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Presidential hopeful Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is suing YouTube and its parent company Google for moderating content he posts online.

The 69-year-old Ivy lawyer filed suit against the Internet giants in a Delaware court late Wednesday. His lawsuit claims his freedom of speech has been violated and alleges the U.S. has taken “extraordinary steps “under the leadership of Joe Biden to silence people it doesn’t want America to hear.”

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Kennedy is a long-shot challenger to President Biden for the Democratic party nomination in the 2024 presidential race. While he’s proven popular with conspiratorial online media sources and right-wing outlets like Fox News, Kennedy has struggled to gain favor with Democrats and even earned admonishment from his famous political family. A exact poll shows him trailing Biden by as much as 60 points.

The son of assassinated 1968 presidential candidate Bobby Kennedy, Kennedy is a critic of vaccines, including those used to curb the COVID-19 pandemic that’s killed more than a million Americans since 2020.

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His complaint claims YouTube frequently blocks content posted by Kennedy on the grounds of “medical misinformation” policies.

“On information and belief, it did so based on statements from the Biden administration about what information to censor,” Kennedy’s complaint alleges.

Kennedy’s legal team complains content taken offline sometimes comes from their client’s 2024 presidential campaign and worries the problem will worsen as primary elections draw nearer.

Among Kennedy’s many controversies was a dinner last month where he made claims about COVID-19 some critics found antisemitic.

“COVID-19 is targeted to attack Caucasians and Black people,” he asserted. “The races that are most immune to COVID-19 are Ashkenazi Jews and Chinese.”

Kennedy later tweeted his comments were being taken out of context and he never implied “the ethnic effect was deliberately engineered.”

His lawsuit was filed in Delaware, where Google and YouTube incorporated. Kennedy resides in New York. The defendants are headquartered in California.

Google purchased the popular video-sharing website in 2006. A spokesman for the company told the Daily News the Team Kennedy YouTube channel has over 46,000 subscribers and over a million views across its videos, which are held to the same standard as those of other platform users.

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“YouTube applies its community guidelines independently, transparently and consistently, regardless of political viewpoint,” that spokesman said. “These claims are meritless, and we look forward to refuting them.”

The Biden administration has not replied to a request for comment.

Google has been ordered to hand over the account information and IP address of a person who a Victorian Labor candidate alleges defamed them in an email.

Nurul Khan was endorsed to run for the Labor party in last year’s state election, but an email littered with allegations against him was sent to ministers and news organisations on 9 November.

He was subsequently disendorsed as an upper house candidate for the Western Metropolitan region before the 26 November poll.

Khan has taken Google to the federal court, seeking to find out the identity of the anonymous sender so he can sue that person for defamation.

His barrister, Justin Castelan, described the contents of the email as “absolutely defamatory”, practicing out a number of the sender’s claims to the court on Tuesday.

The email accused Khan of corruption and abuse, saying he had to pay fines for being unethical.

Castelan sought to have Google hand over the sender’s user account information and IP address.

Representatives for Google did not appear at the federal court in Melbourne on Tuesday, instead sending through a proposed order.

Justice Catherine Button ordered the tech giant to provide the subscriber registration information from the Google account, as well as the email address’s IP logins on and around 9 November.

The company has 20 days to comply from the service of the order.

Another hearing has been set down for August to see if Khan can persist with his defamation action.

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TAIPEI--The pro-China opposition candidate in Taiwan's presidential election set for early next year has chosen a former Google executive as his running mate.

Chang San-cheng, a political independent, on Monday joined the ticket of Nationalist Party candidate Han Kuo-yu, who lags behind Democratic Progressive Party incumbent Tsai Ing-wen in most polls. Chang is an engineer who received master's and doctoral degrees from Stanford and Cornell universities in the United States.

China claims sovereignty over Taiwan and has sought to isolate Tsai for her independence-leaning positions. The sides split amid civil war in 1949 and Beijing has threatened to use military force to bring the self-governing, democratic island under its control.

Chang served briefly as Cabinet chief in the administration of Tsai's predecessor, Ma Ying-jeou, who was favored by Beijing for his policies promoting integration between the sides.

Chang worked as search engine Google's head of technology in Asia from 2010 to 2012.

The presidential election is scheduled for Jan. 11, along with polls for the legislature.

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PCR Job Board

PCRecruiter’s job board ensures your job posting is responsive to any device that applicants may be accessing your job site from. The Job Board is hosted on the PCRecruiter server, so you can easily embed or link to your recruiting agency or client’s job site from virtually any platform, such as WordPress.

You can configure different job postings to solicit different amounts or types of information, from simply a name and résumé to a more complex application that asks for references and work history. Each form can be optimized with certain criteria to automatically sort and qualify applicants who apply through your PCR Job Board, but this is the extent of PCRecruiter’s automatic candidate matching for now. PCRecruiter will roll out automatic candidate matching features in version 10 in 2024.

PCRecruiter also connects to major job boards such as LinkedIn and Indeed and creates shareable links for Facebook, Twitter, Broadband, CareerBuilder, Dice, Monster and others if your recruiting agency already has accounts for those sites.

Once a candidate submits their application, a customized confirmation message appears, and the system automatically sends a confirmation email to the applicant and the hiring contact.

PCR Capture

PCR Capture is PCRecruiter’s browser extension for Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge that allows you to easily import candidate data from external websites, such as the candidate’s LinkedIn profile. That way, there’s no need to copy and paste information over from one window to another.

PCR Resume Inhaler

The Resume Inhaler is a bulk parsing tool that allows you to bulk-import résumés into your PCRecruiter database. When you import résumés from an Excel list, for example, it parses the information and creates or updates a record in the database.

Candidate Database

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PCRecruiter is in the process of making its search functions more intuitive but otherwise enables Boolean searches based on keywords that appear in résumés, notes, profiles or all of the above.

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The “Inbox” marks the beginning of PCRecruiter’s pipeline. This is where candidates land when they submit their application. You can also manually add candidates to the pipeline via the PCR Capture browser plug-in, the PCR Job Board or directly from your Gmail or Outlook inbox. Alternatively, you can search for their name in the database or from within the “Inbox” section of the pipeline.

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The drawback with PCRecruiter is that you have to manually review each application, unless an applicant lands in the inbox from the PCR Job Board, which can automatically qualify candidates. PCRecruiter will be adding AI-powered candidate matching in 2024 to expand its automated matching capabilities.

PCRecruiter Sequencing for Automated Workflows

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Sequencing is particularly helpful for managing candidate outreach. For instance, once a candidate gets added to your database through LinkedIn, ZoomInfo, HireEasy, Gmail or Outlook, you can place them in one of your customized sequences for different interaction types—whether email, social media, text messaging or phone call. Outcomes of each interaction automatically get logged into the system, and you have a clear idea of what action to take next. PCRecruiter’s sequences ensure that you interact with candidates in a timely and personalized manner.

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Getting back into the office is something that a lot of companies are focusing on. Whether it’s full-time or for a hybrid work schedule, there are benefits to having employees in the office in person. If your company has had some restructuring over the past few years, you may be wondering how to find employees for in-person work. You can hire top candidates near your office with the help of the best job search sites, such as ZipRecruiter.

You can use job search engines to look for candidates in your area. That way, you’ll be able to go through the best field of potential hires after you post a job for free. But how exactly do you go about looking for employees nearby? Here are some of the best ways how.

Hire top candidates near you

1) ZipRecruiter

If you’re wondering how to find employees for your local business, there are plenty of ways to get started. For example, ZipRecruiter allows you to post a job for free during a four-day free trial. Once you’ve set up an account, you can use the customizable templates to create your job description and list that you are interested in local candidates. After the job is posted, it will be sent to over 100 of the best job search sites. That way, your “Help Wanted” ad will be turned into more of an “Open for Business” sign.

ZipRecruiter’s powerful matching technology will scan thousands of resumes, so it does the looking for employees for you. It will match ones with the right experience, skills, and even those are nearby your work, and actively invite them to apply. It’s a built-in job recruiter. Plus, you can send a personalized message to candidates you’ve found in your search to advise them of the job opening. 

Your employee search delivers great candidates this way. Then, you can filter more through ones who are interested in working either full-time at the office or on a hybrid schedule. Through the smart and easy-to-use dashboard, you can rate and review the potential hires. As you’re going through the interviewing process, it’s easy to reference. 

More job search engines to utilize

2) Indeed

Indeed is another popular job board that employers use for posting in-person opportunities. You can fill out your job posting with the job description and, with a basic subscription, a job posting is free. Adding in a screener question that mentions the want for workers to come into the office is a breeze. On Indeed, you can virtually interview candidates to discuss the opportunity.

3) Indeed

LinkedIn is also a potential option for employers. With a site that many people go on frequently, it has familiarity for job seekers. Also, you can post a job for free. But paying for a sponsored post is different, as the price isn’t the same for entry-level jobs as it is for more seasoned roles. Regardless, you’ll be able to wade through a candidate pool that shows you which candidates are where.

4) CareerBuilder

Another one of the job boards many use is CareerBuilder. While it isn’t free to use for long, it does offer entry-level packages for as little as $349/month. That gives you up to 310 resume notifications a month and you can see what candidates are out there to match with. Utilizing the in-person or virtual hiring events through CareerBuilder is a great sell for finding the candidates you want.

Hiring for hybrid work schedules

If, like many companies, you won’t be requiring workers to come in every day, you can alter your job postings to reflect that. This is an important way to hire top candidates near you because you’re giving them flexibility. If your role can extend to some work-from-home days, you may see a boost in job applications.

At ZipRecruiter, use the “TrafficBoost” tool to provide an extra push for your posting. This increases placement, visibility, and availability on the many job boards your post is going to. It is a vital tool because it will continue to promote your posting for either up to 30 days or until it garners the views you want. If you’re trying to find how to hire local people for hybrid work, this is a way to get your job in front of more eyes.

Make sure to publicize that you’re offering remote work as a part of your role. One of the best ways to hire employees in this job market is to offer a hybrid work schedule, as it allows for flexibility. Highlighting that in your job posting can deliver more views, as one of the top options listed on many of the best recruiting platforms is “remote work.” It’s an easy way to sort through roles for job seekers.

For those who don’t offer full-time remote work, you may have to weed out a few candidates who are only looking for that. Regardless, hiring for a hybrid schedule as well as an in-person role is made easier with the help of job recruiting websites. Utilize them to the best of your company’s ability. It delivers candidates to best fit your role.

A new report reveals a powerful upcoming Google Photos feature destined exclusively for Google’s anticipated Pixel 8 smartphones. Picked up by the unofficial Google News Telegram group, the information comes in the form of a purportedly leaked video, posted by a mystery Twitter user known as “EZ.”

The video demonstrates a new Audio Magic Eraser feature, which identifies the sounds in a recorded video clip and automatically “erases” any distracting background noises while keeping the main soundtrack intact.

In the example given, a woman is seen skateboarding over a footbridge, while children cheer and whoop in the background. Importantly, the rumbling of her wheels is clearly audible throughout. A finger then taps a new Audio Magic Eraser button, which causes the smartphone to display the message “Identifying sounds” before offering a selection of different kinds of audio that can be erased from the soundtrack.

Options for “Noise” and “People” and “Music” are visible, although we don’t get to see the whole selection, so there may be more. Finally, a slider is available to adjust the strength of the effect.

In the video, Noise is selected and the rumbling sound of the wheels is automatically effectively removed, leaving other sounds, including the appreciative sounds of the children, intact.

It remains to be seen how effective the feature will be in day-to-day use, but the demo certainly seems impressive. I can see practical uses for the other options too, such as removing the speech of someone who inadvertently talks over your recording or deleting commercial music that might otherwise cause online platforms to reject your video on copyright grounds.

While the origin of the video hasn’t been verified, it does bear all the hallmarks of an official Google promo. It also briefly displays a Pixel 8 Pro handset at the end of the sequence in the new “Sky” blue color.

Google has a track record of announcing exclusive camera features when launching new flagship smartphones. For example, the Pixel 7 range received the Photo Unblur feature last year, showcasing the power of Google’s Tensor G2 chip. This year’s Pixel 8 range is tipped to feature a new Tensor G3 chip when it arrives later this October, so Audio Magic Eraser would be an ideal candidate to demonstrate the power of the new smartphones.

This may also mean that the feature never arrives on lesser Pixels, but only time will tell.

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