of the United States. “Never before has a leader in the highest office in one of the world’s most powerful, if not the most powerful, democracies, taken the hammer himself, to start breaking down the very principles that the country once was proud to defend,” said Schaake, whose research focuses on disinformation, digital democracy and election security.

“No matter who wins. I think it’s also going to be very hard to repair, if it’s even possible.”