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This, at a time when Vladimir Putin          has asserted, “Whoever becomes the leader in this sphere [artificial          intelligence] will become the ruler of the world.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   • \u003cb\u003eHow John Mark Dougan\u003c\/b\u003e, a former deputy sheriff in Mar-a-Lago’s Palm          Beach County, says he \u003cb\u003eacquired 478 videos confiscated from the          Jeffrey Epstein investigation\u003c\/b\u003e, fled to Moscow, became only the          fourth American to win asylum in Russia, and immediately gained access          to Putin’s inner circle, showing the ongoing power that comes from          kompromat and how its value is highest before it is “used.”","brand":"None","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47172040425682,"sku":"9780593182536","price":40.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}]},{"product_id":"hate-speech","title":"Hate Speech","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn investigation of hate speech: legal approaches, current controversies, and suggestions for limiting its spread.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHate speech can happen anywhere--in Charlottesville, Virginia, where young men in khakis shouted, \"Jews will not replace us\"; in Myanmar, where the military used Facebook to target the Muslim Rohingya; in Capetown, South Africa, where a pastor called on ISIS to rid South Africa of the \"homosexual curse.\" In person or online, people wield language to attack others for their race, national origin, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, or other aspects of identity. 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