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Jihadists Seize Key Port in Gas-Rich Northern Mozambique (AFP)
Islamist militants occupied a key port in gas-rich northern Mozambique on Wednesday following days of attacks claimed by an Islamic State-affiliated group, a military source and local media said. The assault is the latest in an intensifying insurgency in the country’s north since 2017 which has killed more than 1,000 people and complicated plans to develop its offshore gas reserves.

Facebook Still Hosts Boogaloo Extremist Groups, Report Finds (Makena Kelly, The Verge)
The platform took down a network of these accounts in June.

Turkey Grants Citizenship to Hamas Operatives Plotting Terror Attacks from Istanbul (James Rothwell, The Telegraph)
Turkey facing questions over decision to give citizenship to members of banned terrorist group

Terror Groups Continue to Recruit U.S. Citizens Online (Ray Hanania, Arab News)
Terrorist groups in Syria, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iraq are successfully using online methods to recruit American citizens, according to officials from the US Justice Department and the Joint Terrorism Task Force.

Who Decides Who Is a ‘Domestic Enemy’? (James Joyner, Defense One)
The short answer: not the Joint Chiefs chairman. The longer answer is more interesting.

How QAnon Became Obsessed with ‘Adrenochrome,’ an Imaginary Drug Hollywood Is ‘Harvesting’ from Kids (Tarpley Hitt, Daily Beast)
Followers of the pro-Trump conspiracy theory QAnon believe Hollywood and Democratic elites take a psychedelic drug called Adrenochrome harvested from the fear of children.

Facebook Hopes Voting Hub Will Curb Mail-In Voting Misinformation (Jeff Stone, Cyberscoop)
President’s Donald Trump’s ongoing effort to politicize mail-in voting by claiming without evidence that the process enables widespread fraud has prompted Facebook to hire civil rights attorneys to audit the company’s misinformation policies. The attorneys faulted the company in June for failing to remove posts from the president that they determined would contribute to voter suppression efforts.
Facebook and Instagram are launching a new portal aimed at delivering accurate voting information ahead of the U.S. elections, an effort that coincides with ongoing misinformation surrounding the political process.
The company announced Thursday it will launch a voter information hub that will include information about registration deadlines, ballot request information and the correct protocol for submitting a ballot. The hub will exist as a standalone web page, though Facebook and Instagram also will include notifications in users’ feeds about upcoming deadlines.
The company also will include links on posts about in-person and mail-in voting, directing users to a page where they can find accurate information provided by the Bipartisan Policy Center, a Washington think tank, about the voting process. Facebook started adding such labels on posts by federal politicians, including President Donald Trump, and candidates for political office in July.

Judge Rebukes Feds over Statement Slamming Supreme Court’s DACA Ruling (Josh Gerstein, Politico)
A Department of Homeland Security official stated in June that the ruling “has no basis in law.”