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• Trump Says Nobel Panel Not Awarding Him Peace Prize Stains Norway

  10-10-2026 17:00 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: Yahoo News - Top HeadlinesU.S. President Donald Trump lamented the Norwegian Nobel Committee not choosing him for its annual peace prize on Friday, telling a crowd that the decision left "an indelible stain on the country of Norway." Speaking at a political rally, he claimed to have "saved more lives than anyone in history." Earlier Friday, the prize went to Navi Pillay, an 85-year-old South African legal pioneer who led a U.N. panel that concluded Israel committed...
  
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• Social Platforms Ban Violent Content. Does a Livestream Execution Count?

  10-10-2026 16:59 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: Yahoo News - Top HeadlinesU.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's revelation that the execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan will be streamed live has drawn fierce criticism and calls for him to reconsider. But it has also put the spotlight on whether social media companies will allow government accounts to stream the death by firing squad on their platforms. Hasan is set to die by firing squad at 1 pm on December 3 at the Texas Army installation, the defense secretary...
  
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• Army Caught Off Guard by Hegseth's Plan to Livestream Execution

  10-10-2026 16:59 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: Yahoo News - Top HeadlinesSecretary of Defense Pete Hegseth looks on as President Donald Trump speaks to the news media, on the South Lawn of the White House on October 6. - Finn Gomez/Getty Images Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's announcement that the execution of the convicted Fort Hood mass shooter would be shown in public caught people across the Pentagon and the Army off guard, three sources familiar with the matter told CNN. Hegseth made the announcement in an...
  
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• Anthropic AI Sent a Fake Murder Tip to Philadelphia Police

  10-10-2026 16:59 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: Yahoo News - Top HeadlinesAn artificial intelligence model developed by Anthropic submitted a fabricated tip about an unsolved homicide to Philadelphia police, authorities said Friday, criticizing the company for taking two months to report the incident. The Philadelphia Police Department said the false submission was made in July through PhillyUnsolvedMurders.com, a public website where people can share information about unsolved killings.
  
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• Watch Navi Pillay Win Nobel Peace Prize for Upholding Global Justice

  10-10-2026 16:57 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: PBS News HourNavi Pillay, a former U.N. human rights chief whose career has spanned defending the rights of an imprisoned Nelson Mandela to leading a panel which found that Israel committed genocide in Gaza, won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for her efforts to promote international humanitarian law. Her win is sure to be seen as a high-profile rebuke to President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, both of whom rejected the commission's...
  
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• 2026 Nobel Peace Prize Awarded to Navi Pillay

  10-10-2026 16:46 via socialpsychology.org
  Source:Al JazeeraThe Norwegian Nobel Committee has awarded the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize to Navanethem "Navi" Pillay. The committee's announcement of the 125th Nobel Peace Prize, made Friday in Oslo, said the award would go to the South African jurist for her work to promote peace and international law. It added that Pillay, a former U.N. high commissioner for human rights, had been instrumental in ensuring war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide are...
  
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