av Mikael Winterkvist | okt 20, 2017 | Notiser
Exclusive: Tech companies to lobby for immigrant ‘Dreamers’ to remain in U.S.
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Nearly two dozen major companies in technology and other industries are planning to launch a coalition to demand legislation that would allow young, illegal immigrants a path to permanent residency, according to documents seen by Reuters.People march across the Brooklyn Bridge to protest the planned dissolution of DACA in Manhattan, New York City, U.S. September 5, 2017. REUTERS/Stephen YangThe Coalition for the American Dream intends to ask Congress to pass bipartisan legislation this year that would allow these immigrants, often referred to as Dreamers, to continue working in the United States, the documents said.Alphabet Incs Google, Microsoft Corp, Facebook Inc, Intel Corp, Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL], IBM Corp, Marriott International Inc and other top U.S. companies are listed as members, one of the documents shows.Intel, Uber and Univision Communications Inc [UVN.UL] confirmed their membership, but the other companies did not immediately comment. It is possible that plans to launch the group could change.
Source: Exclusive: Tech companies to lobby for immigrant ‘Dreamers’ to remain in U.S.
av Mikael Winterkvist | okt 20, 2017 | Lästips
Exclusive: Tech companies to lobby for immigrant ‘Dreamers’ to remain in U.S.
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Nearly two dozen major companies in technology and other industries are planning to launch a coalition to demand legislation that would allow young, illegal immigrants a path to permanent residency, according to documents seen by Reuters.People march across the Brooklyn Bridge to protest the planned dissolution of DACA in Manhattan, New York City, U.S. September 5, 2017. REUTERS/Stephen YangThe Coalition for the American Dream intends to ask Congress to pass bipartisan legislation this year that would allow these immigrants, often referred to as Dreamers, to continue working in the United States, the documents said.Alphabet Incs Google, Microsoft Corp, Facebook Inc, Intel Corp, Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL], IBM Corp, Marriott International Inc and other top U.S. companies are listed as members, one of the documents shows.Intel, Uber and Univision Communications Inc [UVN.UL] confirmed their membership, but the other companies did not immediately comment. It is possible that plans to launch the group could change.
Source: Exclusive: Tech companies to lobby for immigrant ‘Dreamers’ to remain in U.S.
av Mikael Winterkvist | okt 20, 2017 | Notiser
Tech firms to remove extremist posts within hours – BBC News
Tech giants including Facebook, Twitter and Google have agreed to do more to remove extremist content within hours of it being posted.The accord was decided at a two-day meeting between the G7 nations and the tech firms, hosted on the Italian island of Ischia.The aim, according to officials, is to remove jihadist content from the internet within two hours.
https://twitter.com/Policy/status/921375030277263360
Source: Tech firms to remove extremist posts within hours – BBC News
av Mikael Winterkvist | okt 20, 2017 | Nöje
Spring
Official Selection Highlights
SXSW 2017
Palm Springs Int’l Shorts Fest
Maryland Film Festival
Outfest
Dallas Film Festival (Winner Special Jury Prize for Performance)
Provincetown Film Festival (Winner Best Student Short Film)
Iris Prize Finalist
Raindance Film Festival
Flickers Rhode Island Film Festival
Oaxaca Film Festival
Tacoma Film Festival
Chicago International Film Festival
av Mikael Winterkvist | okt 20, 2017 | Notiser
Chelsea Handler’s Netflix talk show will end after two seasons
More than three years after Chelsea Handler and Netflix teamed up to “revolutionize the talk show” their quest is coming to an end. Handler tweeted that she has decided not to return after the second season of Chelsea wraps up (later this year), instead focusing on “becoming a more knowledgeable and engaged citizen” ahead of upcoming elections. That doesn’t mean she’s through with Netflix however, as she says the two will release a documentary where she engages with “people of different ethnicities, religions and political philosophies.”
Source: Chelsea Handler’s Netflix talk show will end after two seasons
