On today’s NOTICE News Daily: Protesters attacked a proposed police training facility in Atlanta over the weekend they call “Cop City.” Plus: No, President Biden didn’t restart the draft to fight the war in Ukraine. It’s just the latest deepfake that’s gone viral.
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Top Story: Protesters Attack “Cop City”
Fires broke out at the construction site of an Atlanta police training center on Sunday after a demonstration at the property led to clashes between police and protesters and 35 people were arrested, police said. The site of the planned Atlanta Public Safety Training Center, derisively called “Cop City” by opponents, has been the scene of escalating confrontation as demonstrators oppose both the increasing militarization of police and the development of the forest that its defenders call the “lungs of Atlanta.” >> Full story
Further Reading…
- More: 23 protesters charged with domestic terrorism after fiery clashes at Atlanta’s ‘Cop City’ training center (ABC News)
- Go deeper: What is ‘Cop City’? How opposition to an Atlanta police center prompted national demonstrations (NBC News)
- The environmental angle: How Atlanta’s ‘Cop City’ became the focus for green protests (The Independent)
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Biden Deepfake Circulates Online
As deepfakes become more ubiquitous and harder to spot, how can people know what to trust? At a time when trust in the media is already at an alarming low, the rise in deepfakes does not bode well. Here’s the referenced poll from Gallup about Americans’ trust in media being at near-record lows. Some institutions are still worth trusting – and social media is not one of them. >> Here’s the story about the Biden deepfake from Newsweek