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It's not been a good week for Facebook – but then it's not been a good week for any of us, unless coming to understand the enormous scale of its influence is a good thing. It turns out that Facebook has been collecting extraordinary amounts of data about us and this data has been used to influence everything from what we buy to how we vote. Facebook – like other mega- tech companies – has become a law to itself, permeating every layer of our lives, knowing more about us than we know about ourselves. And that knowledge is being used to shape our behaviour by companies like Cambridge Analytica, now in the full glare of media and government scrutiny after it was found to be harvesting and selling data without consent. Reuters Facebook is said to know more about us than we know about ourselves. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, after some days of paralysed silence, has said he's sorry and that what's happened is 'clearly a mistake'. But for many observers it just shows how powerful Facebook, Google and their ilk actually are. The BBC quotes advertising boss David Kershaw, who describes them as an 'oligopoly' – not quite a monopoly, but a state in which a very few companies hold enormous power. And it's power that prompts the headline. The book of Revelation is not really about future events. It's a critique of the present and insofar as it is concerned with the future, it is a warning: this is what life under an all-powerful Roman state is like for Christians now, in the 1<sup>st century, and this is what it's going to be like for you, the readers of 2,000 years later, as well. The power of the state in Revelation is characterised as a dragon, a beast; it is Babylon. You cannot trust it. It will seek to gather everyone into its grip, marking them with its sign on the forehead or the hand. If you don't resist it and refuse it, you'll be judged along with all the other apostates who put the world before Christ. At this point, someone's saying: Facebook, though, really? Cat videos? But that's the point: we now know that there's a dark side to it. It feeds us what it thinks we want to see. It reinforces our prejudices, and implants a few more. It subtly, cleverly makes us think in different ways. Donald Trump becomes president of the United States. Britain votes to leave the EU. Putin is re-elected yet again. Those cat videos are the sweet and furry face of power. That's why #deletefacebook is trending on Twitter – ironically, another giant data harvester. And that irony indicates just how complicated this whole thing is. It's all very well thinking we can unplug ourselves from the world – and yes, we can delete Facebook if we want and try to reduce our online presence as far as we can. But aside from the practical difficulties of this – the online world is increasingly the real world in which we have to live – it doesn't really solve the problem, because we can only distance ourselves so far. Saying it's nothing to do with us because we aren't on Facebook becomes a form of virtue signalling, like refusing to eat avocados or peanut butter: it doesn't actually make any difference. And that's the problem with these huge anti-Christ powers in general – like the state, whichever state it is, or an unaccountable company or institution, or any of the principalities and powers that exercise such control over us while we hardly realise it. It is desperately hard to be different, to stand up and say, 'I do not accept this.' We have to live in the world, but we struggle not to be of the world. Resistance, though, begins when we recognise our enemy. The state, whether it's the British state with established religion embedded deep in its structure or the American state with 'In God We Trust' on its banknotes, is not the Kingdom of God. It's Babylon. Those Facebook cats? They are dragons. Resisting Babylon involves keeping ourselves, as far as possible, unstained by the world (James 1:27). This requires constant vigilance, a monitoring of what we see and what we're told, a refusal to take anything for granted, a watchful testing of culture and beliefs against the standard of the gospel. It's hard. Or, as we might say: 'This calls for endurance on the part of God's people, those who obey God's commandments and are faithful to Jesus' (Revelation 14:1
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Former Liverpool wonderkid Jordon Ibe has not entirely ruled out the possibility of representing Nigeria in future, according to reports from his country of birth, England. The Bournemouth winger refused to pledge his allegiance to Nigeria when he was approached by former Super Eagles coach Sunday Oliseh in 2015, saying as at that time that he would prefer waiting for a call-up to the Three Lions. The Sun has reported that the Nigerian Federation made contact again with Ibe shortly after his move from Liverpool to Bournemouth for £15million in 2016 but he wanted to settle into his new team. Nigeria manager Gernot Rohr has offered the Cherries number 33 a ticket to the 2018 World Cup if he commits his international future to Nigeria over England. After finding things tough in his maiden season at Bournemouth, Ibe has impressed this term, making 33 appearances in all competitions and has been directly involved in ten goals ( 2 goals, 8 assists). Former England youth-team stars Alex Iwobi, Ola Aina and Victor Moses later chose to play for Nigeria's senior team and are set to be part of the country's 23-man roster for the World Cup. Born in London, Ibe has represented England's U18, U19, U20 and U21 teams and has to file a one-time switch with FIFA if he decides to suit up for Nigeria.
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Munir El-Haddadi has revealed that he is desperate to turn out for Morocco at the 2018 World Cup. Munir is still contracted to Barcelona, but the 22-year-old spent last season on loan at Valencia, and is currently with Alaves, where he has scored once in 12 La Liga appearances this season. The attacker qualifies for Morocco through his father, but has already earned one cap for Spain, which came in a qualifier for Euro 2016. It is understood that the Moroccan Football Association have asked FIFA for special dispensation in order to represent the nation at the 2018 World Cup, and Munir is desperate for good news. "I'd like to play for Morocco at the World Cup," Munir confirmed to EFE. Morocco will be present at the finals of a World Cup for the first time since 1998. |
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West Sydney vs Sydney fc- over 1.5
Frankfurt vs bayern Munich - 12&1.5
Tottenham vs stoke city-1x&u4.5
Monaco vs troyes-1x&u4.5
Amiens vs Lyon-x2&u4.5
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Croatian coach Zdravko Logarušić has provided the lowdown on the Nigerian national team ahead of their very important 2018 World Cup opener against Nigeria, and has written off the Super Eagles defense. Nigeria manager Gernot Rohr played with a four- man defense during the World Cup qualifiers, with Abdullahi Shehu, William Troost-Ekong, Leon Balogun and Elderson Echiejile his preferred formation. In his own words, Logarušić claims he has been contacted by one of the richest men in Nigeria, Ifeanyi Ubah, to handle the Nnewi based club ahead of the new season. ''According to what I have observed with the Nigerian team, their defense is the weaker part of the team, but they are very, very dangerous in attack,'' Logarušić told sportske.jutarnji.hr. ''Also, they are exceptionally strong in dead ball situations, they are dominant in heading. ''The first match at the World Cup will be the best, because it will be full of motivation and confidence. ''If they do not get it, then they know they will fail so it is very uncomfortable to play with them first. They have to be monitored well, have all the information they need.'' Nigeria and Croatia face off at the Kaliningrad Stadium, Kaliningrad on June 16, 2018.
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