Michela Marie 🏳️‍🌈 🇨🇦 @michelamarie@mastodon.social

Another extremely serious risk associated with COVID-19.

"Warning of serious brain disorders in people with mild coronavirus symptoms"

"UK neurologists publish details of mildly affected or recovering Covid-19 patients with serious or potentially fatal brain conditions"

We must continue to be vigilant about distancing, wearing masks, and other preventative measures until a vaccine is widely available.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/08/warning-of-serious-brain-disorders-in-people-with-mild-covid-symptoms

"#Facebook is out of control. If it were a country it would be North Korea"

"If the combined might of brands like Unilever and Coca-Cola don’t scare Mark Zuckerberg, who can hold the social media platform to account?"

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/jul/05/facebook-is-out-of-control-if-it-were-a-country-it-would-be-north-korea

#boycottfacebook #justice #democracy

"The Guardian view on #Facebook and #democracy: real and present danger"

I'll say it again. "Big tech" firms must be broken up and regulated. No one should have this much power.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jul/05/the-guardian-view-on-facebook-and-democracy-real-and-present-danger

#humanrights #justice #regulation #economics

Finally, some companies have shown a bit of conscience and are taking a small amount of responsibility for all the repulsive hate on #Facebook.

"Facebook faces advertiser revolt over failure to address hate speech"

"The North Face, REI and other brands pause advertising on the platform in ‘Stop Hate for Profit’ campaign"

This is a start but it's not enough. Facebook should be broken up and regulated.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/jun/22/facebook-hate-speech-advertisers-north-face

#bigotry #blacklivesmatter #humanrights #democracy

The situation is more urgent than ever before, and this is a warning we all must heed.

"#Coronavirus is a warning to us to mend our broken relationship with nature"

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jun/17/coronavirus-warning-broken-relationship-nature

#climatecrisis #climateemergency #environment #globalheating #covid19

"#Twitter removes 170,000 China-linked accounts spreading #disinformation"

https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/twitter-china-removing-disinformation-1.5610073

#infosec #security #Taiwan #hongkong

If desire for your own human rights were not enough, you now have another critical reason to avoid using #Zoom -- to protect the legacy of the hundreds of democracy protesters who were brutally murdered in #Tiananmen Square, and the human rights of millions of other people who want to protect that legacy.

"Zoom shuts account of US-based rights group after Tiananmen anniversary meeting"

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/jun/11/zoom-shuts-account-of-us-based-rights-group-after-tiananmen-anniversary-meeting

#infosec #security #privacy #humanrights #censorship #bigtech

"Overlooked No More: Roberta Cowell, Trans Trailblazer, Pilot and Auto Racer"

"Cowell is said to be the first woman known to undergo sex reassignment surgery in #Britain. But after a splash in the 1950s, she withdrew from public life and died in obscurity."

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/05/obituaries/roberta-cowell-overlooked.html

#lgbtq #transgender #humanrights #pride