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The language barrier creates a significant knowledge gap for the most vulnerable users of these technologies, which exacerbates the power imbalance these tools purportedly aim to address.
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Nandita Shivakumar, Sourcing Journal, 20 Sep. 2024
One posted information about this, purportedly, and later on it got picked up by a neo-Nazi group called Blood Tribe, the founder of which has been in the news for trying to buy land to start paramilitary training camps in Maine.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2024
The complaint also alleges that guardian Morrissey was not involved in the program or the contract and was not shown a copy of the contract until months after it was purportedly executed.
—Danielle Bacher, Peoplemag, 17 Sep. 2024
The scheme was purportedly funded with nearly $10 million of Russian money funneled through a company that was left unnamed in the indictment but is almost certainly Tenet Media, founded by two Canadians and incorporated in Tennessee.
—Joan Donovan, The Atlantic, 13 Sep. 2024
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Nandita Shivakumar, Sourcing Journal, 20 Sep. 2024
One posted information about this, purportedly, and later on it got picked up by a neo-Nazi group called Blood Tribe, the founder of which has been in the news for trying to buy land to start paramilitary training camps in Maine.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2024
The complaint also alleges that guardian Morrissey was not involved in the program or the contract and was not shown a copy of the contract until months after it was purportedly executed.
—Danielle Bacher, Peoplemag, 17 Sep. 2024
The scheme was purportedly funded with nearly $10 million of Russian money funneled through a company that was left unnamed in the indictment but is almost certainly Tenet Media, founded by two Canadians and incorporated in Tennessee.
—Joan Donovan, The Atlantic, 13 Sep. 2024
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“Purportedly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/purportedly. Accessed 2 Oct. 2024.
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