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Tinder really doesn’t like commenting on Bumble’s gun photo ban

sudshr47 March 6, 2018

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Tinder would like its online dating community to know that gun photos are still allowed in profile photos — as long as they’re not depicted in a threatening or violent way.

This clarification on Tinder’s gun photo policy comes just one day after its chief competitor Bumble made a declaration to ban guns from user profile photos. Bumble explained the new policy to users through an in-app notification, blog post, and conversations with media outlets including Mashable.

Bumble says to ensure this new policy is followed, a team of 5,000 contractors will be actively moderating Bumble users’ profiles. There are exceptions for people in the military or in law enforcement if they are holding weapons while in uniforms as well as competitive sports shooters.  Read more…

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Lyft offers free rides to March For Our Lives rallies

sudshr47 March 2, 2018

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The deadly shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, last month isn’t fading from the public eye — instead the students who survived the massacre are keeping the national conversation about gun violence and gun control going with rallies planned across the country later this month.

Large crowds are expected at the March 24 March For Our Lives rallies in Washington, D.C., and elsewhere, so Lyft is offering free rides. The ride-hailing company’s cofounders, John Zimmer and Logan Green, posted a letter on the rally organizer’s Twitter Friday explaining why they support the students. Read more…

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Why social media surveillance isn’t the answer to our gun crisis

sudshr47 March 2, 2018

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In 2014, Tashfeen Malik’s family in Pakistan started to worry about her Facebook posts. 

It was the religious extremism that concerned them, a family member told the Los Angeles Times. A year later, Malik and her husband, Syed Rizwan Farook, declared their allegiance to ISIS on social media. Then they killed 14 people in San Bernardino using semiautomatic rifles. 

In the aftermath, 26 senators asked the Department of Homeland Security to conduct social media background checks when reviewing visa applications — something President Donald Trump approved last year.  Read more…

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Trump claims he would have run in unarmed to defend Florida school against shooter

sudshr47 February 26, 2018

As the ongoing debate over gun control continues following the deadly Feb. 14 shooting at a Florida high school, President Trump again upped the ante for shocking comments by criticizing deputies who didn’t enter the school and claiming he would have…

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Stoneman Douglas alumni rise up in incredible ways to support shooting survivors

sudshr47 February 23, 2018

Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, may look like any other American high school from the outside.
But former students who spent their teenage years in its hallways and classrooms will tell you there’s something special about t…

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Facebook removes VR shooting game demo at CPAC ‘out of respect’ for Parkland victims

sudshr47 February 23, 2018

Facebook pulled a demo of Bullet Train, a virtual reality game that lets players use an imaginary gun to pretend shoot people in a train station, at the 2018 Conservative Political Action Conference. 
The move comes following criticism for featu…

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YouTube puts Infowars on notice over high school shooting conspiracy videos

sudshr47 February 23, 2018

Infowars, a multimedia outlet popular with the far-right and famous for its conspiracy theories, is facing some pushback from the tech platforms that host its content. The latest controversy is related to Infowars’ videos about Parkland shooting in F…

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Teens on fire: Of course the ‘Hunger Games’ generation knows how to fight the NRA

sudshr47 February 23, 2018

Inside the Capitol, the political elite have become immune to the regular killings splashed across their screens. They’ve rationalized it as the price they have to pay for their way of life. But a handful of teenage survivors of the slaughter are sta…

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The standout moments that made CNN’s gun control town hall feel like a game-changer

sudshr47 February 22, 2018

On Wednesday night, a raw, emotional town hall about gun control on CNN emerged as a pivotal moment in the debate over gun control. 
As a crowd of several thousand cheered and jeered, the survivors and families of the victims of last week’s shoo…

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Amy Poehler blasts NRA after they tweeted a ‘Parks & Rec’ GIF

sudshr47 February 22, 2018

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The NRA has turned being tone-deaf into an art form, and now they’ve gone and incurred the wrath of Amy Poehler and some fellow Parks & Rec alums. 

On Wednesday night, the NRA sent a tweet that featured a gif of Poehler’s Leslie Knope character. The tweet thanked their controversial spokeswoman Dana Loesch, who appeared on a CNN town hall event Wednesday night alongside students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, the site of last week’s deadly school shooting in Parkland, Florida that claimed the lives of 17 people. 

.@DLoesch thank you for being the voice of over 5 Million #NRA memberspic.twitter.com/WDz7vujXfM

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Twitter says its fighting the ‘targeted abuse and harassment’ of Parkland survivors

sudshr47 February 22, 2018

Twitter is stepping in to deal with the “targeted abuse and harassment” facing many of the survivors of the Parkland shooting.
Since the teens have emerged as powerful voices on social media following last week’s shooting, they’ve had to face what ma…

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