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As a show of strength, the latest from the US on the military mission in Libya falls a wee bit short of convincing. Yesterday, NATO finally accepted operational command of Odyssey Dawn, the air war against Moammar Gaddafi’s armed forces that have not yet stopped the dictator from pushing the rebels into panicked retreats. Today, […]
Strikeforce officials were left scrambling for a talented 205er this week after receiving word Mike Kyle would be forced to withdraw from his scheduled match-up with former light heavyweight champion Gegard Mousasi after breaking his hand while training for the bout. The two had originally been set to face off next weekend at “Strikeforce: Diaz […]
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Minister Edelstein Receives Reply from Facebook(Communicated by the Public Diplomacy and Diaspora Affairs Spokesman)
March 31, 2011Attached is a letter from Facebook Director of Policy Richard Allan to Public Diplomacy and Diaspora Affairs Minister Yuli Edelstein regarding the latter’s 23.2.11 letter (which was sent to GPO email subscribers) to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on the Facebook “Third Palestinian Intifada Page”.
For further details, please contact Public Diplomacy and Diaspora Affairs
Ministry Spokesman Gal Ilan at 050-6207774 or 02-6587120.
=============30th March 2011
Reply from Facebook to letter from Minister Edelstein
Dear Minister Edelstein,
Thank you for your letter to Mark Zuckerberg concerning a Page on Facebook entitled” The Third Palestinian Intifada”. Mark has asked me to reply on his behalf as I manage Facebook’s relationships with governments in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
We reviewed the Page in question extensively in response to several reports we received including your own. Our reviewers felt that the content of the Page began as a call for peaceful protest, even though the term Intifada has been associated with violence in the past. In addition, the administrators initially removed comments that promoted violence. Under these conditions a Page of this nature would normally be permitted to remain on Facebook.
However, after the publicity of the Page more comments deteriorated to direct calls for violence. Eventually, the administrators also participated in these calls. After administrators of the page received repeated warnings about posts that violated our policies, we removed the Page yesterday.
We continue to believe that people on Facebook should be able to express their opinions, and we do not typically take down content that speaks out against countries, religions, political entities, or ideas. However, we monitor Pages that are reported to us and when they degrade to direct calls for violence or expressions of hate – as occurred in this case – we have and will continue to take them down.
We are aware that there have been reports of a number of copycat pages on the site and will similarly review reports related to this content and take appropriate action in accordance with our community standards.
We have been in touch with your spokesperson Gal Ilan throughout this process of initial and further review and this contact has been very helpful in working through this issue.
Thank you again for your interest in Facebook.
Yours sincerely,
Richard Allan
Director of Policy EMEA Facebook
Thank you again for your interest in Facebook?
This is not the first time Facebook’s policy has been under question-
see: Facebook: Attacking Israel Is Not The Same As Attacking Israelis
Hat tip: Dr. Aaron Lerner (IMRA)
Technorati Tag: Facebook and Third Palestinian Intifada.
Fort Lauderdale City Commissioner Charlotte Rodstrom has been spending her week at the county courthouse rather than City Hall.
Rodstrom was called for jury duty and selected for a panel that began hearing a civil case Monday. She was still at it Thursday, returning city phones during the jury’s lunch break.
Rodstrom said she can’t say what the case is, but hopes that it wraps up this week. She has missed City Hall appointments as well as a roast for Mayor Jack Seiler.
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Jonathan Broxton's outing in opener stirs bad memories from 2010
SportingNews.com LOS ANGELES—Clayton Kershaw wasn't too concerned when he was removed after seven shutout innings in his first opening-day start. The Los Angeles Dodgers had a one-run lead and had what is expected to be a strong back end of the bullpen ready. … Matt Kemp makes strides in Dodgers' win over San Francisco Belt shows he's Giants' next star in the making Giants' success could hinge on their shaky defense |
Up and at ‘em here in Houston, where I’ll have notes throughout the day. Here is the open practice schedule for today at Reliant Stadium, with all times Central:
- VCU practices from noon-12:50 p.m.
- Kentucky practices from 1-1:50 p.m.
- Butler practices from 2:10-3 p.m.
- Connecticut practices from 3:10- 4 p.m.
Now for some Big Blue Links:
- Mack and Miller re-united in Houston, writes Mark Story of H-L.
- Liggins says he’s one of the best defenders, reports Jerry Tipton of the H-L.
- Kemba Walker as superhero, says my Friday column.
- Chris Lofton sends his best to Miller, reports Tipton.
- Miller’s family taking the road to Houston, writes Marla Toncray of the Ledger.
- Kemba Walker’s diary for the New York Daily News.
- Calipari’s cal-culated risk, by Phil Mushnick of New York Post.
- Jim Calhoun knows plenty about Knight, writes Larry Vaught of the A-M.
- UK wins because of ego-less freshmen, writes Rick Bozich of the C-J.
- UK basketball reaching long-range goal, writes Eric Crawford of the C-J.
- Sibling’s death had effect on Liggins, writes Brett Dawson of the C-J.
- Liggins carrying on his brother’s dream, writes Jason King of Yahoo.
- Kentucky shoots its way to the Final Four, says Eric Lindsey of Cat Scratches.
- The keys to defending Kemba Walker, from Mike DeCourcy of Sporting News.
- Liggins happy about UConn redux, says Dick Weiss of the Daily News.
- Mack and Miller together again, writes Steve Jones of Rivals.
- Knight gets another shot at Walker, writes Andy Katz of espn.
- UK’s veterans complimenting freshmen, writes Hartford Courant’s Mike Anthony.
- Calipari-Calhoun storms were a while ago, writes Anthony.
- Jeremy Lamb will be next one for UConn, writes Tim Gardner of USA Today.
- First options for the last shot, according to Marlen Garcia of USA Today.
- Walker not wowed by Houston, says Chris Baldwin of Culture Map.
- Kentucky can win a title with right mix, writes Paul Daugherty for SI.com.
(CNN) – Former President George W. Bush is worried the U.S. might pull out of Afghanistan too early to the detriment of that country’s women.
In an interview with Fox News that aired Thursday, Bush warned that Afghan women will “suffer” should the Obama administration decide to downscale troop levels there.
“My concern of course is that the United States gets weary of being in Afghanistan and says ‘It’s not worth it, let’s leave’ and Laura and I believe that if that were to happen, women would suffer again,” he told Fox’s Greta Van Susteren. “And we don’t believe that’s in the interest of the United States or the world to create a safe haven for terrorists and stand by and watch women’s rights be abused.”
We liberated Afghanistan from the Taliban because of providing a save haven for al Qaeda,” he continued. “But I ablative then and believe now we have an obligation to help this young Democracy to survive and thrive.”
Bush’s comments came the same day he and former first lady Laura Bush kicked off a two-day conference at Southern Methodist University focusing on women’s rights issues in Afghanistan – an issue Mrs. Bush also championed when she was in the White House.
“Isolationism will end up subjecting certain people to horrors that I don’t see how our country can live with that kind of decision,” the former president also said.
The Obama administration has said that it will gradually hand off responsibilities to Afghanistan security forces as it draws down U.S. troops between this summer and the end of 2014.
But a Government Accountability Office report issued in January questioned whether the centerpiece of the Obama administration’s exit strategy for Afghanistan – a training program for Afghan security forces – can deliver as promised.
A CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll in February indicated six in ten Americans are opposed to the war.
Stephen Colbert is excited that a government shutdown may be only 8 days away, “That means it’s time to get out my Congressional Budget menorah… You extinguish one candle on every magical night as we march toward the collapse of the republic.”
Today’s Must See Moment — Fast forward to 1:20 when Jon Stewart tries to save FNC anchor Bret Baier from bias in the news.
Take our Late Night Poll after the jump.
Stephen Colbert is excited that a government shutdown may be only 8 days away, “That means it’s time to get out my Congressional Budget menorah… You extinguish one candle on every magical night as we march toward the collapse of the republic.”
Today’s Must See Moment — Fast forward to 1:20 when Jon Stewart tries to save FNC anchor Bret Baier from bias in the news.
Take our Late Night Poll after the jump.
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This speaks for itself:
President Obama finally and quietly accepted his “transparency” award from the open government community this week — in a closed, undisclosed meeting at the White House on Monday.
