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European official warns Musk era of 'Wild West' for free speech is over: 'There will be sanctions'

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Video European official warns that Twitter will face penalties if it does not crack down on speech European Commissioner for Values and Transparency Věra Jourová warned that Twitter must follow European standards on speech or pay the price. European politician Věra Jourová warned Elon Musk from the  World Economic Forum in Davos that Twitter will face "sanctions" if it does not shut down some forms of speech. Jourová, the European Commission’s Vice President for Values and Transparency, told Euronews Next that Twitter may face penalties for enabling free speech in violation of European Union regulations. "The time of the Wild West is over," she said. "We will have the Digital Services Act [DSA]. We will have the Code of Practice as a part of this legislation," Jourová said. "So, after Mr. Musk took over Twitter with his ‘freedom of speech absolutism’ - we are the protectors of freedom of speech as well. But at the same time, we cannot accept, for inst

Nigerian Government Directs Incoming Travellers To Provide Evidence Of COVID-19 Vaccination

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In December 2022, the federal government had relaxed COVID-19 rules in the country.   The Nigerian government has said that all travellers arriving Nigeria must now provide evidence of COVID vaccination in the wake of new waves of the virus. Geoffrey Okatubo, director of port health services, said this on Monday during a media briefing at the ministry of health in Abuja. In December 2022, the federal government had relaxed COVID-19 rules in the country. The federal government had also said pre-departure and post-arrival PCR test requirements for all persons who are not fully vaccinated have been suspended, adding that passengers will no longer be required to upload evidence of vaccination on the Nigeria International Travel Portal. Speaking on Monday, Okatubo said port health services had heightened surveillance at points of entry following the reported surge in the cases of COVID in countries like China, Japan, and the United States. “Port health services has resumed checks of passeng

Death Toll Rises In Los Angeles Shooting, Hero Wrestled Gunman And Prevented More Deaths

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Brandon Tsay, 26, right, and his father, Tom Tsay, make a statement outside their home on Monday, Jan. 23, 2023, in San Marino, Calif. Brandon Tsay disarmed a gunman who killed multiple people late Saturday amid Lunar New Years celebrations in the predominantly Asian American community. The gunman started at the Star Ballroom Dance Studio in Monterey Park and continued to Lai Lai Ballroom and Studio in Alhambra, where he was disarmed by Tsay. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis) The death toll in the Monterey Park shooting has risen to 11. One person injured during the massacre died at the hospital a day later. All of the reported victims were in their 50s, 60s, or 70s. The suspected gunman, 72-year-old Huu Can Tran, opened fire inside of the Star Ballroom Dance Studio located in Monterey Park on Saturday night. In total, he shot 20 people and killed 11. After his shooting rampage, Tran fled to a second dance studio in Alhambra. When he arrived at his next target, Tran was greeted by 26-year-old B

Senate Democrats Support Biden Investigation

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The US Capitol is seen in Washington, DC on January 22, 2018 after the US Senate reached a deal to reopen the federal government, with Democrats accepting a compromise spending bill. (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images) More pressure is mounting on the Biden administration now as Senate Democrats are showing their support of an investigation into the mishandling of the classified documents. @RepJamesComer  presses the White House about classified docs stashed at Biden's Wilmington home. We have docs revealing this address appeared on Hunter's driver's license as recently as 2018, the same time he was cutting deals with foreign adversaries. Time for answers.  pic.twitter.com/663qG3REm4 — Oversight Committee (@GOPoversight)  January 13, 2023 “The reports about President Biden’s mishandling of classified documents are extremely irresponsible and disturbing.” Senator Joe Manchin, (D-W.Va.) said. “These allegations should be investigated fully.” Senator Ti

The Cold, Hard Truth About The Intelligence Community By Chanel Rion

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The Australian published an interview with a man named Douglas Wise this week. A former CIA case officer and former deputy director at the Defense Intelligence Agency. You probably missed this story, but it is worth hearing. This story shows everything. It reveals everything that is wrong with the federal government and intelligence community. Wise tells the paper he does not regret signing a now ridiculous letter two years ago warning the Hunter Biden laptop was Russian disinformation. Remember that? Back in 2020? This week Wise tells the paper he signed it knowing a good portion of that laptop had to be real. That letter was signed by fifty other former members of the intelligence community. Those members include former President Barack Obama’s Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, CIA Director John Brennan, and Director of National Intelligence James Clapper. Their signatures on the letter were used to wave away bombshell revelations on Hunter Biden’s laptop. Even the Washington Post and

Meet Biden’s re-nominated judges one Republican called ‘extremists’ and ‘radicals

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Video Don Lemon presses Chuck Schumer on Biden classified documents The 'CNN This Morning' host asked Schumer why he had a more 'measured' reaction to Biden as opposed to Trump. The Senate Judiciary Committee will reconsider several of  President Biden 's judicial nominees that Ted Cruz, R-Texas., said last year were " extremists, partisans and radicals " when they were nominated in the last Congress but failed to move. The Senate will convene this week for the legislative work of the 118th Congress, and the Democrats' slim 51-49 majority is expected to make it much easier to confirm Biden's nominees than it was last year in the 50-50 Senate. In the last Congress, Republicans protested eight of these nominees by citing their records of approving lenient sentences for violent criminals and supporting left-wing causes. Dale Ho has been renominated to be a judge on New York's Southern District Court, and in a hearing last year, Cruz said Biden has