Corporate and neocon-backed startup NewsGuard is one step closer to its vision of bringing its “unreliable” news rater to every screen after Microsoft makes it an integral part of its Edge mobile browser. Rather than having to download an app as before, Edge users on Android and Apple devices can now just click one button to enable its “green-red rating signal if a website is trying to get it right or instead has a hidden agenda or knowingly publishes falsehoods or propaganda.” Among the green-rated websites: Voice of America, CNN, Buzzfeed, the Guardian, New York Times and the Washington Post, as well as left-leaning upstarts such as Vice News and Refinery 29. Ones that are given the red warning label of “failing to maintain basic standards of accuracy and accountability”: RT and Sputnik (obviously enough) and the right-wing Daily Mail, Breitbart and the Drudge Report, in addition to hundreds of other non-mainstream news websites such as … [Read more...] about No need to install: Microsoft has controversial fake news filter NewsGuard built into mobile browser
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News.Az — Your Window to the RegionASAN Viza issues more than 760K visas
From May 15, 2018, to the present, 760,782 visas have been issued to foreigners and stateless persons, the head of the Public Relations Department of the State Agency for Public Service and Social Innovations (ASAN) Elnur Niftaliyev told Trend on Sept. 11. Some 587,557 of the visas were issued through ASAN Viza and 173,225 at the international airports of Azerbaijan. Visa issuance through ASAN Viza terminals in international airports began on May 15, 2018. "Electronic visas for foreigners and stateless persons are issued at international airports in Baku, Ganja, Gabala, and Lankaran. Airport employees serve them in Azerbaijani, English, French, Spanish, German, Turkish, Hindi, Arabic, Persian, Norwegian, Russian, Hebrew and Urdu," the head of the department said. Citizens of 15 countries (Bahrain, UAE, South Korea, China, Iran, Israel, Indonesia, Kuwait, Qatar, Malaysia, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Turkey and Japan) can get a visa through ASAN Viza at the airport. In January-June … [Read more...] about News.Az — Your Window to the RegionASAN Viza issues more than 760K visas
Turkmen refinery opens tender to modernize automated oil products accounting system
31 August 2018 09:24 (UTC+04:00) Access to paid information is limited News on the website Trend.az marked as , is available ONLY to subscribers of TREND International News Agency. The username or password you entered is incorrect. User with this login is already authorized in the electronic system of TREND If you are a subscriber of TREND News Agency, enter your login and password: Get the news now You can read the article by sending an SMS from your mobile phone. If you have already received the password, enter it here and click to continue to read the article: SMS-services are being provided by SmsCoin | Report a problem Subscription Information To subscribe to the publication TREND, getting paid access to the news agency, advertising and purchasing photos, please contact us: To subscribe to the products of Trend, you can also send an email to [email protected], or by filling the form below you will receive full information from sales managers … [Read more...] about Turkmen refinery opens tender to modernize automated oil products accounting system
Amazon removes Nazi items from website amid criticism
Amazon removes Nazi items from website amid criticism BelfastTelegraph.co.uk Amazon says it has removed items with Nazi or white supremacist symbols from its website after criticism from advocacy groups. https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/amazon-removes-nazi-items-from-website-amid-criticism-37186832.html https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/article37186830.ece/03c5f/AUTOCROP/h342/bpanews_c2c33e0d-0f4e-413a-888d-d9c4bae08f77_1 Email Amazon says it has removed items with Nazi or white supremacist symbols from its website after criticism from advocacy groups. An Amazon executive said the company blocked the accounts of some retailers and might suspend them. Democratic US representative Keith Ellison of Minnesota complained to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos last month. The company’s vice president of public policy, Brian Huseman, responded to Mr Ellison, telling him that Amazon prohibits listing products that promote or glorify hatred, violence or … [Read more...] about Amazon removes Nazi items from website amid criticism
Derry Girls star calls for Radio Times to crack down on automated voting for comedy award
Derry Girls star calls for Radio Times to crack down on automated voting for comedy award BelfastTelegraph.co.uk One of the stars of hit Channel 4 comedy Derry Girls has called for the Radio Times to crack down on potential automated voting in an online poll. https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/derry-girls-star-calls-for-radio-times-to-crack-down-on-automated-voting-for-comedy-award-37171629.html https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/incoming/article37171632.ece/00b82/AUTOCROP/h342/rry_Girls...l-r%205.jpg Email One of the stars of hit Channel 4 comedy Derry Girls has called for the Radio Times to crack down on potential automated voting in an online poll. Derry Girls is neck-and-neck with dark comedy Inside No. 9 in the vote for Radio Times Comedy Champion 2018, with less than a percentage points separating them as of Tuesday afternoon. The two comedies are facing off after beating out competition from Peter Kay's Car Share, Mrs Brown's Boys, Catastrophe and … [Read more...] about Derry Girls star calls for Radio Times to crack down on automated voting for comedy award