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Civil Rights Groups Call for Facebook Ad Boycott: ‘Could They Protect and Support Black Users?’ Holocaust

Civil Rights Groups Call for Facebook Ad Boycott: ‘Could They Protect and Support Black Users?’

Several civil rights groups, including the The Anti-Defamation League and the NAACP, are calling for an advertising boycott of Facebook on Wednesday, claiming the tech giant isn’t doing enough to weed out misinformation and “hate speech.” The campaign launched with a full page ad in the Los Angeles Times. In…
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June 17, 2020
15 Companies Receive ‘F’ Grade for Attempts at Reducing Plastic Pollution Plastic Pollution

15 Companies Receive ‘F’ Grade for Attempts at Reducing Plastic Pollution

(Credit: As You Sow)Today, As You Sow released its “Waste & Opportunity 2020: Searching for Corporate Leadership” report analyzing the actions, or inactions, of 50 of the largest US consumer-facing companies to reduce plastic pollution. The report concludes that companies are far too slow in adopting responsive actions and promoting reusability, recyclability, or…
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June 17, 2020
Live interview with Winy Maas as part of Virtual Design Festival Virtual Reality

Live interview with Winy Maas as part of Virtual Design Festival

Dutch architect Winy Maas joined Dezeen in a live Screentime conversation sponsored by Enscape as part of Virtual Design Festival. The co-founder and principal architect of MVDRV discussed his studio's work with Dezeen's founder and editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs.Maas studied architecture and urban planning at TU Delft before setting up MVRDV…
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June 17, 2020
COVID-19 and Amazon Fires Choke the Lungs of Brazilians–and the Planet Air Pollution

COVID-19 and Amazon Fires Choke the Lungs of Brazilians–and the Planet

Fine dust from the burning rain forest could exacerbate coronavirus infections amid signs that the blazes might be particularly severe in 2020Smokes rises from forest fires in Altamira, Para state, Brazil, in the Amazon basin, on August 27, 2019. Credit: Joao Laet Getty Images Using satellite data, experts have already…
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June 17, 2020