The NFL loses a legend (for now). Longtime New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton is stepping down from the sidelines and vacating his New Orleans chair following 16 successful years. The 58-year-old shaped an era in Louisiana and shaped the hapless franchise into an absolutely successful team. But in addition to great success, a huge scandal also stains his career in the southern United States. ran takes a look at the career of one of the most successful NFL coaches in history.
Meta Platforms, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, said a temporary change to its content management policy was necessary to allow users to express their opposition to Russia’s attack on Ukraine.
In a statement posted on Twitter, Meta Public Affairs Director Nick Clegg said the company aims to protect speech rights as the right to self-defense in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and that this exception only applies to Ukraine.
“If we implement our content policies without any modifications, we will remove the content of ordinary Ukrainians expressing resistance and anger towards invading military forces, which is seen as unacceptable,” Clegg wrote.
“We have no disagreement with the Russian people, there is absolutely no change in our policies on hate speech with respect to the Russian people,” he added.
Responding to reports that the Russian government is considering designating Meta as an extremist organization for its policies in support of speech: pic.twitter.com/Y8sUbZDSML
— Nick Clegg (@nickclegg) March 11, 2022
Russia has opened a criminal case once morest Facebook following the company said it had decided to exclude rhetoric once morest “Russian invaders” in Ukraine from its rules on banning content on the site that advocated violence and hate, and indicated that it would not remove posts once morest Russia’s military and leaders.
Russian prosecutors asked the court to classify the US tech giant as an “extremist organization”, and the Russian communications regulator said it would restrict access to Instagram from March 14, while the company said the decision would affect 80 million users in Russia.
The Russian Investigative Committee said: “A criminal case has been filed … in connection with illegal calls for murder and violence once morest citizens of the Russian Federation by employees of the American company Meta, which owns the social networks Facebook and Instagram.”
The commission reports directly to President Vladimir Putin. It was not immediately clear what the consequences of the criminal case would be.
More than two weeks into Russia’s war in Ukraine, a Meta spokesperson said Thursday that the company has temporarily changed the rules of political discourse, allowing publications such as “Death to Russian invaders”, although it will not allow calls for violence once morest Russian civilians.
Meta internal emails reported, Viewed by Archyde.com Temporary changes in policy regarding anti-Russian military postings have been implemented in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, and Ukraine.
The messages also showed that the US company had temporarily allowed publication of leaflets calling for the death of Putin or Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko.
“We hope that this is not true because if it is true, it means that decisive measures must be taken to terminate the activities of this company,” said Dmitry Peskov, a Kremlin spokesman.
And last week, Russia banned Facebook on its soil in response to the California group’s decision to impose a ban in Europe on media close to the Kremlin, including especially RT and Sputnik.
With this ban, Russia joined the club of countries that ban the largest social network in the world, whose membership until that day was restricted to China and North Korea only.
Russia has also imposed severe restrictions on access to Twitter.
And last week, Russia adopted a law that punishes with imprisonment for up to 15 years anyone who publishes information aimed at “discrediting” the army or calls for sanctions once morest Moscow.
Since Russian forces began invading Ukraine, most US tech giants have severed ties with Moscow.
In this context, “Microsoft” and “Apple” suspended sales of their products in Russia, while “Netflix”, “Intel” and “Airbnb” suspended their activities in this country.
Bangkok governor reveals Bangkok Prepare vaccinations for the remaining grades 4-6 students within 20 Mar.
Today (12 March) Pol. Gen. Asawin Kwanmuang, Governor of Bangkok Chaired the meeting of the heads of departments of Bangkok No. 3/2565, the teleconference system. with the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration Head of departments under the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration and related persons attending the meeting
The meeting reported on the situation of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). Today, Thailand has 24,792 new cases of COVID-19 in the Bangkok area. There are 3,171 confirmed cases of COVID-19, a relatively high number due to the current COVID-19 infection. Omicron species can be contacted easily Therefore, they still need to be vigilant and follow the measures to prevent COVID-19. continue to strictly Also important in reducing the severity of the disease when infection occurs is vaccination. Bangkok has accelerated a public relations campaign and carried out vaccination once morest COVID-19. to the public continuously especially those who have not received the first dose of vaccine. including accelerating the 2nd needle vaccination and the booster for immunization according to the specified period of time for all groups as soon as possible By opening channels and adding vaccine service points for the convenience of people to receive vaccines.
Currently, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration has accelerated the Pfizer vaccination for students in grades 4-6 at schools under the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration that parents voluntarily report and request that all 51,064 children be vaccinated, as of date 10. March 2022, 28,777 students in grades 4-6 received the first dose of vaccine, representing 56.35%. On March 20, 2022, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration will vaccinate all remaining Grade 4-6 students.
In addition, people aged 18 years and over who have not received the first dose of vaccine, including booster needles 2, 3, 4, can book an appointment for vaccination with Bangkok via QueQ application, with a total of 105 vaccine service points. It is divided into 98 hospitals, 11 hospitals affiliated with Bangkok Metropolitan Administration, 69 Health Service Centers, 18 other hospitals, and 7 outside hospitals for the convenience of people in traveling to receive vaccinations at the points. Bangkok urges people who have not been vaccinated to hurry up to get vaccinated because vaccination is a useful thing that can help reduce the risk of death and the severity of the disease when it occurs. infection up
Johannesburg (dpa)
The South African Sun Downs repeated their victory over Al-Ahly of Egypt, and beat them 1-0 during the match that brought them together today, “Saturday”, in the fourth round of the first group matches in the African Champions League.
Sun Downs owes this victory to its player, Peter Shaluleli, who scored the game’s only goal in the 23rd minute.
Al-Ahly lost in the third round at home to Sun Downs with a clean goal as well.
With this result, Sun Downs raised its score to 10 points at the top of the standings to come close to qualifying for the quarter-finals, while Al-Ahly’s balance froze at four points in second place, equal with the Sudanese Al-Hilal and Al-Marrikh teams.
The start of the match came at a medium level, and Al-Ahly acquired the ball in the first minutes of the match, as its players relied on short passes, but failed to form any danger on the goal.
On the other hand, Sun Downs players relied on narrowing the spaces while launching attacks whenever he had the opportunity, yet he too failed to pose any danger to Al-Ahly’s goal, limiting the play to the midfield.
Play remained confined to the center of the field until the 22nd minute, which almost witnessed Sun Downs scoring the goal when Muthubi Mavala hit a powerful ball from outside the penalty area to hit the head of Yasser Ibrahim, Al Ahly defender, before hitting the crossbar and going out for a corner kick.
The corner kick was played inside the penalty area to hit Peter Shalolili’s thigh before the ball hugged the net, announcing Sun Downs’ advance with a clean goal in the 23rd minute.
After the goal, Al-Ahly pressed offensively in search of a goal, so that Sun Downs retreated to its midfield, relying on launching attacks whenever it had the opportunity.
Despite the presence of offensive attempts by the two teams, they failed to pose any danger to the other’s goal, so play was limited to the midfield until the referee blew the whistle at the end of the first half, with Sun Downs advancing with a goal.
With the beginning of the second half, Al-Ahly intensified its offensive attempts and put pressure on the Sun Downs players from the middle of their stadium in an attempt to score the equalizing goal. On the other hand, Sun Downs was forced to retreat to its midfield, relying on counter-attacks.
However, the two teams failed to pose any danger to the other’s goal, to limit play to the center of the field, until the 56th minute came, which witnessed a dangerous opportunity for Sun Downs when Lil Lakai hit a strong ball from outside the penalty area, but his ball crossed the crossbar by a few centimeters.
From a counterattack in the 63rd minute, Sun Downs almost scored the second goal when Peter Shalolili received the ball inside the penalty area to pass it to Hashem Domingo inside the penalty area to face Mohamed El-Shennawy, Al-Ahly goalkeeper, and hit the ground ball, but El-Shennawy turned it into a corner kick, but it was not used.
Al-Ahly’s attacking control continued in search of scoring the equalizer, but he failed to pose any danger to the Sun Downs goal, which almost came from a counterattack in the 73rd minute to score the second goal when Themba Zouani passed a through ball to Pavol Shafranko, who was singled out by Al-Shennawi, who shined and saved the ball. .
Al-Ahly responded in the 76th minute when Ahmed Abdel Qader fired a powerful ball from outside the penalty area, but his ball passed near the left post by a few centimeters.
Al-Ahly intensified its offensive attempts in the remaining time in search of scoring the equalizer, but it collided with a strong and organized defense on the part of the Sun Downs players to limit play to the midfield until the referee blew the whistle at the end of the match, with Sun Downs winning 1-0.