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Israel announces it has found and destroyed another Hezbollah tunnel
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International-UN-NGOs
UN special rapporteur: Trump worst perpetrator of fake news
[PRESSTV] US President Donald Trump
...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States...
is the "worst perpetrator" of fake news himself, according to the UN special rapporteur on freedom of expression and opinion.

In an interview published by Digital Rights Monitor on Wednesday, David Kaye blamed the president for spreading misinformation on the internet.

"Governments are real offenders when it comes to disinformation," Kaye said. "In my own country, the United States, the worst perpetrator of false information is the president of the United States."

Kaye noted that platforms such as Google, Facebook or Twitter should focus on fighting spam and bot accounts rather than on policing content. And even bots are "tricky, because there are good bots and bad bots."

"The platforms, I think, can do things that are more technical as long as they are not evaluating content. There are things they can do. They can’t just zap it and say, "This is fake news, it’s off the platform."

Trump has called the US media the "enemy of the people," frequently criticizing several outlets for spreading fake news. This is while the president’s Twitter account is itself replete with disinformation.

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#1  David Kaye blamed the president for spreading misinformation on the internet.

Progressive for "Anti-Soviet Propaganda"?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 12/27/2018 6:09 Comments || Top||

#2  This as opposed to the UN, which makes up reality to suit itself.
Posted by: ed in texas || 12/27/2018 7:07 Comments || Top||

#3 
October 19, 2018
Heard on All Things Considered
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly asks the U.N.'s David Kaye about his call for an international investigation into the disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi — and how the U.N. would conduct one.
Posted by: Chereting Pelosi1889 || 12/27/2018 7:41 Comments || Top||

#4  Funny how Kaye wasn't able to cite a single example of this 'perpetration of false information'...
Posted by: Raj || 12/27/2018 8:31 Comments || Top||

#5  He (Kaye) is clinical professor of law at the University of California, Irvine on public international law, international humanitarian law human rights and international criminal justice.[2]

The University of California, Irvine (UCI) has become a center for anti-Semitic activity in recent years. Much of this activity has been organized by the Muslim Student Union (MSU), a vocal student group at UCI, which is responsible for staging large events every spring featuring virulently anti-Semitic speakers.
Anti-Semitism at UC Irvine - adl.org
Posted by: Frank G || 12/27/2018 8:51 Comments || Top||

#6  My high school french is pretty bad so what does "rapporteur" mean__ demi-derrierre or mange-merde?
Posted by: Clem Brown1209 || 12/27/2018 9:49 Comments || Top||

#7  " Nah! Nah! Nah! I am rubber! You are glue! Bounce off me! Stick on YOU!" says official UN responder.
Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 || 12/27/2018 11:25 Comments || Top||

#8  When Trump spreads fake news it's because he generalizes and the grammar nazi's are all "there are exceptions!!!" When the left spreads fake news its simply fake stories designed to make Trump look bad.

There is a difference.
Posted by: ruprecht || 12/27/2018 21:05 Comments || Top||



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Two weeks of WOT
Thu 2018-12-27
  Israel announces it has found and destroyed another Hezbollah tunnel
Wed 2018-12-26
  Nigerian army says 14 personnel killed in Boko Haram ambush
Tue 2018-12-25
  Daesh’s second-in-command killed in eastern Syria: report
Mon 2018-12-24
  Libya complains about weapons cargo from Turkey, new investigation launched
Sun 2018-12-23
  Somalia blast kills at least 16 near presidential palace
Sat 2018-12-22
  Nine new arrests in Morocco over murder of Scandinavian hikers
Fri 2018-12-21
  ISIS Blamed for Murder of Scandinavian Women on Camera in Morocco
Thu 2018-12-20
  Yemen's warring sides accuse each other of violating ceasefire
Wed 2018-12-19
  Jihadist Migrant Plotted to Bomb Vatican, Italian Churches at Christmas
Tue 2018-12-18
  KDF Arrests Al Shabaab Members Planting Explosives In Lamu County
Mon 2018-12-17
  U.S. airstrikes kill 62 al-Shabaab terrorists in Somalia
Sun 2018-12-16
  Israeli Army Says Fourth Hezbollah Attack Tunnel Found Crossing From Lebanon
Sat 2018-12-15
  Heavy clashes breakout in Hodeidah after UN-backed ceasefire announcement
Fri 2018-12-14
  Maulana Samiul Haq's personal secretary arrested, labelled person of interest in murder probe
Thu 2018-12-13
  Egyptian military kills 27 terrorists in recent operations


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