The House included a rule banning the Pentagon from contracting with organizations seeking to rate or police news sites, including groups accused of unfairly targeting conservatives, in the annual defense bill passed at committee level early Thursday morning. The rule singles out the Global Disinformation Index (GDI), Graphika, NewsGuard and related organizations that target perceived online disinformation and rate news sources based on accuracy and transparency. United Kingdom-based GDI worked for the State Department while pushing to demonetize and deplatform conservative websites on...…The House included a rule banning the Pentagon from contracting with organizations seeking to rate or police news sites, including groups accused of unfairly targeting conservatives, in the annual defense bill passed at committee level early Thursday morning. The rule singles out the Global Disinformation Index (GDI), Graphika, NewsGuard and related organizations that target perceived online disinformation and rate news sources based on accuracy and transparency. United Kingdom-based GDI worked for the State Department while pushing to demonetize and deplatform conservative websites on...WW…

|Posted: Jul 28, 2020 3:15 PMCenter for Disease Control Director Robert Redfield said in a that suicides and drug overdoses have surpassed the death rate for COVID-19 among high school students. Redfield argued that lockdowns and lack of public schooling constituted a disproportionally negative impact on young peoples’ mental health."But there has been another cost that we’ve seen, particularly in high schools," Redfield said. "We’re seeing, sadly, far greater suicides now than we are deaths from COVID. We’re seeing far greater deaths from drug overdose that are above excess that we had as...…|Posted: Jul 28, 2020 3:15 PMCenter for Disease Control Director Robert Redfield said in a that suicides and drug overdoses have surpassed the death rate for COVID-19 among high school students. Redfield argued that lockdowns and lack of public schooling constituted a disproportionally negative impact on young peoples’ mental health."But there has been another cost that we’ve seen, particularly in high schools," Redfield said. "We’re seeing, sadly, far greater suicides now than we are deaths from COVID. We’re seeing far greater deaths from drug overdose that are above excess that we had as...WW…

|Posted: Jul 16, 2020 9:45 AMTaiwan has intensified its annual “war games” military exercises following the U.S. declaration opposing China’s encroachment in the South China Sea and an arms sale to Taiwan. The Han Kuag series, running from July 13-17, involves joint operations between each of Taiwan’s military branches. “We are testing the preservation capabilities of our forces in such a scenario and how ready our reserve forces would be,” an unnamed source told the .Taiwan President , inaugurated for a second term on May 20, has with mainland China despite pressure from Beijing.While...…|Posted: Jul 16, 2020 9:45 AMTaiwan has intensified its annual “war games” military exercises following the U.S. declaration opposing China’s encroachment in the South China Sea and an arms sale to Taiwan. The Han Kuag series, running from July 13-17, involves joint operations between each of Taiwan’s military branches. “We are testing the preservation capabilities of our forces in such a scenario and how ready our reserve forces would be,” an unnamed source told the .Taiwan President , inaugurated for a second term on May 20, has with mainland China despite pressure from Beijing.While...WW…