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Friday July 9th, 2021 day edition

TikTok blocked creators from using 'Black Lives Matter' in bios
Authored by thehill.com
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TikTok has reportedly blocked users of its Creator Marketplace from being able to use words and phrases including "Black" and "Black Lives Matter" in their bios, flagging the words as "inappropriate content.".

In the video, Tyler later attempts to add the words “pro-white” and “supporting white supremacy" to his bio.

The TikTok Creator Marketplace feature, which is currently in beta testing, aims to help creators connect with brands to form sponsorship deals.

The social media platform attributed Tyler's experience to a flaw within safeguards designed to filter out hate speech.

“Our TikTok Creator Marketplace protections, which flag phrases typically associated with hate speech, were erroneously set to flag phrases without respect to word order,” a TikTok spokesperson said in a statement to The Hill.

“We recognize and apologize for how frustrating this was to experience, and our team has fixed this significant error.

To be clear, Black Lives Matter does not violate our policies and currently has over 27B views on our platform.". »

Unvaccinated tourists won't be welcome in Canada for 'quite a while,' PM Trudeau says
Authored by ctvnews.ca

The prime minister said he doesn’t want to jeopardize the progress made in the fight against the pandemic by throwing open the border too quickly.

And they need lead time to prepare,” said Canadian Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Perrin Beatty.

And what are we finding in the actual travellers coming in right now in this in very initial precautionary phase?” »

Four Seasons Total Landscaping hosting Laura Jane Grace and Brendan Kelly concert
Authored by inquirer.com

Decorative lawn boulders and gravel soon won’t be the only rock occupying the grounds of Four Seasons Total Landscaping.

In fact, it took all of 17 minutes on Thursday to sell out the Aug. 21 concert’s 200 tickets, said Sean Middleton, Four Seasons Total Landscaping director of sales.

» READ MORE: From Philly to Germany, thousands participated in the virtual Fraud Street Run, inspired by Four Seasons Total Landscaping (from November 2020). »

There Are Growing Calls to Finally Tax the Catholic Church
Authored by vice.com

“Because of the gruesome past and terrifying future we are waiting to see... Because (the Catholic Church is) refusing to apologize, I want to remove their tax exemption,” Bell told CTV News.

“Tax the Roman Catholic Church immediately to make amends to the survivors,” one tweet says.

Indigenous leaders and settlers alike want to see Canada and the Catholic Church tried for crimes against humanity and genocide. »

Team that wasn’t subject to Salary Cap better than teams that were
Authored by thebeaverton.com

Tampa Bay, FL – The Tampa Bay Lightning won the Stanley Cup last night, proving once and for all that, in a salary cap league, a team that blatantly exceeds the salary cap will usually be better than teams that don’t.

“If the league lets them ice a team 30 million dollars over the cap next year, I really think they could be a dynasty.”.

In related news a few brief minutes of research have revealed that this article was indeed written by a salty Leafs fan. »

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