Reading Around - Tennis & Ukraine War, Surreal Hong Kong, G.O.P. Follies

Odds and ends I forgot to note yesterday:

 Azarenka Booed Off Court For Failing To Offer Svitolina Obligatory Handshake At Wimbledon

The Angelines Chan of Pokfulam Road by Rosemarie Ho is a surreal, funny, and scary story of political change in Hong Kong.

Former Sen. Claire McCaskill Taunts GOP Over Key 2024 Tactic: 'Bring It!'

‘A deranged ploy’: how Republicans are fueling the disinformation wars

 The Republican pushback against anti-disinformation campaigns has existed for years, alleging that content moderation on major platforms has unfairly targeted conservative voices. Many tech platforms have instituted policies against misinformation or hateful speech that have resulted in content such as election denial, anti-vaccine falsehoods and far-right conspiracy theories being removed – all which tend to skew Republican. But research has found that allegations of anti-conservative bias at social media companies have little empirical evidence, with a 2021 New York University study showing that these platforms’ algorithms instead often work to amplify rightwing content.

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