February 7, 2018 – Bridge Agents

Census Bot Tweets Immigrants’ Profiles

February 7, 2018 Bridge Agents

Washington, DC (HRW) – Ongoing debates around US immigration policy should be squarely focused on the people whose rights and families are at stake, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch released an automated Twitter bot, @ImmigrantsAreUS, which is tweeting out profiles of some of the nearly 25 million non-citizens living in the US, both authorized and unauthorized, based on their responses to US Census Bureau surveys. The bot tweets actual survey question responses from a random selection of non-citizens surveyed by the US Census Bureau between 2012 and 2016 in its annual American…

Women’s votes: six amazing facts from around the world

February 7, 2018 Bridge Agents

World (Conversation) – On February 6, 1918, British women – (well, the wealthy ones over 30) – were given the right to vote. And since the 1960s, women have been voting in British national elections at basically the same rate as men. But how is the rest of the world doing? Here’s a snapshot. 1. Ecuador: transgender friendly (at voting booths) In Ecuador, men and women vote separately. The country was in the headlines last year when it decided to allow transgender people to choose the male or female line,…

Dow’s Historic Plunge, or How Bots Sent US Markets Tumbling Down

February 7, 2018 Bridge Agents

World (Sputnik) – The record 1,500-point crash suffered by the leading US industrial index was a purely technical story with millions of pre-programmed bots moving in sync to line the pockets of a handful of investors who were quick enough to play against the market, financial experts have told RIA Novosti. Many market analysts dismiss fears of a new stock exchange bubble, however, saying that it won’t be long before the market starts going up again. We Are Done For! On Monday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average sank below the 25,000 mark shedding more than 1,500 points in daily…