PARIS: A Paris court on Monday sentenced 10 individuals for cyberbullying France’s First Lady, Brigitte Macron, over false claims about her gender and insinuations concerning the age difference between her and President Emmanuel Macron. Read More: Paris court punishes cyberbullies targeting Macron The Macron couple, whose 24-year age gap has drawn public attention since Emmanuel Macron’s rise to […]
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Bondi Beach shooters trained in NSW countryside
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA: Police allege that Sajid Akram, 50, and his son Naveed, 24, conducted tactical firearms training in the New South Wales (NSW) countryside prior to last week’s deadly mass shooting at Bondi Beach. Read More: ‘Dark Day’ for Australia as 12 killed in Bondi Beach shooting The attack, targeting a Hanukkah event, killed 15 people in Australia’s deadliest […]
Australian lifeguards observe silence for Bondi shooting victims
Australian surf lifesavers lined Sydney’s Bondi Beach on Saturday to honour the 15 people killed in a mass shooting at a Jewish festival. Standing along the shoreline in their red-and-yellow uniforms, rescuers observed a three-minute silence, some embracing or shedding tears, as a helicopter hovered overhead. The ceremony came six days after the December 14 […]
Gunman Killed After Attack on Ahmadi Worship Place in Chenab Nagar
LAHORE: A gunman opened fire outside an Ahmadi community worship place in Chenab Nagar, Chiniot district, on Friday, injuring six security guards before being shot dead by police. The attack took place outside Baitul Mehdi, a prominent Ahmadi worship place in Rabwah, when the assailant approached carrying a pistol and opened fire on volunteer security […]
Senate Panel Warns Against Hate Speech Threat
A Senate committee in Islamabad raised alarm on Monday over hate speech against the Sindhi community. The panel condemned vlogger Rizwan Razi’s remarks, aired on national television, as divisive and dangerous. Lawmakers said such rhetoric threatened national unity and could not be ignored. The Senate Standing Committee on Rules of Procedure and Privileges, chaired by […]
Twitter begins enforcing rules on ‘hateful, abusive’ content
Twitter said it began enforcing new rules Monday aimed at filtering out “hateful” and “abusive” content on the social network including messages which promote or glorify violence. The platform has long faced criticism over how it deals with hate groups and content, which led it to removing verification badges from prominent US white nationalists last […]