Tuesday, March 17, 2015
Sunday, February 22, 2015
French minister asks Google, Facebook, Twitter to investigate, remove terrorist propaganda content from the web
International News |
| French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve asked the tech giants to cooperate during investigations and immediately remove terrorist propaganda. |
On Jan. 7, two gunmen killed 12 people and injured 11 more during an attack on the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo in Paris. A third gunman killed a policewoman Jan. 8 and then killed four more people a day later after taking hostages at a kosher supermarket in Paris. Police killed the three gunmen.
Cazeneuve said he called on the tech companies to join in the fight against terrorist propaganda disseminated on the Internet and to block terrorists' ability to use websites and videos to recruit and indoctrinate new followers.
Twitter and Facebook spokespeople said they do everything they can to stop material that incites violence but didn't say whether they would heed the minister's request for direct cooperation with French authorities.
"We regularly host ministers and other governmental officials from across the world at Facebook, and were happy to welcome Mr. Cazeneuve today," a Facebook spokesperson said. "We work aggressively to ensure that we do not have terrorists or terror groups using the site, and we also remove any content that praises or supports terrorism."
When asked whether Twitter would work closely with French investigators, a spokesperson said their website outlines the guidelines for law enforcement to request information.
"We review all reported content against our rules, which prohibit direct, specific threats of violence against others," the spokesperson wrote in an email.
An email to Google requesting comment was not immediately answered.
The pace of foreign fighters joining the Islamic State and other extremist groups has not slowed and at least 3,400 come from Western nations among 20,000 from around the world, US intelligence officials say.
"I told them we can figure this out together, we can come up with counter-terrorism speech and block these sites that are enticing the most vulnerable members of our society to commit terrorist acts," he said.
France also is pushing to treat jihadi material on the Internet like child porn, a task that before the attacks in Paris was getting scant traction but now seems to have caught the attention of Europe's top security officials.
Cazeneuve said the meeting Friday is a first step in building a strong relationship between the tech companies and the French government. He said he invited them to go to Paris in April to continue the conversation
Sunday, January 25, 2015
Oklahoma police release video of cop fatally shooting armed, fleeing man
Warning: Some readers might not want to watch the video released by law enforcement because of its graphic content.
Oklahoma police released a video Friday from the body camera of a cop who fatally shot a suspect earlier this month.
Muskogee
Officer Chansey McMillin, responding to a domestic abuse complaint,
approached 21-year-old Terrance Walker outside the Old Agency Baptist
Church on Jan. 17, according to local media.
Uchaguzi wa Rais Zambia
Mgombea wa chama tawala cha Patriotic Front, Edgar Lungu ameshinda uchaguzi wa urais nchini Zambia.
Kwa mujibu wa Tume ya uchaguzi nchini humo imesema kuwa Lungu ambaye alikuwa Waziri wa ulinzi wa nchi hiyo amepata asilimia 48 ya kura zilizopigwa na alikabiliwa na upinzani mkali kutoka kwa mgombea wa upinzani Hakainde Hichilema.Uchaguzi huo uliandaliwa kufuatia kifo cha rais Michael Sata ambaye alifariki dunia mwezi Oktoba mwaka jana na nafasi hiyo kushikiliwa na Guy Scott.
Tanzania's energy minister quits over graft scandal, denies wrongdoing
DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - Tanzania's Energy and Minerals Minister Sospeter Muhongo resigned on Saturday amid a graft scandal that has rocked the gas-rich country and led Western donors to delay aid, though he called himself "incorruptible" and denied wrongdoing.
Muhongo became the third cabinet member, after the attorney general and the minister for land, to lose his job over the scandal, which involves the transfer of at least $122 million.
Ronaldo apologises for moment of madness
Real
Madrid's Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo (C) kicks the leg of
Cordoba's Brazilian defender Edimar Fraga, earning him a red card during
their Spanish league football match on January 24, 2015 in Cordoba (AFP
Photo/Cristina Quicler)
Madrid (AFP) - Three-time World Player of the Year Cristiano Ronaldo
has apologised to Cordoba defender Edimar for the kick that saw the
Portuguese sent-off for the ninth time in his career in Real Madrid's
2-1 win on Saturday.
Arsenal to buy Villarreal's Gabriel Paulista
BARCELONA (Reuters) - Villarreal have agreed to sell Brazilian defender Gabriel Paulista to Arsenal with Costa Rican striker Joel Campbell going the other way on loan until the end of the season, the Spanish club said on Saturday.
The 24-year-old centre back will undergo a medical with the London club on Monday before signing a deal. US Muslims threatened after 'American Sniper'
Hosts
Chris Pine and Cheryl Boone announce the movie 'American Sniper' as one
of the Oscar nominees for Best Picture in Beverly Hills, California on
January 15, 2015 (AFP Photo/Mark Ralston)
Washington
(AFP) - Muslims are facing increased threats in the United States after
the release of the movie "American Sniper," an American-Arab
organization said in letters to director Clint Eastwood and star Bradley
Cooper.
Obama, Modi cite breakthrough on India civil nuclear program
NEW DELHI — President
Barack Obama and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi say they have
achieved a breakthrough understanding to free up U.S. investment in
nuclear energy development in India.
Thursday, January 22, 2015
Mbwana Samata at CSKA MOSCOW ground training
Tottenham Hotspur needed a 73rd-minute penalty from Andros Townsend to secure a slender 1-0
Tottenham Hotspur needed a 73rd-minute penalty from Andros Townsend to secure a slender 1-0 advantage over third tier Sheffield United after the home leg of their League Cup semifinal on Wednesday.
It had looked like being a frustrating evening for the Premier League side and four times winners, whose laboured efforts to break down their lower league opponents came to nothing for most of the encounter.
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Bordeaux agree deal to sign Thelin
Girondins Bordeaux have reached a "verbal agreement" with Malmo FF to buy Sweden striker Isaac Kiese Thelin, the Swedish champions announced on Tuesday.
"After discussions between the two clubs, Malmo FF have decided to accept a bid from FC Girondins de Bordeaux for Isaac Kiese Thelin," the Swedish club said in a statement.
"The clubs have made a verbal agreement and Isaac Kiese Thelin will meet FC Girondins de Bordeaux tomorrow."
The 22-year-old forward shot to prominence during a six-month spell at Malmo, who he joined from Norrkoping last year.
He scored five goals in 14 games as Malmo won the league title and played a key role as they became the first Swedish team to reach Champions League group stage in 14 years.
Kiese Thelin was rewarded with a call-up to Erik Hamren's Sweden squad, making his debut against Montenegro in November.
Malmo did not give any details of the transfer fee or length of contract.
AMAJITA INTO COMMONWEALTH CUP SEMIS
Amajita turned on a second half vintage performance to storm into the last four of the Commonwealth Cup taking place in St Petersburg after overcoming hosts Russia 2-0 in a thrilling quarterfinal encounter.
The South Africans will now meet Belarus for a place in the final while in another semifinal encounter scheduled for Friday, 23 January at this imposing indoor complex, Turkmenistan play Finland.
Boko Haram leader says God ordered him to carry out massacre, 'this is just the beginning'
The leader of the terror group Boko Haram says God commanded him to massacre hundreds of people in northeastern Nigeria, an attack described by human rights groups as the worst so far by the militia.
More than 7500 people fled the assault that began January 3 on the town of Baga on Lake Chad, according to the United Nations. Survivors described Boko Haram gunmen shooting people on sight, or dragging them from their homes and killing them.
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