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Debunking the claim that $465M given to Afghanistan ‘disappeared’ under Trudeau | CBC News
A false blog post claiming that the Trudeau government sent
$465 million in foreign aid to Afghanistan, only to have it “disappear,”
continues to be shared online.
$465 million in foreign aid to Afghanistan, only to have it “disappear,”
continues to be shared online.
The right-wing fringe political
party that originally penned the post is one of a handful of Canadian
groups that peddle false and misleading information online in an effort
to spread xenophobic ideas, according to the Canadian Anti-Hate Network.
On April 29, the Cultural Action Party published a blog post
on its website titled “Trudeau Govt Hand $465 Million To Afghanistan,
Funds Disappear.” Since its original publication, the story has been
posted to dozens of Facebook groups and garnered more than 20,000
interactions, according to the social media monitoring site CrowdTangle.
Black student carded, cuffed at University of Ottawa, prompting review | CBC News
In an interview with CBC News, Boyce said that being a
heavily-involved student with a strong academic record didn’t shield him
from campus security.
heavily-involved student with a strong academic record didn’t shield him
from campus security.
“I graduated with an amazing 9.0 GPA. I am
the vice-president of the student association of my program, and I’ve
made an amazing community at school,” Boyce said.
“But it felt like even all of that, in that situation, still just wasn’t enough.”
Boyce
said that while professors and student groups reached out to
offer support, as of Friday afternoon he still hadn’t heard from
University of Ottawa officials.
YouTube to remove videos with white supremacy, neo-Nazi views
SAN FRANCISCO – YouTube updated its hate speech policies Wednesday to
prohibit videos with white supremacy and neo-Nazi viewpoints.
prohibit videos with white supremacy and neo-Nazi viewpoints.
The video streaming company says
it has already made it more difficult to find and promote such videos,
but it’s now removing them outright. YouTube will also prohibit videos
that deny certain proven events have taken place, such as the Holocaust.
The changes come as YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and other online
services face mounting concern that the services allow, and in some
cases foster , extremism.
Video of Mountie interrogating Indigenous woman ‘should shock’ Canadians: Sinclair
The 2012 video was released publicly by APTN this week as a result of a
court proceeding and has prompted political reaction, including from
Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale, who called its contents
“absolutely abhorrent.”
court proceeding and has prompted political reaction, including from
Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale, who called its contents
“absolutely abhorrent.”
In the video, the officer can be heard asking her questions, including
whether she was “at all turned on … even a little bit” during the
abuse she is describing.