“Digital platforms are being misused to subvert science and spread disinformation and hate to billions of people,” António Guterres warned. United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday implored governments around the world to take concerted action to curb the rapid online spread of destructive misinformation, disinformation, and hate speech. “Alarm bells over the latest form […]
WASHINGTON — Simmering grievances, political divides, a steady proliferation of online neo-Nazi propaganda, and the approach of the 2024 presidential election are keeping the United States stuck in a “heightened threat environment,” according to the latest warning from U.S. homeland security officials. The Department of Homeland Security reissued a National Terrorism Advisory System bulletin Wednesday, saying […]
AST officers responded to the Mat-Su Regional Hospital after receiving a disturbance call from that location at 4:55 pm on Tuesday. When they arrived, they opened an investigation and spoke to staff. The investigation reve3aled that 53-year-old David Filiarault of Anchorage had threatened to drive his truck through the lobby and into the receptions desk. […]
“It didn’t stop me from acting in a way which I think is the right thing to do,” said Agnès Callamard, the top investigator into the gruesome murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. A senior Saudi official reportedly threatened to “take care of” Agnès Callamard, the United Nations special rapporteur on extrajudicial killings, after she investigated the assassination of Saudi journalist […]