2018年4月11日星期三

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Zuckerberg testimony: a tipping point for new privacy regs?

Posted: 11 Apr 2018 01:51 PM PDT

Zuckerberg testimony: a tipping point for new privacy regs?Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has apologized on privacy issues before. Members of Congress have chastised him before. And, despite all the uproar over a massive leak of personal data from Facebook to a political-advertising firm, the vast majority of Facebook users aren't fleeing the platform.


Speaker Ryan to retire: What that says about the GOP, midterms

Posted: 11 Apr 2018 01:49 PM PDT

Speaker Ryan to retire: What that says about the GOP, midtermsWhenever a speaker of the House says he is heading for the exit, it is always about much more than the comings and goings of a single member of Congress. House Speaker Paul Ryan, who announced on Wednesday that he will retire at the end of his term this year, says he is leaving for family reasons and because he has accomplished a big career goal: tax reform. While politicians often cite their families in such announcements, the Republican from Janesville, Wis., may actually mean it.


An old beast re-awoken, anti-Semitism stalks Europe, US once more

Posted: 11 Apr 2018 01:49 PM PDT

An old beast re-awoken, anti-Semitism stalks Europe, US once moreThere were many reasons the murder of Mireille Knoll in Paris last month reverberated so deeply throughout Europe. As a little girl, Ms. Knoll barely escaped the ovens of Auschwitz, slipping through the notorious roundup of Paris Jews in 1942 with her mother. Recommended: Think you know Europe?


Hungary plants two kinds of seeds

Posted: 11 Apr 2018 01:03 PM PDT

Hungary plants two kinds of seedsDemocracy's decline in recent years has been a slow-moving trend, one marked by a steady erosion of rights and rule of law more than military coups. About 60 percent of 129 countries have seen a decline in political rights since 2006. A good example of the trend is Hungary.


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