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The eSafety Commissioner’s announcement comes a day after Russia charged CEO Pavel Durov with facilitating terrorism Australia has taken legal action against Telegram over alleged failures to tackle terrorism-related content. Just the day before, Russia launched its own case against the messaging platform and its founder, Russian-born entrepreneur Pavel Durov.The Australian eSafety commissioner announced on Thursday that it had started civil proceedings in federal court for Telegram’s “alleged failure to detect and remove pro-terror material from the platform including videos of terrorist executions and mass shootings,” despite complaints from users.The regulator said videos of the 2019 Christchurch mosque massacre and…
Screenshot Seattle’s far-left Mayor Katie Wilson reportedly fired Police Chief Shon Barnes on Wednesday night, just days after a deadly mass shooting rocked the city and triggered fierce scrutiny of City Hall’s disastrous response. According to five sources who spoke to FOX 13 Seattle, Barnes began texting people Wednesday evening about his dismissal. He had been scheduled for one-on-one media interviews that afternoon, but those were abruptly canceled. Barnes appeared at a silent vigil for the victims around 6:30 p.m., placed flowers, then left abruptly for a meeting with the mayor, after which he was told to resign. According to…
FIFA has officially charged Argentina for waving a politically charged flag at the World Cup after defeating England in the semi-final. The controversial moment came when players were seen celebrating in front of a flag bearing the message, “Las Malvinas son Argentinas,” which translates to “The Malvinas (the Argentinian term for the Falkland Islands) are Argentine.” The Falklands have been under British rule for 193 years and were central to the 1982 Falklands War, a 72-day conflict in which British troops successfully repelled an invading Argentine force. English explorers landed on the archipelago a century before Argentina had even been an…
Former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) chief Anthony Fauci is hiding behind a “fraudulent” autopen pardon, Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) said during Wednesday’s hearing as Fauci continued to refuse to answer any and all questions, repeatedly invoking the Fifth Amendment. Scott offered Fauci a perspective on how his poor leadership impacted his own family, noting that he has daughters with children. “You can’t imagine the questions they had around vaccines for their kids and themselves, and the pressure — the unbelievable pressure — to make the right decision for their health,” Scott said, explaining that pregnant women were…
Now, Harry has 13 million issues to solve The lawsuit became a real problem for the celebrity claimants. First, the privacy lawsuit loss was a big confidence blow for Prince Harry, especially with the judge saying such tough words against the claimants’ manufactured answers. But that was not the end of the troubles. Now, Prince Harry and his celebrity co-claimants may have to pay $13.3 million in interim legal costs to the Daily Mail’s publisher. Prince Harry and co may have to foot legal bill of millions over doomed phone hacking claims against the Mail https://t.co/agHJYfPFkP — Daily Mail (@DailyMail)…
The U.S. military launched a new round of strikes against Iran Wednesday evening after President Donald Trump vowed to hit the Islamic Republic “very hard” in response to Iran’s attempted ballistic missile attack on U.S. forces in Jordan the previous day. U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) announced Wednesday evening that U.S. forces had begun striking Iran, describing the operation as “a powerful response to yesterday’s attempted Iranian attacks on U.S. forces based in the Middle East.” “U.S. forces began launching strikes against Iran at 8 p.m. ET today,” CENTCOM said. “The strikes are a powerful response to yesterday’s attempted Iranian attacks…
The British government is seeking to build “at least six new munitions and energetics factories” after the Ukraine War experience showed how fast ammunition is used in a near-peer conflict, and how long it takes to make more when the industrial base no longer exists. The Ministry of Defence has announced a funding package to support 22 unnamed companies to underwrite their costs in building “at least six” new factories to produce what the industry calls energetics, which might better be known as explosives, propellants, and pyrotechnics. The selected businesses will receive up to £300,000 each to “develop proposals for the creation…
The Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) began encouraging vulnerable residents – such as the elderly, pregnant women, and those with chronic diseases – to seek out Wuhan coronavirus vaccine products and use sanitary masks as the rate of coronavirus infections skyrocketed in July. The Chinese state newspaper Global Times first announced in English the CDC warning of a spike in Wuhan coronavirus cases on July 26, insisting that the virus appears to be spreading much faster in southern China than in the north and that it does not appear to be causing severe infections in most people.…
Efforts to pass legislation governing the nation’s $19 billion college sports industry are teetering amid a fierce lobbying fight over media rights and antitrust protections. The Protect College Sports Act advanced out of the Senate Commerce Committee on a 19-9 vote last month that pulled in seven Democrats. It was a hopeful moment for advocates of the Senate’s yearslong legislative push to regulate college athletics after the 2021 landmark Supreme Court decision that ultimately led to the NCAA allowing college athletes to profit off of their name, image and likeness. But nine people close to the process say Senate Commerce…
President Trump took a swipe at John Cornyn as the RINO Senator refuses to vote to confirm Todd Blanche as Attorney General. Senator John Cornyn is continuing his anti-Trump crusade after losing the Texas Senate primary to Ken Paxton earlier this year. The Senate Judiciary Committee is voting on whether to advance Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s nomination on Thursday. Tillis and Cornyn are still holdouts and continue to make demands from the DOJ on its language related to restricting Trump’s IRS agreement. On Tuesday, after whining about the push to cancel August recess over the SAVE America Act, Cornyn…