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Airbnb’s exponential growth worldwide is devouring an increasing share of hotel revenues and also driving down room prices and occupancy rates, suggests a new study, which also found that travelers felt Airbnb properties were more authentic than franchised hotels.

Source: news.fsu.edu

Posted: 12 hours ago reddit

Oxfam warns of the "worst cholera outbreak in the world" in Yemen

Source: france24.com

Posted: 12 hours ago reddit

Demonstrations were held across Bangladesh's capital Dhaka on Saturday for the tenth consecutive day after a teenager who accused a head teacher of sexually harassing her was burned to death.

Source: thenews.com.pk

Posted: 11 hours ago reddit

Posted by: baconpandiculation Score:2632
The headmaster and her five killers need to start rotting in a prison cell asap.
- Posted by: rightbackinit Score:1234
  It says they lit her on fire and tried to cover it up as a suicide...
  - Posted by: rosebeats1 Score:951
    Because immolation is definitely a common way to commit suicide.
Posted by: green_flash Score:1215
Protests were held not only in Dhaka, but also other parts of the country today:

https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/nation/2019/04/13/justice-for-nusrat-demonstrations-continue-in-dhaka-and-nation
- In Thakurgaon, numerous socio-cultural activists formed a human chain in the city’s main intersection.
- In Barisal, socio-cultural human rights activists formed a human chain and organized procession rallies in the city.
- In Bhola, a human chain was organized in Sadar upazila, where students highlighting her tragic death, said these recurring events nationwide demand justice.
- In Chapainawabganj, local political and socio-cultural activists gathered in town and took part in a student demonstration.
- In Jhenaidah, local student associations formed a human chain in front of the town’s post office intersection and the main bus terminal, with placards and banners.
- In Brahmanbaria, student rights activists staged a demonstration saying that proper action against sexual offenders was imperative.
- In Narsingdi, Bangladesh Human Rights and Press Society activists formed a demonstration in front of the Ghorasal power centre in Polash upazila. Participants said it was everyone’s responsibility to stand against these recurring phenomena.
- In Panchagarh, prominent personalities organized a human chain in Boda upazila, in front of Sonali bank on the Panchagarh-Dhaka Highway.
- In Rajbari, rallies and protests were organized on the press club premises, by local social activists, where speakers said they did not wish to witness such incidents in the future.
- In Tangail, students organized a human chain in front of the Nirala intersection Shahid Minar.
Posted by: green_flash Score:1206
The protesters demand the death penalty for her attackers and for the headmaster who apparently ordered the attack from prison after he was arrested over her sexual assault allegations. 18 people have been arrested in conjunction with the murder.

Facebook’s controversial factchecking program is partnering with the Daily Caller, a rightwing website that has pushed misinformation

Source: theguardian.com

Posted: 6 hours ago reddit

The Mueller Report Can’t Be Copyrighted, Is Flagged by Copyright Bots Anyway

Source: eff.org

Posted: 18 hours ago reddit

Posted by: BulbousAlsoTapered Score:5819
There needs to be a law penalizing false copyright takedown claims.
- Posted by: Kleosi Score:2431
  And it needs to be draconian, so people actually treat it seriously.
  - Posted by: --cheese-- Score:694
    No, no, a wee slap on the wrist is fiiine...
    - Posted by: idiotsonfire Score:586
      A wee slap for regular people. A bigger slap for corporations running bots.
      - Posted by: The_White_Light Score:274
        What regular people are falsely making copyright claims? The only "regular people" who are making false copyright claims would be doing it purposefully to attack someone else.
        
        Posted by: rebootyourbrainstem Score:215
        
        The only "regular people" who are making false copyright claims would be doing it purposefully to attack someone else.
        
        They do this and they'll keep doing this. Heck, there's a word for calling in fake hostage crisis to provoke an armed SWAT response, submitting fake copyright and abuse reports is nothing to some people.
      - Posted by: nannuq Score:172
        Then corporations would just outsource. Laws and regulations need teeth to be affective. Big life altering bankruptcy inducing teeth. Otherwise it's not a fine it's just a minor business expense.
    - Posted by: kinyutaka Score:85
      $2ⁿ where n is the number of false claims you've ever made.
      
      You make a mistake and file a false claim once or twice, it's a few bucks. You make a habit of it, and it balloons into thousands, millions, and then billions, very quickly.
  - Posted by: vtable Score:76
    The penalties don't have to be draconian - but they must have teeth.
    
    Heads need not be severed but there really needs to be a strong disincentive for this behavior.
    
    Speaking a bit more generally, this starts with criminal prosecution of large players. Kicking some tiny blogger in the nuts might look good but won't do much to dissuade anyone the next time around.
- Posted by: SpookySP Score:385
  It's perjury to file false DMCA claims. However noone ever enforces that. That's one major reason why there's such a shitshow regarding copyright in places like YT.
  - Posted by: joelaw9 Score:235
    It's perjury to knowingly file false DMCA claims. Which is why it's not enforced. It's a bitch to prove in court.
    - Posted by: the_ocalhoun Score:227
      "Your Honor, my client legitimately believed that he held the copyright to this government document that has nothing to do with him."
      
      Yeah, it might be hard to prove in a lot of cases. But some cases are so blatantly obvious that there's no way to unknowingly file a false claim.
Posted by: frogandbanjo Score:731
Yeah, this would be the red line for the government to step in and shut all this bullshit down. Like, fuck's sake, you crooked motherfuckers can't make sure not to embarrass the government and yourselves by doing something this obviously wrong?

Sorry, sorry.

I meant "a sane and decent government." Not our government.
Posted by: tnb641 Score:711
So from the article, it's not saying that anyone submitted a DMCA or anything.

Scribd is claiming its their automatic content ID system (like YouTube's) auto flagging content it believes is copyrighted and or duplicated on their site... Which seems like maybe they should fix that then.
- Posted by: Nisilux Score:338
  Yeah, for sure. In the meantime, I don't quite get why so many people are using Scribd when the Special Counsel's website has it right there for anyone to use along with their expense reports and related court filings.
  - Posted by: smeggysmeg Score:215
    People have subjected the document to OCR, making it searchable, while the original is not searchable.
Posted by: mobythor Score:102
up-voted, nothing changed.
Posted by: larryless Score:72
Good lord some overreaction in here. Scribd acknowledged the system sometimes takes down false positives and also stated the take downs of the Mueller report were not intentional, aka they are not censoring. There is a limitation in their system, seems hardly the reason to fine them, it’s something I’m sure they overlooked or didn’t have the resources to implement when they built the system. Not to mention it’s a private company, if they want to take down something the technically have every right to do so.