🥁 Axios PM: New global symbol

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Open in app View in browser   Presented By Instagram   Axios PM By Mike Allen · Nov 28, 2022 Today's PM — edited by Justin Green — is 496 words, a 2-minute read. ⚡️ Bulletin: The WHO renamed monkeypox as mpox. Go deeper. You're invited! Join Axios' Tina Reed and Caitlin Owens in person in D.C. at 8 a.m. ET on Dec. 7 for an event about health care policy in '23. Register here to attend in person or virtually.     📃 1 big thing: New global symbol Protesters hold up blank white papers today in Hong Kong. Photo: Zen Soo/AP   A blank sheet of paper has become a worldwide symbol, Axios World author Dave Lawler reports. Why it matters: "The white paper represents everything we want to say but cannot say," one protester told Reuters. In China, students and others protested harsh COVID rules with sheets of paper that pose a subtle challenge to the authorities. In Hong Kong, protesters used blank signs to protect against laws deeming pro-democracy slogans an act of sedition or terrorism. In post-Ukraine invasion Russia, individuals were detained after standing in public squares with blank signs — or miming that they were holding "invisible" signs. Zoom out: "I think the white paper is itself a form of protest about the lack of freedom of expression in China," Maya Wang, senior China researcher at Human Rights Watch, told Axios' Han Chen. When any protest message could get you in trouble, "displaying sheets of white paper is kind of like the ultimate protest against this fear," she says. Share this story.     🌋 2. Mauna Loa erupts Mauna Loa as shown via thermal imaging. Photo: U.S. Geological Survey via Cover Images, Reuters The world's largest active volcano, Mauna Loa on Hawaii's Big Island, is erupting for the first time since 1984, Axios' Erin Doherty reports. Many newer residents weren't around when Mauna Loa last erupted, AP reports. The island's population has nearly doubled since 1980. Photo: U.S. Geological Survey via Reuters Above: Lava at the summit, seen by remote cameras. Go deeper.     A message from Instagram Explore 30+ Instagram tools helping teens have positive experiences     Instagram's tools can help parents keep their teens safe on social media, help teens see less sensitive content and help them spend less time on our platform. Because teens' experiences on Instagram should be positive and supportive. Explore our tools and set them up today.     3. Catch up quick Photo: Tom Weller/picture alliance via Getty Images ⚽️ Above: A World Cup spectator jumped onto the pitch in Qatar today, holding a rainbow flag and wearing a Superman T-shirt with messages supporting Ukraine and Iranian women. The white gunman who killed 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket pleaded guilty to state charges. Go deeper. Multiple Houston schools were closed today in response to a city-wide boil water notice affecting more than 2 million people. What you need to know, by Axios Houston. Cryptocurrency lender BlockFi filed for Chapter 11. Go deeper. Elon Musk is going to war with Apple over ad spending and the App Store, Axios Media Trends author Sara Fischer reports. MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell is running to chair the RNC, he told Steve Bannon today. Go deeper.     🐕 4. Video games for your pup Video: Joipaw  Backstory on the doggie video game you saw in Axios AM ... What might sound like a joke is actually a project that could have health benefits for dogs' brains, Axios Gaming author Stephen Totilo reports. Joipaw's game prototypes run on a saliva-resistant touch-screen console that pups play with their snouts. When the dogs succeed, the console dispenses treats. The bottom line: "The most difficult step" has been getting dogs to start playing without peanut butter on the screen, Joipaw co-founder Dersim Avdar says.     A message from Instagram Set up supervision on Instagram to help keep your teen safe online     Parents have support when it comes to keeping their teens safe on Instagram. They can see who their teen follows, who follows them and any reports their teen shares once supervision on Family Center is set up. Explore Family Center and set it up today.   Thanks to Elizabeth Black for copy editing today's PM. Are you a fan of this email format? Your essential communications — to staff, clients and other stakeholders — can have the same style. Axios HQ, a powerful platform, will help you do it.   Axios thanks our partners for supporting our newsletters. If you're interested in advertising, learn more here. Sponsorship has no influence on editorial content. Axios, 3100 Clarendon B‌lvd, Arlington VA 22201   You received this email because you signed up for newsletters from Axios. Change your preferences or unsubscribe here.   Was this email forwarded to you? Sign up now to get Axios in your inbox.   Follow Axios on social media: