Social Media Revolution Series
Removing social media hate speech within 24 hours sounds like a good idea, but...
Jun 10, 2016 09:17 am UTC| Insights & Views Law Technology
In a bid to fight escalating anti-migrant propaganda, the European Commission this month released a blueprint for regulating online hate, which requires social media companies to take down racist material within 24...
Social Media Revolution Series
Scouring social media on EU referendum – will it be more accurate than polls?
Jun 10, 2016 09:15 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Voters cant be trusted to reveal their true voting intentions to pollsters. You only have to look at what happened in the 2015 UK general election to realise how badly wrong the polls get it from time to time. Even...
Labor searches for savings amid family benefits reform
Jun 10, 2016 08:16 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Labor is trying to find savings by targeting the family tax benefit as part of its plan for budget repair. Even though its measures dont go as far as the Coalitions, outlined in the budget, its cuts will hurt families with...
Jun 10, 2016 08:10 am UTC| Technicals Insights & Views
Technically, USDKRW takes support at 1152.32 levels cushioned by BoKs unexpected rate cut event. The duos (leading indicators) that signal momentum in Bull Run is converging ongoing price rallies (observe daily chart...
Coal and industrial relations: how miners secured workers' rights
Jun 10, 2016 02:32 am UTC| Insights & Views
Coal mining, major industrial disputes, and the coal miner himself, are iconic representations of the industrial age. Demand for coal came from expanding urban centres as a result of the Industrial Revolution, and new...
Does tourism really suffer at sites listed as World Heritage In Danger?
Jun 09, 2016 23:55 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
In 2014, 1.88 million tourists visited the Great Barrier Reef, bringing an estimated A$5.17 billion into Australias economy and helping to employ some 64,300 tourism workers. With those numbers, its easy to see how...
New technology offers hope for storing carbon dioxide underground
Jun 09, 2016 23:50 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature
To halt climate change and prevent dangerous warming, we ultimately have to stop pumping greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. While the world is making slow progress on reducing emissions, there are more radical options,...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects
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