Issue 46: Friday, 8 Oct 2021

THIS WEEK IN DC — The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Had Its First All-Female Guard Change in History; First Arab-American Muslim Woman Argues at U.S. High Court - Bloomberg; Biden Says It's 'a Real Possibility' that Democrats Could Blow a One-time Hole in Filibuster to Prevent Disastrous Debt Default; New York Mother, Son Arrested in Theft of Pelosi Staff's Laptop During Capitol Riot; Supreme Court Justices Make a Surprising Proposal in CIA Black Sites Torture Case; Texas Abortion Ban Temporarily Blocked; Biden DOJ Tries to Shield DeVos From Deposition in Lawsuit Over Student Loans; CIA Launches New Center Focused on China; Trump Tells Four Former Aides to Defy Jan. 6 Committee's Subpoena; Pfizer Vaccine for Children May Be Ready By Thanksgiving; Senate Advances Short-Term Debt Limit Hike.

IN THIS ISSUE

  • Featured Issue: Not-so Social Media: The True Face of Facebook, Inc.
  • Upcoming: Eradicate Hate Global Summit
  • Upcoming: 20 Years after 9/11: American Muslims in 2021

 

Not-So-Social Media: The True Face of Facebook, Inc.
By: Prema Rahman and M Baqir Mohie El-Deen, MPAC Policy Bureau
 
Image via Reuters

 

The discussion around Facebook, Inc. intensified this week as the global tech company was brought into the limelight twice this week. On Sunday, whistleblower Frances Haugen, former product manager on the civic misinformation team at Facebook, went public on CBS’s 60 Minutes. Haugen’s identity was unknown when she leaked internal Facebook documents to the Wall Street Journal and then filed for whistleblower protection with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). She claims that Facebook, a publicly traded company that includes Whatsapp and Instagram, puts “profit over safety,” while the social media giant claims differently to their shareholders. Haugen used the SEC to out Facebook, but the discussion is grander than Facebook misrepresenting its internal workings to their shareholders.

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Upcoming:

 

In a senseless act of violence fueled by hate, in October 2018, eleven innocent worshippers were killed in a targeted, violent attack at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh. The Eradicate Hate Global Summit is the launch of an ongoing project, with a permanent home in Pittsburgh, which will generate specific solutions to deliver actual, lasting, and measurable change in how we combat hate and extremism.

MPAC President, Salam Al-Marayati, will be joining an esteemed cohort of dignitaries and speakers to moderate the panel Deradicalization: Does it Work? This panel addresses the pros and cons of deradicalization programs and explores the important attributes necessary for effective implementation. For more information on this summit, visit their website.

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Join us as we discuss the ramifications of the events of 9/11 on American Muslims - The racial disparities in prosecution of hate crimes, surveillance and privacy violations disproportionately affecting American Muslims, the war on terror and double standards of DTO v. FTO investigations and prosecutions and how this fueled a rise in Islamophobia.
In conversation will be Sajid Khan, Deputy Public Defender in San Jose, CA, Shirin Sinnar, Professor of Law at Stanford University, and Salam Al-Marayati, President of the Muslim Public Affairs Council.

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GOOD TO KNOW

  • Canadian ISIS member caught in Syria flown to U.S. to face terrorism charges
  • Nike to terminate sales in Israeli stores
  • Whistleblower: Facebook is misleading the public on progress against hate speech, violence, misinformation
  • 'Some are just psychopaths': Chinese detective in exile reveals extent of torture against Uyghurs
  • AT&T played key role in founding of far-right conspiracy outlet OAN, channel's president said in court
  • Texas high school shooting: 4 hurt, 18-year-old suspect in custody
  • Former U.S. foe likely to emerge as kingmaker in Iraqi election — with tacit American backing

 

- THIS WEEK IN HISTORY - 

Sep 26, 1962 - Yemen Arab Republic proclaimed (National Day); Sep 27, 70 - Walls of the upper city of Jerusalem battered down by Roman army; Sep 28, 1970 - Anwar Sadat replaces the late Gamal Abdel Nasser as acting Egyptian President; elected president in October 1970; Oct 1, 1918 - World War I: Arab forces under T. E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia") capture Damascus; Oct 2, 976 - Hisham II appointed Khalifa of Cordoba; Oct 2, 1187 - Sultan Saladin captures Jerusalem from Crusaders; Oct 2, 1935 - Mussolini's Italian army attacks Abyssinia (Ethiopia); Oct 1, 1827 - Russian army under Ivan Paskevich storms Yerevan, ending a millennium of Muslim domination in Armenia.

 

Sep 26, 1777 - British General William Howe occupies Philadelphia during American Revolution; Sep 26, 1972 - American Museum of Immigration dedicated; Sep 27, 1779 - John Adams negotiates Revolutionary War peace terms with Great Britain; Sep 27, 1916 - First Native American Day celebrated, honoring American Natives; Sep 29, 1936 - Radio used for first time for a presidential campaign; Sep 30, 1898 - City of New York established; Oct 1, 1934 - Adolf Hitler expands German army and navy, violating Treaty of Versailles; Oct 2, 1789 - George Washington transmits the proposed Constitutional amendments (The United States Bill of Rights) to the States for ratification; Oct 2, 1967 - Thurgood Marshall sworn in as first black Supreme Court Justice.    
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