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Members of the Facebook group participate with short reports and longer descriptions of where people are and aren't wearing masks KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A local couple noticed different businesses had different levels of compliance with wearing masks. They would post what they saw on social media but it seemed like that information needed a broader reach.  Three weeks ago they started the Facebook page called Mask Up Knoxville. It has almost 6,000 followers.  Think of it as a heads up on safety. "It's really awkward if you go to a business and you walk in and you realize, oh, no one is wearing masks, no one is taking any precautions, I don't want to be here. So it's better to know ahead of time where we can go," Robin Nichols said.  She is one of the admins for Mask Up Knoxville.  She says posts on the Facebook page must be a first-hand report of a visit to a local business.  "We try to emphasize the positives and the good places to go." The page has a search function and recommendations by category.  "There are some people that have been doing really well, right from the start. I'm very impressed. Publix has been doing very well. Trader Joe's right on top of it. Markham Jewelers also on top of it," she said.  Scrolling through the comments reveals both short reports and long descriptions.  "We've seen some real benefits for Knoxville because we have people coming in from Lenoir City and people coming up from Maryville because they know the conditions of the stores here are going to be good," she said. Reviews also point out stores not following Knox mask rules. Sometimes it's workers, sometimes it's customers, sometimes it's management.  "I was really hopeful that the group would become obsolete after the mandate.…

Ten seconds at the end of a recruitment video for the Alaska State Troopers was too politically charged for YouTube, which has rejected an ad placement by the Department of Public Safety, Must Read Alaska has learned. In the video, the grand landscapes of Alaska are shown, and the values of being close to the communities are woven into the pitch for law enforcement officers to come north and apply to become a member of the storied Alaska State Troopers, if the jobs they’re stuck in in the Lower 48 seem to be losing their luster or if they don’t feel supported by their communities. At the end, Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy says a few words — 40 words to be exact: “Hi, I’m Mike Dunleavy, Governor of the Great State of Alaska. I support law enforcement because our public safety depends on it. So if you’re thinking about making a change, think about coming to Alaska we’d love to have you.” This week, the Department of Public Safety was notified that Google/YouTube canceled authorization of pay-per-click advertisement as it was interpreted to be political and potentially an election advertisement because of Dunleavy’s comments supporting law enforcement and encouraging people to apply to the DPS ranks. The ad could only be placed if the governor’s words supporting law enforcement were removed. The advertisement has not been actually deleted from the platform, but the department is not able to pay for mass distribution. While it can still be viewed and shared organically on YouTube, censorship can severely limit the DPS’s ability to reach potential applicants. 

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 KIDZ BOP, the #1 music brand for kids, announced the launch of its brand-new virtual KIDZ BOP Workshop, in partnership with GoGo squeeZ®, the leading brand in healthy portable fruit and yogurt pouches for kids. Following the success of the KIDZ BOP Workshop in 2019, KIDZ BOP has created a free virtual interactive experience for the whole family to enjoy at home. Beginning July 14, the KIDZ BOP Workshop six-part series debuted on the KIDZ BOP YouTube channel, which has 2 million subscribers and 1.5 billion views, with a new video premiering daily at 12 PM EST. The KIDZ BOP Workshop gives fans the opportunity to experience what it’s like to be a KIDZ BOP Kid. Set to fan-favorite KIDZ BOP songs, kids and families will learn dancing, singing, and performance techniques from the official KIDZ BOP tour choreographer and KIDZ BOP official vocal coach, with help from KIDZ BOP Kid, Alana, and former KIDZ BOP Kid, Ashlynn. Beginning July 14, the KIDZ BOP Workshop includes: ●                   Tuesday, July 14: Warm Up ●                   Wednesday, July 15: Beginning & Intermediate Choreography ●                   Thursday, July 16: Vocal Warm Up & Vocal Performance ●                   Friday, July 17: Performance Techniques and Q&A Sasha Junk, President of KIDZ BOP says, “With so many family activities, including vacations and summer camps, on pause this year, we wanted to find a fun way for our fans to interact with KIDZ BOP from home. Last year, we saw great success on the road with the KIDZ BOP Workshop, and we’re happy to bring that experience to kids and families at home on YouTube. We’re excited to partner with GoGo squeeZ to help bring this interactive series to life.” Helene Caillate, Chief Marketing Officer at GoGo squeeZ, says, “Here at GoGo squeeZ, we are so excited to be partnering with KIDZ BOP for the very first time.…

VAN NUYS — A tattoo artist is facing up to four years in state prison for crashing a McLaren luxury sports car in Valley Village, killing YouTube personality Corey La Barrie on his 25th birthday, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced Wednesday. Daniel Joseph Silva, now 27, of North Hollywood, pleaded no contest Tuesday to one felony count of gross vehicular manslaughter in connection with the May 10 crash that killed Barrie, who was a passenger in the vehicle, according to Deputy District Attorney Yasmin Fardghassemi. He was initially charged with murder in connection with the crash. Silva was driving the 2020 McLaren 600LT at high speed eastbound on Huston Street when he lost control of the car, which ran off the road and hit a stop sign and tree on the northeast corner of Huston and Carpenter Avenue, police said. Silva suffered non-life-threatening injuries. La Barrie died at a hospital that night of multiple blunt force injuries, according to the Los Angeles County coroner’s office. La Barrie was part of a YouTube duo with Crawford Collins, and the two had more than 100,000 subscribers on their YouTube channel, according to Michael Kraut and Brian Breiter, attorneys representing the La Barrie family. He also had more than 335,000 subscribers on his own YouTube channel and 340,000 Instagram followers. “To lose a loved one is tragic in and of itself, but the devastating details of this case make it almost impossible for Corey’s family to come to terms with,” Breiter said. Silva — who appeared on the tattoo-competition TV show “Ink Master” — has remained behind bars since his arrest May 18, jail records show. He is due back in a Van Nuys courtroom Aug. 13 for sentencing.

The Floyd County Fair is set to go today – with the horse show taking place first. This event, like every event this week, will be closed entirely to the public. Back on June 1st the fair Facebook page posted what many thought was inevitable: “Floyd County Fair Board has made the difficult decision to cancel all ground entertainment and grandstand attractions for the 2020 Floyd County Fair scheduled for July 15-19.” Since all the events would be closed to the public, the fair board pledged to Facebook live each event. https://kchanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/horse-1.mp3 Facebook Live Schedule: Wednesday, July 15th at 10am – Horse Show Thursday, July 16th at 10am – Sheep Show followed by the Meat Goat Show Friday, July 17th at 10am – Poultry Show Friday, July 17th at 1pm – Rabbit Show Saturday, July 18th at 9am – Beef Show Sunday, July 19th at 10am – Bucket/Bottle Calf Show Sunday, July 19 at 4pm – Dog & Pet Show Monday, July 20th at 10am – Swine Show The board says each show will consist of the exhibitor showing their animal and then returning it home after. Each exhibitor will also get two plus-ones to be distributed to family or friends they would like to be there. The board is hoping to reschedule some of the missed events for this upcoming Fall. To watch the events live: https://www.facebook.com/floydcountyfair/?__tn__=%2CdkC-R&eid=ARDwrDccrvBatATp8wuIXenEPQUFNTjq7g01xbz9Zrx8LDtZvWL6xMW50qBj_FFNVoJ1NENazlwvv-I5&hc_ref=ARRZBG6F4EW8b0bJBOh4QtIVQQCvaCKzCLer8bjt9A4_AlrvkFMiPuE94AHRp8TY7Ck

FACEBOOK GAVE itself a test, and the results are in: The company’s recent record on nondiscrimination, according to an expert civil rights audit it commissioned, has been marked by pitfalls as much as progress.Facebook’s audit began two years ago at the encouragment of advocacy groups concerned that the company’s commitment to free speech above all else had allowed toxicity to seep throughout the platform, giving bad actors an excuse to harass and to spread hate, and even leading to real-world violence, as seen in Charlottesville. Now, the top-level takeaway from the detailed assessment is that Facebook wrongly prioritizes free expression — yet that’s a too-simple reading of the complicated world of platform governance.Facebook was created to give people a place to speak and be spoken to; free expression will always be a lodestar. The question is to what extent the company allows other values to guide it, too. The civil rights report reveals how Facebook has struggled to weave a commitment to nondiscrimination and protection for minorities into a system that didn’t put its focus there to start with.Facebook clearly recognizes that harms such as incitement of violence, voter suppression or mere intimidation into silence can outweigh the benefits of unfettered expression. But it’s a constant challenge to figure out when. The audit is useful in spelling out the various levels where that challenge takes place, from policy formulation to enforcement to platform design, including algorithmic bias.The auditors recognize improvements in all these areas. Facebook has, for instance, instituted more robust bans on voter suppression and barred explicit support for white nationalism. The site has launched a pilot to guard against a too-common enforcement error of punishing those who complain about hate speech. It is going after census interference with tough policy and tough enforcement alike. And Facebook has overhauled…

WhatsApp is finally getting end-to-end encryption for chat backups on Google Drive and iCloud. Here's how to use the feature. WhatsApp has offered end-to-end encryption for messages for a few years now. This means that messages sent on the platform are entirely encrypted and cannot be read by anyone in transit. However, WhatsApp backups to iCloud and Google Drive are not encrypted, making them potentially unsafe and insecure. That is now changing as Facebook has announced that it is rolling out end-to-end encryption for WhatsApp backups stored on iCloud and Google Drive. Why Encrypted Backups Are Important This is an important move from a security viewpoint, especially since content stored on Google Drive and iCloud is not encrypted. End-to-end encryption for backups will be available for WhatsApp users on both iPhone and Android. You can either use a 64-bit encryption key or a password to encrypt the backups. The feature is not enabled by default, so you must manually enable end-to-end encryption for your WhatsApp cloud backups. Nonetheless, doing so will provide you with additional peace of mind since no one will be able to access your WhatsApp backups without the encryption key or password. Just be sure to remember…

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Switching to a Dark Mode or Night Mode has become a popular trend among apps. Snapchat is the latest app to introduce a Dark Mode option for its iOS application. However, it has been months of waiting for the Android users since Dark Mode was rolled out on the iOS apps. Unfortunately, there is no official statement from the developer on how to get Snapchat dark mode on Android. The Snapchat app seen displayed on a smartphone screen. Photo: Thiago PrudencioSource: Getty ImagesDark Mode is a setting that allows for the alteration of the colour scheme of an app to a darker landscape. This tool should come in handy if you want to use your device at night without straining your eyes or disturbing those who are asleep around you. It also goes a long way to preserve your device's battery life as it drains the battery slower than light mode. How to get Snapchat dark mode on Android Huawei device If you are using Snapchat on an Android device, you will face the daunting task of changing the colour scheme to night mode. This is because Android has not shared any details on how to turn Snapchat to dark…