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Mexico politician mocked for campaign hashtag '#campaignhashtag'

Javier Zapata settles on new slogan, ‘Because of my moustache’, after social media – and Netflix – ridicule his rather redundant hashtag.

In politics today, finding the right hashtag for your social media campaign can be as important as selecting a candidate or crafting a manifesto.

Few electoral teams, however, can hope to attain the inadvertent viral success achieved by a Mexican politician whose campaign has been given the dubious honour of being called “the worst in history” for his choice of hashtag.

Risco (@jrisco) - Ramiro, ya aprobaron la foto, lo imprimes y le pones el hashtag de la campaña.

Even Netflix piled on, promoting its political thriller House of Cards with the hashtag: #HashtagHouseOfCards.

The incident provided a rare moment of light relief in the campaign for 4 June elections in four states.

Zapata ended up embracing the new hashtag instead of his original slogan “#PorMisBigotes” – which roughly translates as “because of my moustache”. »

Google’s blob emoji are great and no one will convince me otherwise

Authored by theverge.com

As I briefly said in last week’s episode of The Vergecast, I adore the blob emoji because they’re cute, unique, and show a lot of personality and expressiveness.

I’m one with the blob, the blob is me.

All my blob lovers say it with me: I’m one with the blob, the blob is me ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ. »

Trump administration sued over climate change ‘censorship’

Authored by climatechangenews.com

NGO suit claims US agencies are illegally withholding information about the suppression of climate science in public communications.

The Centre for Biological Diversity (CBD) filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against four US federal agencies over what it called “censorship” of climate change information.

It concerns the removal of information on climate science and policy from government websites and public communications since the advent of Donald Trump’s presidency. »

GOP Busted Using Cable Lobbyist Net Neutrality Talking Points

Authored by dslreports.com

The GOP has been caught using talking points provided by the cable industry in their ongoing assault against net neutrality.

That e-mail included a "toolkit" (pdf) of misleading or outright false talking points that, among other things, attempt to portray net neutrality as "anti-consumer.".

asked Washington state Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, chair of the House Republican Conference in the e-mail pushing the talking points. »

Manchester attack: Police not sharing information with US

Authored by bbc.com

Police investigating the Manchester Arena bomb attack have stopped sharing information with the US after leaks to the media.

The arrests have been "significant" while searches of premises have also yielded items "important to the investigation", Greater Manchester Police said.

Greater Manchester Police hope to resume normal intelligence relationships - a two-way flow of information - soon but is currently "furious", the BBC understands. »