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Posted by The Analyst | 20 February 2020 | Politics
Facebook’s Oversight Board will be Zuckerberg’s patsy censors, giving him cover as he aims to control all global information

The demand for more speech and content regulation on the internet by Facebook might seem like turkeys voting for Christmas, but it's a cunning plot designed to protect and advance the power of Facebook's unaccountable monopoly. Mark Zuckerberg's article, ‘Big Tech needs more regulation,' published in the FT, is an extraordinary public admission that Facebook...

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Posted by The Analyst | 20 February 2020 | Breaking News
Italian govt wins confidence vote in Senate on wiretapping reform

The Italian government on Thursday won a confidence vote in the upper house of parliament on a decree that will make it easier for magistrates to use spy software in investigations into public sector corruption. The vote comes at a time of high friction within the coalition, with the small centrist Italia Viva party sparring...

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Posted by The Analyst | 20 February 2020 | Science & Tech
Samsung accidentally sent a random message to Galaxy owners: Did you get the notification?

Galaxy Note 10+ and Galaxy Z Flip owners were among those to receive the notification. Samsung cleared up what happened on Twitter.

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Posted by The Analyst | 20 February 2020 | Breaking News
Two Turkish soldiers killed in Syria air strike

Two Turkish soldiers have been killed by an air strike in Syria, Turkey's Defence Ministry said, following a large-scale attack by Ankara-backed opposition forces that targeted Syrian government troops.

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Posted by The Analyst | 20 February 2020 | Business
Russia keeps stockpiling gold as bullion prices continue to surge

Russia has continued filling its coffers with gold, having added almost 7 tons of the precious metal to its reserves in January. The country's total gold holdings amounted to 73.2 million troy ounces (2,276.8 tons) as of February 1, and are worth around $116 billion, according to the latest data from the Central Bank of...

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Posted by The Analyst | 20 February 2020 | Politics
Fishmonger’s finale: Codfather’s boats are slated for sale

A Massachusetts company is slated to acquire most of what's left of the boats owned by a former fishing magnate known as the Codfather, who was forced out of the … Click to Continue »

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Posted by The Analyst | 20 February 2020 | Foreign Affairs
Unidentified small aircraft crashes in eastern Thailand

Police in Thailand say a small aircraft has crashed near a mountaintop in the eastern province of Rayong. Contradictory reports from the scene described the aircraft as a small plane … Click to Continue »

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