The Daily Populous

Saturday November 25th, 2017 evening edition

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East Stratcom taskforce will be funded from EU budget for first time after summit highlights threat from ‘cyber-attacks and fake news’.

The EU is stepping up its campaign to counter disinformation and fake news from Russia by spending more than €1m a year on its specialist anti-propaganda unit.

The unit has been granted €1.1m (£980,000) a year from the EU budget for 2018-20, according to a source familiar with the team’s work.

If we want to protect ourselves, if we want to help our partners, we have to be very aware about the threat inside the EU,” Tusk said.

The decision to dedicate EU money to the counter-propaganda unit for the first time follows a rise in misinformation in Russian and Spanish about the Catalan independence referendum.

The East Stratcom unit was set up in 2015 to rebut false and misleading stories about the EU, following Russia’s hybrid war campaign in Ukraine.

Beyond its core staff in Brussels, the unit draws on volunteers and experts to monitor Russian media for the site the EU vs disinformation. »

Affidavit: Colorado Springs pastor impregnated 14-year-old girl, she had his child

Authored by thedenverchannel.com

Leach is a licensed pastor associated with several churches that meet often at the Satellite Hotel in Colorado Springs, the sheriff’s office said.

The girl told deputies originally the father of the child was a “friend from their church,” who was later identified as Leach.

The affidavit says the girl had the child on Sept. 15, which was about two months after her 15th birthday. »

BREAKING: First Republican lawmaker to publicly oppose the FCC’s radical net neutrality repeal

Authored by fightforthefuture.org

BREAKING: First Republican lawmaker to publicly oppose the FCC’s radical net neutrality repeal.

The Bangor Daily News is reporting that Maine Senator Susan Collins is the first GOP member of Congress to publicly oppose the agency’s plan to end net neutrality.

Republican members of the House and Senate have been silent since FCC Chairman Ajit Pai announced a December vote to repeal Title II net neutrality. »

The Room – Tommy Wiseau’s Bizarre Masterpiece

Authored by oddfilms.com

If that’s the case, then give Wiseau high marks for rolling with the punches and making lemonade out of lemons.

Interview with Tommy Wiseau – A hottie from Mahalo sits down for an interview with Tommy Wiseau.

10 Tips for Making a Sex Tape – Tommy Wiseau totally misses the point in this interview with AskMen.com. »

Spider drinks graphene, spins web that can hold the weight of a human

Authored by mnn.com

And these spiders might soon be enlisted to help manufacture enhanced ropes and cables, possibly even parachutes for skydivers, reports The Sydney Morning Herald.

It's incredibly strong, but it was definitely a shot in the dark to see what would happen if it was fed to spiders.

Pugno and her team are preparing to see what other animals and plants might be enhanced if they are fed graphene. »