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Facebook Joins Launch of Anti-Hate Speech Initiative
January 21, 2016
The Online Civil Courage Initiative created in part by social-media giant Facebook will seek "to stamp out hate speech and extremism on the Internet in Europe" driven by massive waves of migration in European countries.
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2015 Visa-Overstay Rate Reveals US Security Gaps
January 20, 2016
Revealing potential gaps in the US national-security apparatus, National Review Online reports that the US Department of Homeland Security indicates nearly a half-million US visa overstays by people who were required to leave last year and asserts that the numbers are understated, as they do not cover all forms of immigration and count "entries" instead of individuals.
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Critics Implicate German Media in Avoiding Refugee Coverage
January 20, 2016
Following the perceived failure of German media outlets to cover the role refugees have played in recent attacks in the country, including a mass sexual assault outside a Cologne train station on New Year's Eve, critics have charged the media with refusing to run negative stories on refugees in order to avoid fueling the anti-immigration agenda of some German political groups.
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Media Strategy Shows IS State-Building Approach
January 19, 2016
The media outfit known as Amaq News Agency, which is closely linked to the Islamic State's ("IS") propaganda machine, offers sophisticated reportage and spin on IS, functioning with all the hallmarks of totalitarian state news operations.
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OIC Emergency Meeting Will Discuss Saudi-Iran Rupture
January 19, 2016
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ("OIC"), the 57-member-state, global entity that is "protector of the interests of the world's Muslim community," will hold an upcoming emergency meeting of member-state Foreign Ministers to discuss the ongoing fallout from the sectarian rupture between Sunni Saudi Arabia and Shiite Iran.