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Facebook’s new local news section could be a boon to social activists and researchers

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by on November 29, 2018 at 8:39 am
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One of the biggest challenges faced by social activists is finding and connecting with people affected by issues they’re concerned about. Now, thanks to Facebook’s new local news section, they may find it easier to organize information on such cases, and unite people better to solve them. Facebook said in its blog post that it was expanding its ‘Today In’ feature – a dedicated section for local news – to 400 cities in the US, and also to some in Australia. By surfacing local news as well as posts from local Pages, Facebook is making it easier for people to…

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This AI-powered scanner will sniff out your drugs in the mail

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by on November 29, 2018 at 8:36 am
Posted In: Around the Web, The Next Police


The Dutch are known for many things — windmills, tulips, washed up soccer players… and an amazing talent for producing tons of synthetic drugs. So much, in fact, that drug traffickers in the Netherlands accumulated an estimated €18,9 billion in revenue in 2017. In comparison, that’s more than Iceland’s gross national product. All those pills and powders need to make their way into someone’s clammy palms somehow, and this often involves an ancient method of distribution: the mail. In the Netherlands, about 200 million letters and packages are mailed each year. A police team dedicated to investigating illegal goods in…

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