We’re covering a Hong Kong strike aimed at China’s economy, an investigation into Big Tech’s lapses in protecting child abuse victims and Copenhagen’s bicycle culture. | | By Melina Delkic | | People singing at a vigil for Chow Tsz-lok, a student who died amid the clashes, in Hong Kong on Sunday. Dale De La Rey/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images | | Organizers have kept specific plans under wraps, and were conducting an online poll on Sunday to determine pressure points. The planned demonstrations were also timed to coincide with the lucrative “singles day,” an anti-Valentine’s Day celebration originating in mainland China that normally generates billions. | | The latest: Six pro-democracy lawmakers were charged in relation to scuffles on May 11, as the Hong Kong legislature met to discuss the extradition bill. Tens of thousands of people attended a vigil to remember to remember Chow Tsz-lok, the student who died. | | Recap: Mr. Chow, a student at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, suffered head and pelvic injuries when he fell one story as the police fired tear gas nearby. The circumstances of his death remain unclear. | | A Times investigation found that tech companies consistently failed to take coordinated steps to shut down the illegal content. We spoke to those in the first generations of child sexual abuse victims whose anguish has been preserved on the internet, seemingly forever. | | ■ Apple does not scan its cloud storage, and encrypts its messaging app, making detection virtually impossible. | | ■ Amazon does not even look for the imagery in its cloud service. | | ■ Dropbox, Google and Microsoft’s consumer products scan for illegal images only when someone shares them, not when they are uploaded. | | ■ Facebook thoroughly scans its platforms, but announced plans to encrypt its messenger service, which will make that harder. | | ■ Live streams represent a major challenge. No major tech company is able to detect, much less stop, illegal live streaming. | | By the numbers: A record 45 million photos and videos were flagged last year, but the main software for detecting the images has limits. No single authoritative list of known illegal material exists, allowing countless images to slip through the cracks. | | Bushfires in northeastern New South Wales on Saturday. Tom Bannigan/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images | | At least 40 schools in New South Wales are closed today after the flames left three people dead, injured dozens and destroyed at least 150 homes. “High temperatures, strong winds and low humidity are forecast, making conditions dangerous,” the state’s fire service said. | | With the summer heat waves still weeks away, the country’s fire season is expected to be one of the worst on record. | | Climate change: The dire assessments confirm what scientists have been predicting: Australia’s bush fires will become more frequent and more intense. | | Few, if any, other developed countries are as vulnerable to climate change’s impacts, according to independent scientific reports. Australia’s arid interior combined with rapidly heating ocean currents makes it a global hot spot. | | NEWSIS, via Associated Press | | The Rev. Jun Kwang-hoon rouses the large crowds that come to see him, mostly older Christians, by constantly repeating incendiary but easy-to-remember tag lines about the president, populism and Christianity — like accusing Mr. Moon of being “the main North Korean spy.” | | PAID POST: A MESSAGE FROM CAMPAIGN MONITOR | TEST: Email Marketing 101: Never Sacrifice Beauty for Simplicity | A drag-and-drop email builder, a gallery of templates and turnkey designs, personalized customer journeys, and engagement segments. It's everything you need to create stunning, results-driven email campaigns in minutes. And with Campaign Monitor, you have access to it all, along with award-winning support around the clock. It's beautiful email marketing done simply. | | Learn More | | | Bolivia: President Evo Morales resigned on Sunday after unrelenting protests by an infuriated population that accused him of undermining democracy by clinging to office. His departure represents a milestone in the spasms of unrest that have roiled Latin America in recent months. | | Saudi Aramco: The world’s largest oil company said it would announce a price for its shares on Dec. 5, offering new details into its plans to sell shares on the Saudi stock exchange. It may be the largest I.P.O. ever but still fall short of the expectations raised by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. | | Betina Garcia for The New York Times | | Snapshot: Above, one of the busiest thoroughfares in Copenhagen, where nearly half of all journeys to work and school take place on bicycle. The city’s advanced bike lane network, which happens to be the fastest way to get around, is inspiring other cities looking for ways to combat climate change and traffic congestion. | | What we’re reading: This essay in The Atlantic by Leslie Jamison on the legendary photographer Garry Winogrand, “a devoted chronicler of public spaces.” Dan Saltzstein, our senior editor for special projects, calls it “beautiful — and surprisingly personal.” | | Romulo Yanes for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Vivian Lui. | | Read: Bernardine Evaristo, the first black woman to win the Booker Prize, talks about her mission to write about the African diaspora (and why her novel “Girl, Woman, Other” involves 12 interconnected characters). | | Go: We found five rural retreats worthy of a detour, from the Indian Ocean to the English countryside. | | A rule change means that male U.S. Marines, who are famous for having to stand in the rain, can now carry umbrellas while wearing their service or dress uniforms. (Women have long been afforded a black one — but only in their left hand, to keep their right free for salutes.) | | Alex Brandon/Associated Press | | Governments have complicated relationships with umbrellas. Safety concerns have prompted umbrella bans, sometimes for reasons straight out of spy films — and reality. An umbrella gun was apparently used in 1978 to assassinate a Bulgarian dissident in London with a fatal dose of ricin, a poison. | | During World War II, Major Allison Digby Tatham-Warter of Britain famously carried an umbrella into battle. Once, he used it to attack an armored vehicle and incapacitate the driver. | | When a lieutenant later questioned the umbrella’s usefulness in war, the major asked, “Oh my goodness Pat, what if it rains?” | | That’s it for this briefing. You may have noticed the new byline: I will be taking over as my colleague Alisha Haridasani Gupta moves over to her new job writing the In Her Words newsletter. I have big shoes to fill, but I’m excited to get started and hear from you. | | Thank you To Mark Josephson and Eleanor Stanford for the break from the news. Will Dudding, an assistant in the standards department, wrote today’s Back Story. You can reach the team at briefing@nytimes.com. | | P.S. • We’re listening to “The Daily.” Our latest episode is on Gordon Sondland, the man at the center of the Trump impeachment investigation. • Here’s our Mini Crossword, and a clue: Automaker headquartered in Munich (three letters). You can find all our puzzles here. • Adweek named David Rubin, the chief marketing officer of The Times, a Brand Genius for increasing public awareness of our news organization and helping us lift our paid subscriptions to nearly five million. | | Were you sent this briefing by a friend? Sign up here to get the Morning Briefing. | | |
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