The social media platform announced on Sunday that it had taken action against the military force’s Tatmadaw True News Information Team Page for repeatedly violating Facebook’s guidelines prohibiting “incitement of violence and coordinating harm.” Known as the Tatmadaw, the Myanmar military has been accused of brutally suppressing opposition to a …
Read More »Barcelona protests erupt in violence for second night in a row after Spanish rapper arrested for insulting king (VIDEOS)
As night fell over Barcelona on Wednesday, crowds of protesters rolled makeshift barricades down the central Via Laietana, before setting them on fire. The sound of breaking glass could be heard in videos filmed by onlookers, along with the crack of police weapons in nearby streets. Crowds of protesters turned …
Read More »Swedish capital sees 79% spike in shootings as govt laments ‘high levels’ of violence in the Scandinavian country
Interior Minister Mikael Damberg disclosed on Monday that 47 people were killed and 117 injured in 366 shooting incidents in 2020, marking a 10 percent increase in gun violence when compared to statistics from 2019. Damberg noted that in nearly half of the shootings registered last year, someone was injured …
Read More »Words are violence. Voting is terrorism. Free speech is a threat. Where the media establishment can’t win, they’ll redefine
If everyone is permitted to speak freely, their reasoning goes, people’s lives will be put at risk. Those whose opinions diverge from the mainstream should not be permitted to voice those opinions, lest their words hurt people – not just people’s feelings. Yet at the same time as this self-styled …
Read More »‘NO violence’: Trump calls on Americans to ‘calm tempers’ amid political crisis
“In light of reports of more demonstrations, I urge that there must be NO violence, NO lawbreaking and NO vandalism of any kind,” the president said in a statement, published Wednesday by Fox News, with him having been banned by all social media platforms. “That is not what I stand …
Read More »YouTube SUSPENDS Trump’s channel for ‘inciting violence,’ becoming 3rd major platform after Twitter & Facebook to do so
In a statement late on Tuesday, YouTube said that the Trump channel was issued a strike over unspecified “new content,” and pursuant to its long-standing policy, “is now prevented from uploading new videos or live streams for a minimum of seven days.” The video-sharing platform, which was the only major …
Read More »Capitol Hill violence was not a ‘victory’ for Putin: In reality, Russian fears consequences of ongoing US political instability
We constantly hear that ‘the Kremlin’ wants to destroy the international order, undermine democracy, and destabilize the West. Add to this the obsession with Russia that has gripped a large part of the political left in America since 2016, and it was no surprise this week that a connection was …
Read More »At least 30 cars TORCHED in Strasbourg, France as rioters go on annual New Year’s violence spree (VIDEOS)
At least 30 vehicles were destroyed amid the arson on Thursday night, according to police sources cited by French daily Le Figaro. “We are already at a certain number of burnt vehicles,” said the office of Josiane Chevalier, the prefect of the Bas-Rhin region, which contains Strasbourg, adding that several …
Read More »WATCH Proud Boys torching BLM banner amid violence-marred protest day in DC
The Trump-supporting activists were filmed burning a large BLM banner in Washington, DC. Proud Boys chanted slogans denouncing their Antifa rivals and cheered as the black banner doused in accelerant went up in smoke. It was not immediately clear where they got their trophy, but some reports indicated that it …
Read More »Live broadcasting of misogyny, violence & even death: The growth of ‘trash-streaming’, a disturbing Russian internet sub-culture
In essence, trash streamers make money by taking payments for their on-screen actions. Viewers, sometimes in their thousands, send donations with commands for things the streamer should do. Often, these include humiliating other on-screen guests, or offering cash to young girls for performing sexualized actions on camera. ‘Trash-streaming’ has become …
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