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BBQing While Black, ISIS, Trump: 3 Stories You Should Read Today – 5/22/2018

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In the category of: Gentrification of a whole different kind

A white woman called police on black people barbecuing. This is how the community responded

Hundreds danced to hip-hop and ’80s soul music Sunday and listened to local African-American candidates make their pitches. But this cookout in Oakland, California, wasn’t just any spring festival.

The event, dubbed “BBQing While Black,” was one community’s powerful response to what many perceived as yet another example of everyday racism.
It all started on April 29, when a white woman reportedly called police on a few black people who, she said, were using a charcoal grill in an area where it was banned, according to CNN affiliate KRON. Oakland police arrived; no one was arrested. But the 25-minute episode was captured on video, then posted to YouTube and viewed more than 2 million times.

 

In the category of: But what about her emails???

‘Too inconvenient’: Trump goes rogue on phone security

The president has kept features at risk for hacking and resisted efforts by staff to inspect the phones he uses for tweeting.

President Donald Trump uses a White House cellphone that isn’t equipped with sophisticated security features designed to shield his communications, according to two senior administration officials — a departure from the practice of his predecessors that potentially exposes him to hacking or surveillance.

The president, who relies on cell phones to reach his friends and millions of Twitter followers, has rebuffed staff efforts to strengthen security around his phone use, according to the administration officials.

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In the category of: It’s not all kitten videos and recipes

AMERICAN ISIS SUPPORTERS ARE ORGANIZING ON FACEBOOK. HERE’S HOW.

Facebook relies heavily on using photo, text, and video-matching artificial intelligence to automate the process of removing terror-related content from its network, which works for a large proportion of the content.

But ISIS supporters have found several loopholes in Facebook’s system, including posting videos, pictures or links to ISIS propaganda in comments rather than in posts, which seems to avoid Facebook’s algorithms.

“[Facebook] continues to tell the public that they are employing human and technological solutions to stop terrorist accounts and posts to their platforms,” Eric Feinberg, CEO of Global Intellectual Property Enforcement Center, said. “This research shows that despite their promises their efforts are not cutting it and they still have a long way to go.”

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