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Genocide Recognition: Is It Enough?

Last week, the United States formally declared that the atrocities and ethnic violence Myanmar’s military has committed against the country’s Rohingya minority constitute a “genocide,” following a yearslong campaign by advocates of the minority group and global human rights organizations urging the United States to do so, alongside a formal lawsuit against Meta.

International attention on Myanmar’s offensive against the Rohingya intensified when violence against the ethnic group peaked in 2017, following years of repression. The five-year gap between the surge in violence and the U.S. genocide declaration led some human rights activists to criticize Washington for taking too long to make the determination, and they have called on the Biden administration to step up efforts to protect the Rohingya.

The Rohingya are a mostly Muslim ethnic group in Buddhist-majority Myanmar, representing just about 1 million of Myanmar’s total population of 55 million. Most Rohingya live in Myanmar’s Rakhine state, where more than 69 percent of the population lives in poverty. The roots of ethnic and religious conflict in Myanmar go back decades, specifically back to the British colonial era. And in 1962, when the Myanmar military launched a successful coup against the country’s civilian-led government, the dictatorship of military commander Ne Win began.

Under Ne Win’s dictatorship, campaigns were launched against a number of armed groups seeking greater autonomy for the various ethnic and religious minorities in the country’s borderlands. Over time, these efforts and discriminatory laws coalesced around the Rohingya specifically. By 1978, Rohingya were forced to register as “foreigners,” marking the community’s first mass migration to neighboring Bangladesh. Myanmar’s 1982 citizenship law only worsened the Rohingya’s treatment, as it formally denied all Rohingya political rights and citizenship status. In 1991, Myanmar’s “Clean and Beautiful Nation” campaign—meant to expel so-called foreigners from Rakhine state and prevent the expansion of the Rohingya Solidarity Organization, a political insurgency group—led to the mass destruction of Rohingya communities, forcing 250,000 more people to flee to Bangladesh. Over the next three decades, several waves of ethnic and religious violence and brutal military crackdowns on the Rohingya occurred, and in 2017, the government held more than 120,000 Rohingya in internment camps and had killed thousands of people, according to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. This number is now estimated to be much larger.

On Monday, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced that the United States has formally determined that “members of the Burmese military committed genocide and crimes against humanity against Rohingya.” The U.S. designation focuses on mass atrocities committed in 2016 and 2017, when more than 800,000 Rohingya were forced to flee from violence.

Rohingya refugees gather behind a barbed wire fence in a temporary settlement setup in a border zone between Myanmar and Bangladesh on April 25, 2018. YE AUNG THU/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES

Blinken’s acknowledgement that the Myanmar military’s crimes against the Rohingya amount to a genocide marks the eighth time the United States has determined a genocide was committed since the Holocaust. The U.S. government has declared genocide in past ethnic cleansing campaigns and massacres in Bosnia; Rwanda; Darfur in Sudan; northern Iraq, where the Islamic State targeted Yazidi Christians (once in 2016 and once in 2017); Armenia; and, most recently, western China, where the Chinese government has conducted a crackdown on ethnic Uyghurs and other minorities.

In his formal statement, Blinken announced the United States is applying targeted sanctions against 65 Myanmar leaders and their associates, as well as sanctions and export controls on 26 entities accused of human rights abuses or of funding the Myanmar military. In addition, the United States pledged to give almost $1 million in additional funding for the mechanisms investigating the crimes. This is on top of $1.6 billion provided to Rohingya refugees since 2017. But for many, promises of sanctions are not enough. Activists continue to urge the U.S. to take definitive action in holding the militia juncta accountable.

While past determinations have shed light on genocide and encouraged the international community to take tangible action, this designation (like those before it) certainly doesn’t mean the genocide will end anytime soon. Instead, activists are calling for tangible punishments for perpetrators of genocide and for support for victims’ communities, including the hundreds of thousands of Rohingya now belonging to the diaspora. This includes advocating for U.S. funding for Gambia’s International Court of Justice case against Myanmar, which argues that Myanmar violated the 1948 Genocide Convention, which both countries have ratified.

Acknowledgement from the U.S. seems to be the first step in a series of actions that should be taken to hold Myanmar’s diktat accountable. And while it is an important one to take, the ones following it seem to have a global deterrent effect for other countries to follow suit. Punishment against governments committing human rights violations is necessary to prevent gender-, ethnicity-, and race-based violence.

While U.S. acknowledgement is a definite win, the elephant in the room remains: The U.S. recognizes injustice if convenient, and ignores, or even perpetuates, injustice for its benefit. International crimes committed in Palestine, India, Nagorno-Karabagh, Syria, Yemen, Afghanistan, Iraq, and many more remain unanswered for.

Apparently, something must be done, other than acknowledge injustice, in order to stop injustice. Whether the power to do so lies within the United States, European Union, United Nations, or some other global entity/coalition is unbeknownst to the ordinary person. But activists and journalists who report on continuously ignored global issues are fighting half a battle that ultimately need to be addressed at higher levels of government.

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Nurse Receives Guilty Verdict for Administering Wrong Medication

Charlene Murphey was a 75 year old patient, who was admitted into the Vanderbilt University Medical Center suffering a brain bleed on December 24, 2017. Only two days after she was admitted the doctors ordered a PET scan. Murphey however was severely claustrophobic and had high anxiety levels about the test. RaDonda Vaught was taking care of Murphey and before Murphey was supposed to take her test, she was supposed to administer an anxiety medication. She couldn’t find the specific anxiety medication that she needed from the automatic drug dispensing cabinet so she override the machine and dispensed what she thought was another anxiety medicine but in actuality it was a paralyzing drug instead. Murphey died the next day after the test on December 24, 2017.

Vaught was charged in 2019 because of the “worrisome implications of safety”. They charged her with criminally negligent homicide and abuse of an impaired adult. They found her guilty of those charges on March 27, 2022 and is set to be sentenced on May 13th.

Vaught released a statement saying that she has “zero regrets about telling the truth.” Many nurses stand by Vaught. They believe that this situation could’ve happened to any one of them because of how overworked and under staffed the nursing field is. The reason that she was charged to begin with, many believe that it is because the medical field, specifically hospitals are trying to move away from the all of the coverups and lies they tell when a medical mistake happens. This movement is called “Just Culture.” Which in retrospect is a good movement, but to have charged Vaught this heavily just because she made a simple human error is a bit extreme.

Many people agree that Vaught’s charges were very extreme so people started a petition to reverse the verdict. So far over 102,000 people signed the petition and many more are signing as the days pass.

Update on the Russo-Ukrainian War

Ever since the Russians began their unsuccessful invasion of Ukraine, they have lost tens of thousands of soldiers and have not been able to capture Kyiv. Therefore on March 29, diplomats from both the Russian and Ukrainian sides agreed to meet in Turkey for peace talks.

In what was seen as a rather productive meeting in Istanbul, both sides agreed on many promises that, in some cases, were seen as a surprise. Although talks have been ‘constructive’, one can say that there has been progress in peace talks because the Ukrainian negotiator David Arakhamia said he believes enough peace talks have been covered to now involve the presidents of Ukraine and Russia, along with other foreign countries in the coming weeks.

A *Ukrainian soldier stands in trenches in the north of the capital Kyiv*, PHOTO Vadim Ghirda/AP

Russia has promised to or at least claimed that its military will ‘drastically’ decrease its presence near Kyiv, and Chernihiv. If this does indeed happen it will signify that Russia is accepting its loss in its attempt to invade Ukraine. This will in turn make Ukraine a much stronger, more respected country while Russia will live with the shame of not being able to defeat a country that was outnumbered by 900,000 troops to 200,000.

The Ukrainians have decided to backtrack on their strong stance on joining NATO. They offered to become a neutral country, for example, Switzerland, but only if they are offered security guarantees because they obviously don’t have 100% trust in Russia. The countries that would guarantee Ukraine its defense are; Turkey, Israel, Poland, and Canada. This would be a grave mistake in my opinion because Ukraine needs to join NATO if they want to completely be free of any future Russian threat or invasion.

Among the security guarantee, the proposal would also include a 15-year consultation period on the status of the Crimean region and would come into force only if there is a complete ceasefire.

The promises that were made, although won’t end the war entirely, will help out both sides by taking a closer step toward a ceasefire and if Putin and Zelenskyy can sit at the table, face to face, then maybe we can see a complete end to this humanitarian crisis.

Recap of the 2022 Oscars

On Sunday, March 27th, the 94th Academy Awards ceremony was held in Hollywood at the Dolby Theatre. Various awards, such as best picture, best actress, and best actor, were announced throughout the night along with a few other interesting events.

The heart-warming movie Coda, took home best picture. Coda, which tells the story of a hard-of-hearing family navigating financial and personal tension, was the first film distributed by a streaming service (Apple TV) to win best picture. It was an unexpected win for the night and a precedent that made history. Even better, Troy Katsur won best supporting actor for Coda which makes him the first deaf man to earn an acting Oscar. He had been acting in multiple low-budget deaf productions, so his role in Coda and his win made it a very exciting experience.

Sadly, the academy and ABC ended up cutting eight categories — mostly less popular ones: best original score, film editing, production design, makeup and hairstyling, sound, documentary short subject, live action short film and animated short film — from the live show. They instead wedged edited footage into the show to increase views, yet this made the show flow less smoothly.

The largely unspoken subject of the night was, undoubtedly, the war in Ukraine, which wasn’t mentioned until almost halfway through the show when they requested a moment of silence. Many individuals also acknowledged the war by wearing a blue ribbon to the award ceremony in support of Ukraine.

During the show, an unexpected and unprecedented altercation between Chris Rock and Will Smith also occurred. Chris Rock made a joke regarding Jada Pinkett Smith’s shaved head which was not found to be amusing by Will Smith.

When Chris made the joke, Jade rolled her eyes as she sat next to Smith and seemed to be very unamused herself. Jada has openly expressed to the public regarding her struggle with alopecia, a disorder that leads to hair loss and has had a significant effect on her.

Will Smith then walked toward Chris Rock on stage and appeared to strike him in the face. He also told Chris to “keep [his] wife’s name out of [his] f***ing mouth” which reiterated Will’s evident frustrations.

Will Smith striking Chris Rock across the face at the Oscars after an offensive joke about Jada Pinkett Smith.

The altercation quickly spread on the internet as it is now trending on Twitter and even being widely talked about on social media outlets and the news. Further details regarding if any steps from the Academy, Rock, or Smith will be taken following the incident are not clear yet.

Despite the chaos and ups and downs of the event, the 2022 Academy Awards were very eventful and involved some legendary, history-making moments that will never be forgotten.

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Kanye West an Example of the Lack of Women’s Protections

If you have not heard of the recent controversy of Kanye West and his divorce then you must not be on social media. As of March 2022, Kim Kardashian has been declared legally single by the US court which caused a spiral of Instagram posts from her now ex-husband Kanye West. He has repeatedly accused Kim Kardashian of denying him the right to see his children and being part of a liberal conspiracy group. Kardashian’s current boyfriend Pete Davidson has also become a victim of West’s Instagram posts and music video depicting Kanye West kidnapping, decapitating, and burying Pete Davidson.

Kim Kardashian has been pleading for West to stop posting because it was creating a dangerous environment for Pete Davidson. Furthermore, Kim took to Instagram to comment under one of Kanye posts ““Please stop with this narrative, you were just here this morning picking up the kids for school” Kany West then went on to accuse her of putting their oldest daughter North West because she was on Tiktok.

Trevor Noah, the host of “The Daily Show”, went on to discuss the Kim and Kanye drama. Trevor made note that despite being a woman such as Kim Kardashian who is wealthy, famous, and has all the resources at her disposal still cannot get away from a toxic ex or harassment. Additionally, he informed the audience that this happens in the real world to women who do not have the resources to leave their abusive husbands. Trevor Noah also reached out to Kanye West on the show, urging him to beware of his actions because they might lead him down a dark path. He even went on to express how he has experienced living in an abusive household where he witnessed his mother get shot in the head by his stepfather.

Being someone such as Kanye West they tend to forget how much power and influence they have. Their followers might view this harassment as funny or okay to be happening. As for Kim Kardashian, despite her feelings, she is experiencing what most everyday women experience: a belligerent ex-husband that they cannot escape from. Women’s protections against harassment need to be taken seriously no matter what their socio-economic status is. Violence against women always gets pushed aside and not taken seriously.

Critique: Hamlet

Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of Hamlet is spirited and enjoyable. Hamlet is played by Paapa Essiedu. The play is set in Denmark. In the play, Hamlet is sent by his dead father, King Hamlet, on a mission to kill his uncle Claudius, played by Clarence Smith. Claudius killed King Hamlet to assume his throne. Therefore, Hamlet wanted revenge against his uncle. Throughout the play, revenge is a key component and motive for Hamlet. As Claudius understands what Hamlet’s plans are, Claudius starts to make plans of his own. Claudius gets frightened as he finds out that Hamlet wants to murder him. In response to this threat, Claudius creates a plan to murder Hamlet. RSC’s rendition of Hamlet uses lighting, the actors’ performances, and music to show a potential outcome of revenge.

According to Britannica, Hamlet is a play that was written by William Shakespeare from 1599-1601. The inspiration behind Hamlet isn’t completely clear, but Culture Trip states that the Finnish poetry book called Kalevala by Elias Lönnrot inspired Shakespeare in writing Hamlet. The similarities between Hamlet and Kalevala are evident. An example stated in the article is that in Hamlet, the uncle killed Hamlet’s father, and for that, Hamlet seeks revenge. In Kalevala, Kullervo’s father is defeated by his uncle, and his uncle sells Kullervo into slavery, which causes Kullervo to seek to defeat his uncle. A visible theme in the play is revenge. Hamlet is driven by the idea of getting revenge against Claudius. Skulls and ghosts are seen quite frequently in the play. In life, skulls symbolize death and a decomposing body. In Hamlet, skulls served a similar purpose. They showed that life is temporary and so is the human body. Another symbol that is a significant part of the play is ghosts. In everyday life, ghosts can be seen as scary and are often connected to the idea of revenge. Hamlet’s dead father is a ghost in the play who asks Hamlet to see revenge against Claudius for killing him. So ghosts in the play symbolize King Hamlet and spirits seeking revenge.

Lighting is used to portray a certain mood to the audience. In Hamlet, lighting can be very dark where all the audience can see a shadow. At other times, lighting can be crisp, and it can look like a spotlight is igniting the entire stage. An example of the illumination providing a mood is at the 30-minute mark of the play. The illumination is faint, and the audience can’t see the character’s facial expressions. For the audience, the lighting provokes mystery and suspense. The audience feels that something impactful is going to happen. Faint lighting triggers uneasiness in the audience as they don’t know what’s going to happen next. An example of solid lighting is at the 45-minute mark. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, played by Jame Cooney and Bethan Cuillane, talk to Claudius and Gertrude, played by Tanya Moody. Gertrude and Claudius want both Rosencrantz and Guildenstern’s help to distract Hamlet. In this scene, the lighting is illuminating the actors and you can clearly see their facial expressions. The clear lighting brings ease to the audience and takes away the foreshadowing for a later event.

The actors’ executions of their characters complimented the play in many ways. Paapa Essiedu, the actor who portrayed Hamlet, brought the character to life in this production. The emotional range of Essiedu came out close to the 35-minute mark. Essiedu shows fear, shock, and disapproval in these scenes. In these scenes, Hamlet is confronted with the ghost of his dead father. Hamlet is shocked speechless but then finds words as the encounter continues. The vocal intensity in this scene also brought the lines to life. As Hamlet wears a shocked expression, he raises his voice when conversing with his dead father, played by Ewart James Walters. The vocal intensity captures the audience’s attention. Another performance that stands out is Ophelia’s performance when speaking to Gertrude. Ophelia played by Natalie Simpson, looks pained and angry when communicating with Gertrude. Ophelia was in a stage of grief and she scared Gertrude away with her yelling.

The music in Hamlet is roaring and uses drums. Bruce O’Neil is the music director of RSC’s production of Hamlet. The music has a cultural flair and tends to use a lot of drumming sounds. In most of the play, the music is upbeat and fast. For instance, at around the one-and-a-half-hour mark of the play, the music is loud and follows a fast tempo. In this scene, the music was used to transition the audience to another event. One of the only singing scenes in the production is thirty minutes before the play finishes. In this scene, the gravedigger, played by Ewart James Walters, sings while holding a bone. In this scene, there aren’t drumming sounds but more flute sounds. This makes the audience feel light-hearted and optimistic. The contrasting music in different scenes, makes the production spring to life for the audience. Music choice is vital as it helps the audience feel like part of the play.

Royal Shakespeare Company’s Hamlet by William Shakespeare uses lighting, performances, and music to teach the audience the nature of revenge. Throughout this play, the audience watches Hamlet pursue revenge against his uncle for killing his father. Near the end of Hamlet’s journey, he gets poisoned and eventually dies. The many dynamics of the relationships in this play make it engaging for the audience. The lighting creates unique moods for the audience members. The music adds to the play by bringing the scenes to life. The performers in this production brought their characters to life with vast emotional ranges. From the RSC’s rendition of Hamlet, the audience can learn the consequences of revenge.

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Lia Thomas: The Center of this Debate

Lia Thomas has brought up a large debate regarding her victories in the NCAA. She began on the mens team at the University of Pennsylvania however, she did not feel like this team was a good fit for her. She explained that knowing she was a women yet competing as a man caused a lot of emotional distress. In May of 2019, she did hormonal replacement therapy and joined the women’s team not long after.

The debate is made up of the arguments that male athletes have certain physical advantages over female. In addition to that, people who have gone through testosterone driven puberty have greater muscle mass and higher mechanical strength. Overall, men are created to be stronger and taller given them advantaged in sports.

Lia Thomas won the 500 yard freestyle in Atlanta last week which made her the first transgender swimmer to win a Division 1 championship. She beat the second place winner by over a second. Some questioned her victories due to being ranked number 462 in the male category and number 1 in female.

There are critics on both sides of this debate. However, many are not in support of allowing this to happen. Some say by allowing this, it will destroy opportunities for women in the NCAA. They believe it robs women of certain achievements and awards they could be receiving simply based on genetics. However, the NCAA has a sport by sport approach which allow each sport to have different policies when it comes to transgender athletes.

The Supreme court

The Supreme Court is the highest office a judge in the United States can hold. The members of the court hear cases related to the constitutionality of laws across the country. It is composed of nine judges who all had to go through rigorous background checks and vetting before being questioned by congress. Arguably the most attention is paid to the court when there are new justices being selected. Most recently justice Stephen Breyer has announced that he is retiring, opening his seat for a new candidate. The Biden administration is attempting to fill that seat with Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson.

Ketanji Brown Jackson, if confirmed, will be the first black woman to sit on the supreme court. She attended Harvard law school, relating her with many of her peers. But there are many things that set up as a new perspective for the supreme court, going to a public highschool, being a public defender, and being a district judge all set her apart from a majority of the other Judges. And while she is more than qualified for the position, some of those on the Senate Judiciary Committee seem to be focusing more on the fact that Jackson is a Black woman. Her nomination is a large step forward for the representation of Black women in positions of power; after Kamala Harris became Vice President, no Black women are in the Senate.

With Jacksons confirmation hearings, the public is paying close attention to what is said by her regarding how she will view and use the position, and what is asked by the Senators. Some of the questions asked by republican leadership seem to miss the mark of relevance to the situation, Jackson has replied to relevant questions with her broader view of topics, avoiding saying things that could lead her to prejudge any future cases. Senator Josh Hawley in his line of questioning even went as far as to accuse Jackson of being sympathetic to cases of child pornogrophy. When experts looked into it, they found that the statement was intentionally misleading, encouraging people to follow a QAnon rabbit hole that leads people to believe in far right conspiracy theories.

2022’s Invisible Threat: North Korea

Ever since the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine began, the entire world has been glued to this particular matter, forgetting other important threats such as the North Korean missile tests. North Korea has tested a banned ICBM earlier today, triggering fear amongst nations in that region.

The missile launch was the first of its kind since 2017, and ever since the beginning of this year, the North Koreans have launched a total of 11 missiles. The ICBM had an elevation of more than 3,720 miles and traveled a distance of more than 670 miles, finally landing near Japan’s western coastline.

A photograph provided by North Korean state media in 2017 showed what the government called the Hwasong-15 intercontinental ballistic missile at an undisclosed location. Credit:Korean Central News Agency, via Associated Press

The missile test came just before NATO leaders gathered together for their emergency summit on the Ukrainian crisis. The United States, South Korea, and Japan all condemned the missile launch. Makoto Oniki, the Deputy Minister of Defense for Japan, said that the launch of the missile, which crashed in Japan’s selective economic zone, was “a danger to peace and security.”

North Korea has been on the sidelines for much of 2022 and was especially out of the focus of western nations because of Russia’s growing threat, which eventually led to the invasion. They may be testing missiles much frequently because they want to show the rest of the world that Pyongyang is still a very powerful military country.

Recently, South Korea elected a conservative, more hawkish president, Yoon Suk-Yeol. President-elect Yeol is expected to take a much harder stance on the North Koreans, and be more aligned with the United States, compared to his predecessor Moon Jae-In. The launch may have been a sign that shows Kim Jong-Un.

With the election of a new president in South Korea, all eyes are on Korea to see what will emerge between the two rival states.

AI, Fake News, and War

Over the past several weeks, people across the world have flocked to media and news outlets for information on the current conflict between Russia and Ukraine. Apps such as Twitter, Facebook, and TikTok have become primary news sources for millions of users. However, the algorithmic nature of social media raises a journalistic dilemma. Specifically, obtaining news from social media has the ability to dilute real news, prioritize posts that AI deems most likely be engaged with, and in turn, spread fake news.

This is not a new concept, and in fact, has been circulating since the implementation of AI in social media. In 2018, the Rohingya in Myanmar were subjected to to abismal living conditions, state-endorsed violence, and, ultimately, ethnic cleansing pogroms, all promoted by Facebook (now Meta). Now, a legal campaign is underway to hold Meta liable for the part they played in the genocide of the Rohingya people. The campaign includes allegations that Facebook’s algorithm amplified the spread of hate-speech and violent content targeted at Rohingya people, and served as a deciding factor in the content that people were exposed to while scrolling on their phones.

While this case may seem extreme and isolated to Meta, recent research has shown that TikTok has followed suit. A viral video that racked up hundreds of thousands of views across social media claims to show the last moments aboard China Eastern Airlines’ Flight MU-5735, seconds before the plane crashed on Monday killing all 132 passengers. In reality, the footage is from a video game and shows no such thing. The video that circulated was actually first uploaded to YouTube a little more than three years ago, and its description explicitly states it is a computer simulation of a 2019 Ethiopian Airlines crash. This case of fake news is one of many that spreads like wildfire in the digital sphere, due to its propensity to earn maximum engagement and likes.

Similarly, a video that spread on Facebook in late February purported to show a video of a Ukrainian fighter pilot known as “the Ghost of Kyiv” shooting down Russian aircraft. The footage was actually from a free online video game called Digital Combat Simulator, PolitiFact reported, and it’s likely that the “Ghost of Kyiv” is a viral myth that has propagated during the war. “This footage is from DCS, but is nevertheless made out of respect for ‘The Ghost of Kiev,'” the YouTube video’s description stated.

Recent investigations conducted by the anti-misinformation outlet, NewsGuard found that misinformation about the Ukrainian war can be discovered merely minutes after creating a TikTok account. After 40 minutes of scrolling on the “For You Page”, the algorithm specifically curated content that contained numerous false claims and videos about the war. “Toward the end of the 45–minute experiment, analysts’ feeds were almost exclusively populated with both accurate and false content related to the war in Ukraine – with no distinction made between disinformation and reliable sources,” the research team wrote.

The instances listed above beg the question of why AI sorts through and places content containing false and violent speech at the forefront of user feeds. While algorithms are meant to boost posts that are likely to have the most engagement, likes, and comments, there is a recurring theme behind which posts are widely circulated and which are not. Do the codes behind social media algorithms blatantly target hate-speech as an indicator of high engagement? Is it simply that emotion-provoking content, whether true or not, creates opportunities for digital discourse, directing online users toward the original ethos behind social media? Or is there a much more nuanced answer that sheds a light on the truth of human nature?

In any case, as the world continues to spiral toward a bleak and uncertain future, the digital sphere has become a playground for leaders in various industries to spread misinformation and propaganda, all while turning a profit.

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