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  Published at 4:30 pm, October 14, 2023 Alexandra Duggan, The Spokesman Review Adobe stock photo SPOKANE, Washington (The Spokesman Review) — The Spokane County Sheriff’s Office has unpublished its Facebook page following the release of a body camera video showing a deputy bloodying a 62-year-old man’s face. The August body camera video showed Spokane County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Clay Hilton pulling Kevin Hinton out of his car and hitting him multiple times while ripping his shirt and knocking out his false teeth. The arrest left Hinton with eight broken ribs, a punctured lung, severe concussion, shoulder injury and a disfigured lip, the 62-year-old’s attorneys said. The sheriff’s office announced Hilton was placed on leave Oct. 7 pending an investigation into the violent arrest. Sheriff John Nowels said in a statement that he immediately asked the Spokane Police Department to investigate the actions of the sergeant independently. “I trust the Spokane Police Department to conduct a thorough, complete, and unbiased investigation into the Sergeant’s actions and this incident.  » Read More

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A day after European Commissioner Thierry Breton set a 24-hour deadline for Facebook and Instagram parent Meta to remove pro-Hamas content across its platforms, the company has listed out specific steps that it has taken during the ongoing war between Israel and the terrorist organisation.Meta said it is removing praise and substantive support for Hamas from its platforms that have seen the spread of doctored images. The company said that in the three days after the attack, it removed or marked as disturbing more than 795,000 pieces of content in Hebrew or Arabic.“We quickly established a special operations centre staffed with experts, including fluent Hebrew and Arabic speakers, to closely monitor and respond to this rapidly evolving situation in real time. This allows us to remove content that violates our Community Standards or Community Guidelines faster, and serves as another line of defence against misinformation,” the company said in a statement.Meta claims that as compared to the two months prior,  » Read More

Human rights advocate Alexey Sokolov was arrested for five days in Yekaterinburg for linking to Facebook, which is considered a terrorist ...  » Read More

Southport is one of the more recognizable small towns in coastal North Carolina. Tourists know the town for its Fourth of July Festival, the 2002 film A Walk to Remember, and what residents call its "salubrious breezes." But according to Joe Pat Hatem, who has been mayor of Southport since 2019, there's one thing it's never been known for: its Internet presence."You know, the previous mayor didn't even use the computer or email or anything like that," he said.That all changed fairly recently. The combined forces of population growth and pandemic-era connection has suddenly made the Internet much more popular in this small rural community. And for the first time, candidates have to contend with its influence on local politics.Why now?You might be wondering why it took this long — the Internet, which turned 30 this year, has long swayed American elections big and small. But Brunswick County is a little different. It has a very high retiree population: the median age is 55, sixteen years older than the statewide average.  » Read More

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Skip to content (NEXSTAR) – A judge in San Francisco gave final approval to the massive Facebook privacy settlement on Tuesday. The social media company has agreed to pay $725 million to settle claims it violated users’ privacy by sharing their data with third parties. While Meta agreed to the payout, it denies wrongdoing. After months of court proceedings, Judge Vince Chhabria overruled several objections to the settlement Tuesday and granted the settlement his final approval. There’s one more key step before payments can go out: a window for appeals to be filed. A representative for Angeion, the settlement administrator tasked with processing and paying out claims in this case, told Nexstar it’s still uncertain whether any appeals will be filed in the next 30 days. If there are no appeals filed, the company is prepared to send out payments “soon” after the window closes, the representative said. An exact date or timeline has yet to be determined. Whenever you do get your payment,  » Read More

(NEXSTAR) – A judge in San Francisco gave final approval to the massive Facebook privacy settlement on Tuesday. The social media company has agreed to pay $725 million to settle claims it violated users’ privacy by sharing their data with third parties. While Meta agreed to the payout, it denies wrongdoing. After months of court proceedings, Judge Vince Chhabria overruled several objections to the settlement Tuesday and granted the settlement his final approval. There’s one more key step before payments can go out: a window for appeals to be filed. A representative for Angeion, the settlement administrator tasked with processing and paying out claims in this case, told Nexstar it’s still uncertain whether any appeals will be filed in the next 30 days. If there are no appeals filed, the company is prepared to send out payments “soon” after the window closes, the representative said. An exact date or timeline has yet to be determined. Whenever you do get your payment, don’t expect it to be a life-changing sum.  » Read More

CORNELIUS, N.C. — Chris Cawley and his wife wanted to replace the floor in their Cornelius home.They say they hired Flowers Flooring in June and that the store was supposed to finish the job by the end of August, but that no one showed.“We thought they were, we’re supporting a local business,” Cawley told Action 9′s Jason Stoogenke.Cawley says he called, texted, and went by the showroom, but nothing. “It’s really mind-boggling,” he said. “We feel taken aback and kind of used.”PREVIOUS COVERAGE:Lake Norman flooring store appears closed, multiple customers worry they’re out thousandsNonprofit, more customers upset with Lake Norman flooring store that closed suddenlyMore customers come forward after Lake Norman flooring store suddenly closesIn the meantime, Flowers has continued to post on Facebook, even this week. At one point, it even touted #CustomerServiceWeek, which sparked this comment: “Great customer service begins with not taking the customer’s money and not providing a product!”Twenty-eight customers have reached out to Stoogenke about the business.  » Read More

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