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An oversight panel said on Tuesday Facebook and Instagram put business over human rights when giving special treatment to rule-breaking posts by politicians, celebrities and other high-profile users. A year-long probe by an independent "top court" created by the tech firm ended with it calling for the overhaul of a system known as "cross-check" that shields elite users from Facebook's content rules. "While Meta told the board that cross-check aims to advance Meta's human rights commitments, we found that the program appears more directly structured to satisfy business concerns," the panel said in a report. "By providing extra protection to certain users selected largely according to business interests, cross-check allows content which would otherwise be removed quickly to remain up for a longer period, potentially causing harm." Cross-check is implemented in a way that does not meet Meta's human rights responsibilities, according to the board. Meta told the board the program is intended to provide an additional layer of human review to posts by high-profile users that initially appear to break rules for content, the report indicated. That has resulted in posts that would have been immediately removed being left up during a review process that could take days or months, according to the report. -- AFP

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TV network Al Jazeera submitted the case of its slain journalist Shireen Abu Akleh to the International Criminal Court on Tuesday, saying she was killed by Israeli forces. The Qatar-based channel said in a statement it had "unearthed new evidence" on the death of the Palestinian-American, shot while covering an Israel army raid in Jenin in the occupied West Bank on May 11. The ICC is under no obligation to consider cases submitted by individuals or groups. -- AFP

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Students have staged a protest against a coronavirus lockdown at a university in eastern China as authorities across the country take baby steps away from their hardline zero-Covid policy. Millions of people around China still face restrictions, despite some cities rolling back mass testing and curbs on movement following nationwide anti-lockdown protests last week. Analysts at Japanese firm Nomura on Monday calculated that 53 cities -- home to nearly a third of China's population -- still had some restrictions in place. China's vast security apparatus has moved swiftly to smother the demonstrations, deploying a heavy police presence while boosting online censorship and surveillance. But videos published on social media Tuesday and geolocated by AFP show a crowd of students at Nanjing Tech University on Monday night shouting demands to leave the campus. "Your power is given to you by students, not by yourselves," one person can be heard shouting in the footage. "Serve the students!" -- AFP

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The Department of Tourism welcomes the launch of the government’s e-travel system.  The tourism department says the program is a streamlined digitalized platform that will provide convenience to the traveling public.  

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The energy crisis is fuelling an acceleration of the rollout of renewable power, raising hopes for efforts to meet ambitious targets against global warming, the International Energy Agency said Tuesday. Total renewables capacity worldwide is set to almost double in the next five years and overtake coal as the largest source of electricity generation by 2025, the IEA said in a report. The 2,400-gigawatt growth between 2022-2027 is almost a third higher than last year's IEA forecast, according to the Paris-based agency, which advises developed nations. This would help "keep alive the possibility of limiting global warming to 1.5 (degrees Celsius)", the IEA said, referring to the preferrable target set in the 2015 Paris Agreement to prevent a climate catastrophe. The invasion of Ukraine by major oil and gas exporter Russia has triggered an energy crunch and prompted countries in Europe, which were highly dependent on Russian deliveries, to diversify their supplies. -- AFP

9 hours ago

A drone has attacked an airfield in Russia's Kursk region bordering Ukraine, the local governor said Tuesday, a day after Moscow blamed Ukraine for drone strikes at two Russian airfields. "As a result of a drone attack in the area of the Kursk airfield, an oil storage tank caught fire. There were no casualties," governor Roman Starovoyt said on social media. — AFP

10 hours ago

Former Batangas Vice Gov. Ricky Recto has died, his brother, Deputy Speaker Ralph Recto announced Tuesday.  "With sadness, we share the news that our brother Ricky has passed away," Rep. Recto said in a statement.  "Words are hard to come by to express the sorrow of losing him, but we take comfort in our fond memories of him to overcome the pain we feel."  The former vice governor is the older brother of former senator and now Batangas Representative Ralph Recto. "We are touched by your kind words and prayers, but in the meantime, we ask for the time and space to grieve In private," Rep. Recto said. — The STAR/ArnellOzaeta 

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Vhong Navarro's lawyer, Alma Mallonga, says the court allowed the TV host and comedian to post bail. 

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Brazil's players pay tribute to legend Pele, who is receiving hospital treatment in Sao Paulo due to his ailing health, after sauntering to a 4-1 World Cup victory over South Korea. Following Monday's last-16 match at Stadium 974 in Doha, the players unfurled a huge banner to the 82-year-old, widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time. First-half goals from Vinicius Junior, Neymar, Richarlison and Lucas Paqueta saw2 Brazil put the game to bed long before Paik Seung-ho's stunning consolation in the second period. — AFP

12 hours ago

Former Batangas Vice Gov. Ricky Recto has passed away, his brother House Deputy Speaker Ralph Recto says. “We are touched by your kind words and prayers, but in the meantime, we ask for the time and space to grieve in private,” Recto adds. He also says a simple memorial is being discussed and details may be announced soon. — Xave Gregorio Former Batangas Gov. Ricky Recto has died, his brother House Deputy Speaker Ralph Recto announces @PhilstarNews pic.twitter.com/XxlaJPFm1H — Xave Gregorio (@XaveGregorio) December 6, 2022

13 hours ago

Inflation accelerated to a feverish pace of 8% year-on-year in November, the Philippine Statistics Authority says.  This was faster than the 7.7% recorded in October. — Ramon Royandoyan

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NASA's Orion spaceship made a close pass of the Moon and used a gravity assist to whip itself back towards Earth on Monday, marking the start of the return journey for the Artemis-1 mission. At its nearest point, the uncrewed capsule flew less than 80 miles (130 kilometers) from the surface, testing maneuvers that will be used during later Artemis missions that return humans to the rocky celestial body. Communication with the capsule was interrupted for 30 minutes when it was behind the far side of the Moon -- an area more cratered than the near side and first seen by humans during the Apollo era, although they didn't land there. The European Service Module, which powers the capsule, fired its main engine for over three minutes to put the gumdrop-shaped Orion on course for home. "We couldn't be more pleased about how the spacecraft is performing," Debbie Korth, Orion Program deputy manager, said later. — AFP

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