The Daily Populous

Friday February 12nd, 2021 evening edition

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Twitter has permanently suspended the account of conservative activist group Project Veritas, after the organization released a video of a reporter questioning a Facebook executive outside their home, the New York Times reports.

The account of Project Veritas’s founder, James O’Keefe, was also temporarily locked.

In a statement given to the NYT, Twitter said the @Project_Veritas account was suspended for “repeated violations of Twitter’s private information policy.”.

Twitter says it repeatedly violated its private information policy.

In a statement published by Policito, O’Keefe said the offending video included footage of a reporter questioning Facebook vice president Guy Ronsen, but denied that Project Veritas had published his private information.

“I’M BACK,” reads its pinned post, accompanied by a video outlining the group’s dispute with Twitter.

Prior to its suspension, Project Veritas’s Twitter account was prominent on the platform, and counted Donald Trump’s adult sons as followers. »

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People with ‘gay-sounding’ voices face discrimination and anticipate rejection

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Despite strides made toward LGBTQ equality, individuals with stereotypically “gay-sounding” voices continue to face specific stigma and prejudice regardless of their sexual orientation, and are more vigilant about how their voices are perceived by others, a new study has found.

Whether or not an individual “sounded gay” resulted in different levels of prejudice and avoidant discrimination.

“People who sound gay, regardless of whether they are gay or not, are more likely to face stigma,” Fasoli added. »

Trump ally Nikki Haley turns on him during impeachment trial: ‘We shouldn’t have followed him’

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Former US ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley has finally turned on Donald Trump amid his Senate impeachment trial, saying that she believes "we shouldn’t have followed him".

She added: "He went down a path he shouldn’t have, and we shouldn’t have followed him, and we shouldn’t have listened to him.

She stayed on the trump train until after it crashed," while @jasmeel added: "Haley trying to redeem herself this week.". »

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