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Facebook's AI system couldn't identify Christchurch first-person livestream
Tech2 News Staff • 6 years agoHead-mounted camera by the gunman, made it harder for Facebook's systems to detect the nature of the video
Christchurch terror attacks: Accused Brenton Tarrant to face 50 murder charges, says New Zealand police
• 6 years agoBrenton Tarrant, accused in Christchurch mosque shootings, was previously charged with one murder as a holding measure, but police said Thursday that all the deaths and injuries in the 15 March attacks will be reflected in upgraded charges during his next appearance.
New Zealand’s hijab gesture is deeply flawed
Ruchika Sharma • 6 years agoThe biggest flaw of New Zealand's Scarves in Solidarity movement is regarding women as active identity bearers of a community
Firstpost Editor's picks: BJP releases first list of Lok Sabha candidates on Holi; mystery fever hits UP's Bareilly; today's must-read stories
Fp Staff • 6 years agoFirstpost Editor's picks: BJP releases first list of Lok Sabha candidates on Holi; mystery fever hits UP; Gurpreet Singh Sandhu talks about Bengaluru FC winning ISL 2018-19 title; today's must-read stories
After Christchurch shootings, New Zealand's biggest challenge is to pin down what a high threat level means
John Battersby • 6 years agoNew Zealand is currently recovering from the shock of its first 21st Century terrorist attack, one of the worst in recent history globally, and the worst ever in the Australian and New Zealand experience combined
New Zealand bans sale of assault, semi-automatic rifles in Christchurch aftermath, 'no point applying for permits,' says Jacinda Ardern
• 6 years agoNew Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced an immediate ban on the sale of assault rifles and semi-automatics Thursday in a muscular response to the Christchurch terror attack that killed 50 people.
Firstpost Editor's Picks: KCR's 'new party'; economists vs CAs row; Love, Death and Robots; today's must-read stories
Fp Staff • 6 years agoA rundown of five of Firstpost's best articles on Tuesday, 19 March
Recep Tayyip Erdogan uses Christchurch shooter's video in election campaign, draws New Zealand's ire
• 6 years agoTurkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has drawn a sharp rebuke from New Zealand for using controversial video shot by the Christchurch mosque gunman as an election campaign prop. Erdogan, campaigning for local elections this month, has presented the attack as part of an assault on Turkey and Islam more broadly and projected the video of the killings at his rallies over the weekend.
PewDiePie vs T-Series: Swedish vlogger briefly dethroned by Indian music label as YouTube's most subscribed channel
Fp Staff • 6 years agoPewDiePie and T-Series have amassed more than 90 million followers on their respective YouTube accounts.
White House aide Mick Mulvaney says it's 'absurd' to link Donald Trump with Christchurch shooter Brenton Tarrant
• 6 years agoMick Mulvaney, the acting chief of staff, described the New Zealand shooter as a "disturbed individual" and "evil person" and said it was unfair to cast the 28-year-old Australian "as a supporter of Donald Trump any more than it is to look at his, sort of his eco-terrorist passages in that manifesto and align him with Nancy Pelosi or Ms Ocasio-Cortez."