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· Ten Ways Climate Change Can Make Wildfires Worse
· Russian Propaganda’s Effect on 2016 Election Worse than Previously Understood: Federal Prosecutors
· White Helmets: How the Volunteers Who Saved 100,000 in Syria Face a Russian Disinformation Campaign
· Concerns Grow about Census Misinformation on Social Media
· Trump Picks Chad Wolf to Lead Department of Homeland Security
· China Said It’s Developing 6G. What Does That Mean?
· The Number of Migrants Apprehended at the Southern Border Has Plummeted 75% Since May
· Banned in Warfare, Is Tear-Gas Too Readily Used to Control Crowds?
Ten Ways Climate Change Can Make Wildfires Worse (AFP)
Wildfires such as those raging across eastern Australia have become more common across the world in recent years. AFP talked to scientists about the ways in which climate change can make them worse. “The patient was already sick,” said David Bowman, a professor of environmental change biology at the University of Tasmania and a wildfire expert. “But climate change is the accelerant.”
Russian Propaganda’s Effect on 2016 Election Worse than Previously Understood: Federal Prosecutors (Travis Gettys, Raw Story)
Prosecutors are updating the charges against Russians who blasted social media propaganda at American voters in the 2016 election.
John Demers, assistant attorney general of the Justice Department’s national security division, and Jessie Liu, U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, intend to issue a superseding indictment against those foreign individuals who interfered in the election won by President Donald Trump.
White Helmets: How the Volunteers Who Saved 100,000 in Syria Face a Russian Disinformation Campaign (Bel Trew, Independent)
The group, whose co-founder died on Monday, have been hailed for their work in Syria’s bloody civil war
Concerns Grow about Census Misinformation on Social Media (Michael Macagnone, CQ-Roll Call / Governing)
A letter from the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus highlighted worries about the upcoming census and possible points of misinformation on Facebook, and other social media platforms.
Trump Picks Chad Wolf to Lead Department of Homeland Security (NPR)
Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf has kept a low profile at DHS. He’s facing criticism for his role in the administration’s family separation policy.
China Said It’s Developing 6G. What Does That Mean? (Brandi Vincent, Nextgov)
While most mobile users operate on 4G, the country announced two working groups focused on advancing 6G.
The Number of Migrants Apprehended at the Southern Border Has Plummeted 75% Since May (Nicole Narea, Vox)
October was the fifth straight month the numbers have declined.
Banned in Warfare, Is Tear-Gas Too Readily Used to Control Crowds? (Economist)
It helps reduce deaths, but that does not make it safe
