In a ruling filed on Monday, the US microblogging site lost the immunity that prevents it from being held liable for content posted by its users. The decision was made on the premise that Twitter is not respecting India’s “law of the land.” The decision comes after a complaint over …
Read More »‘Stunning hypocrisy’: Top Democrats rape & assault with impunity due to media protection, Tara Reade tells RT’s Rick Sanchez
Tara Reade, 57, worked for the current US president in the early 1990s, when she claims he sexually assaulted her in Congress. She went public with the accusation during the 2020 presidential race. In her interview with RT America, Ms. Reade recalls that when she first came forward in 1993, …
Read More »US says China should do more for intellectual property protection, as Beijing struggles to meet trade deal targets
The office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) has kept China on its “priority watch list” for intellectual property (IP) rights enforcement problems, according to the agency’s report published on Friday. While the list included eight more countries – Argentina, Chile, India, Indonesia, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Ukraine, and Venezuela – …
Read More »Twitch’s bans for off-platform behavior in the name of ‘protection’ look like more high-tech censorship
It is said that the road to hell is paved with good intentions. In that metaphor, if the brick and mortar is good intention, then the signposts that lead to the road are all misleading advertisements. Twitch, which is easily the largest live streaming service in the world, announced that …
Read More »French Muslim journalist who criticized govt ‘Islamophobia’ asks Macron for protection after receiving death threats
Journalist Nadiya Lazzouni told the BFM TV channel she was in contact with Macron’s administration and had asked for protection. She said she had been informed by a presidential security adviser that the authorities were treating the situation “very seriously” and “an investigation has been launched in order to assess …
Read More »Biden admin grants temporary protection to thousands of Venezuelan migrants, admits US sanctions failed to spur regime change
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the Temporary Protected Status designation on Monday, allowing some 320,000 eligible migrants to stay in the US for another 18 months while citing “extraordinary” conditions in the Latin American nation that prevent citizens from returning home. “The living conditions in Venezuela reveal a …
Read More »‘We’ll give him protection’: Mexican president promises asylum for Julian Assange
“Assange is a journalist and deserves a chance, I am in favor of pardoning him,” President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador told reporters on Monday, saying “we’ll give him protection.” “Our tradition is protection,” Obrador added. Earlier on Monday, Judge Vanessa Baraitser refused to extradite Assange to the US, where he …
Read More »iPhone manufacturer promised ‘protection’ by govt after angry workers TRASHED factory in India over salary dispute (VIDEOS)
Police have been ordered to provide “necessary protection” for Taiwan-based gadget manufacturer Wistron, whose assembly plant was hit by a riot on Saturday morning, Karnataka State Industries Minister Jagadish Shettar said. He condemned the violence as “unfortunate and unacceptable” and promised “a full and fair investigation” into the incident. At …
Read More »Austrian government steps up protection of churches after Vienna attack in run-up to Christmas
The attacker may have also intended to target houses of worship, Interior Minister Karl Nehammer said on Thursday. “It cannot be ruled out that the perpetrator also wanted to deliberately seek out victims in churches,” Nehammer told reporters, citing the investigation’s findings. “There will therefore be a reinforced protection of …
Read More »‘Protection of white supremacy’: AOC leads liberal outrage after Kenosha shooter Rittenhouse released on bail
“Does anyone believe Rittenhouse would be released if he were Muslim & did the same thing in a diff context?” Ocasio-Cortez tweeted on Saturday. Rittenhouse’s expensive release is proof of “systematic racism,” according to the congresswoman. “For people who say ‘systemic racism doesn’t exist,’ this is what it looks like: …
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