 Twitter will no longer take action against Tweets that contain misinformation related to COVID-19. The move comes as billionaire Elon Musk continues to make radical changes to the social media platform after acquiring it in October. More: - Twitter placed a note on the pages that outline its COVID misinformation policy that read: “Effective November 23, 2022, Twitter is no longer enforcing the COVID-19 misleading information policy.”
- Twitter first applied the policy in 2020 when it started placing labels on tweets that contained disputed information regarding COVID-19 and its vaccines.
- The social media platform "permanently suspended" accounts that repeatedly broke its misinformation policy.
- Twitter had previously suspended 11,000 accounts and scrubbed 100,000 pieces of content for spreading Covid-related misinformation, according to its latest figures.
Zoom Out: - Musk acquired Twitter for $44B on Oct. 27.
- The change to Twitter's COVID policy comes after Musk announced plans to extend a "general amnesty" to previously suspended accounts that had not broken the law.
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 A federal jury convicted Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes of seditious conspiracy on Tuesday. The verdict marks a victory for the Justice Department in what has become the most high-profile trial to date relating to the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. More: - Rhodes was convicted of conspiring to use force to prevent the lawful transfer of presidential power along with Kelly Meggs, another member of the Oath Keepers.
- Rhodes was also found guilty of destroying evidence in the case and of obstructing the certification of the election during a joint session of Congress.
- Three other defendants avoided convictions of seditious conspiracy, but all five were found guilty of obstructing Congress as it met to certify the results of the 2020 U.S. election.
- The three defendants who were only found guilty of obstructing Congress face up to 20 years in prison while Rhodes faces a maximum sentence of 60 years.
Zoom Out: - The Justice Department charged Rhodes and other members of his Oath Keepers militia group with conspiring to use violence to prevent the lawful transfer of power to president-elect Joe Biden in 2021.
- The militia group converged on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 and strategically placed an "arsenal" in nearby hotels, according to prosecutors.
- The verdict marks the first time that a jury found the violence at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, to have been the result of an organized conspiracy.
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 Astronauts began the first in-orbit crew rotation at China's Tiangong space station on Wednesday. The event marks a key moment in the history of China's space program. More: - The taikonauts traveled to the space station in a Shenzhou-15 capsule launched atop a Long March-2F rocket.
- The capsule successfully docked with the station about six and a half hours after it launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in China's Gobi Desert.
- The newcomers will take over from the Shenzhou-14 crew, who arrived at the space station in early June.
- The crew rotation will take place over a one-week handover period that will demonstrate the space station’s ability to sustain six astronauts at one time.
Zoom Out: - The Shenzhou-15 mission marks the end of the assembly process of the Tiangong space station, which took 11 missions to complete.
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GOOD NEWS: The Winnipeg Foundation, a Canadian charity, has received a donation of C$500M ($368.9M) from a local business owner. The gift, announced on Tuesday, is the largest-ever donation given to a Canadian charity by an individual, according to Susan Phillips, who teaches at Carleton University's school of public policy in Ottawa. More: - The donation was left to the charity in the will of Miriam Bergen, who owned a real state company called Edison Properties.
- The money was given in the form of an endowment fund that will pay the charity an annual sum of C$25M.
- Bergen's gift surpasses the $150M donated by the Moffat family, which had previously been the largest donation given to the Winnipeg Foundation.
- The foundation, which was founded in 1921, gave C$84.9M to about 1,100 charitable organizations in Winnipeg in 2021.
- "This stunning support from Miriam Bergen, and her love for our city and all who live here, will help us address Winnipeg's most pressing needs and challenges," said Sky Bridges, CEO of the Winnipeg Foundation.
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 Pakistan's prime minister Shehbaz Sharif has appointed a new army chief. General Asim Munir steps into his new role as the country's military faces intense criticism from former prime minister Imran Khan and his party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. More: - Munir previously worked as the head of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence agency.
- In his new assignment, Munir will play a leading role in directing policy decisions on a range of issues, including Pakistan's relationship with the U.S., India, and China.
- The domestic credibility of Pakistan's military has been damaged by Khan's allegations that its leadership played a role in ousting him from office in April.
- “Munir will have to try to restore confidence in the institution with a polarised public,” said Elizabeth Threlkeld, a senior fellow at the Stimson Center think-tank in Washington D.C.
Zoom Out: - Pakistan's army is the country's most powerful institution and plays a crucial role in Islamabad's decision-making process.
- Former generals have justified the military's influence by claiming that it is the only national institution capable of managing the competing ethnic, political, and economic factions in Pakistan's society.
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 Goldman Sachs is relocating staff from its euro swaps trading desk from London to Milan. The move marks the latest example of key players in the financial industry choosing to move roles from the U.K. to Europe after Brexit. More: - The staff members are expected to move from London to Milan early next year, according to people familiar with the matter.
- Other large banks including JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Citigroup Inc. have increased their staff numbers in Italy.
- “Due to changes in the regulatory framework, Milan is now capital-market friendly,” said Russell Clarke, partner at Figtree Search in London.
- Despite the relocations, 78% of Europe’s fixed-income traders remain in London, according to data from Vali Analytics.
Zoom Out: - The European Central Bank has been applying pressure on large banks to move senior staff from London to Europe following the U.K.'s departure from the EU.
- Pan-European bourse Euronext NV recently relocated a data center from the U.K. to Italy that facilitates a quarter of European equities trading.
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 |  | Gregory Bridgman is a writer and researcher with an academic background in politics and the philosophy of science and technology. He holds a BA from the University of Cape Town, an MS from University College London, and a Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge. He is interested in climate issues, technological changes, and the implications of the fourth industrial revolution. Please feel free to contact me at gregory@inside.com! | | | | Editor | Eduardo Garcia is a writer and editor based in New York. He is the author of "Things You Can Do," an illustrated book about climate action. Bylines in The New York Times, The Guardian, Slate, Scientific American, and others. In one of his previous lives, Eduardo worked as a Reuters correspondent in Latin America for nearly a decade. | |
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