The European Commission on Wednesday dismissed Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s claim that European Union (EU) laws and regulations on online content amount to censorship of social media platforms. European Commission spokesperson Thomas Regnier affirmed: “We don’t ask any platform to remove any lawful content.” Regnier distinguished between illegal content and potentially harmful content, stating that [...]

Authorities evacuated Ecuadorian former vice president Jorge Glas from prison on Sunday following a series of incidents in La Roca maximum security facility in Guayaquil. Sources confirmed incidents at La Roca, as prisoners mutinied and burned both mattresses and newspapers. This was allegedly done in an attempt against the ex-vice president’s life. The National Service [...]

Montenegro will consider a complete ban on the possession of weapons following the killing spree in Cetinje, Prime Minister Milojko Spajić confirmed on Wednesday. Spajić assured that urgent actions will be taken and stated that the Ministry of Internal Affairs along with the Police Directorate are doing everything in their power to hold the perpetrator [...]

Sudanese government officials on Sunday rejected the latest UN-backed famine analysis by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), according to Sudan News Agency. The Foreign Ministry of Sudan stated it “categorically rejects the IPC’s description of the situation in Sudan as a famine.” The military-dominated government accused the IPC’s analysis of being speculative, and [...]

Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini was acquitted by a Sicilian court Friday on charges of kidnapping and dereliction of duty over his refusal to allow a boat carrying migrants to dock in Italy. The prosecution’s request for a six-year prison sentence and civil claims for over one million euros in damages was ruled unfounded. [...]

The Lithuanian Constitutional Court ruled on Wednesday that a provision of a law that prohibits the spread of information about same-sex relationships to minors is unconstitutional. The court found that Clause 16 of Article 4(2) of the Law on the Protection of Minors from the Negative Influence of Public Information (Law on the Protection of [...]

The UN General Assembly on Wednesday adopted two resolutions during its resumed 10th emergency special session, demanding a ceasefire in Gaza and expressing support for the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). The first resolution urged an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire in Gaza as well as the [...]

Syrian rebels declared on Sunday ousted President Bashar al-Assad after seizing control of the capital city of Damascus. Bashar al-Assad has reportedly fled Syria, putting an end to five decades of Ba’ath rule in this country. Rebels of the Hayʼat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) movement entered Damascus on Sunday, a week after taking Syria’s second-largest city, [...]

The European Commission announced on Thursday that it would step up monitoring of the TikTok platform’s compliance with the Digital Services Act (DSA). The move comes in the context of the ongoing Romanian elections and aggressive online campaign of front-runner candidate Calin Georgescu. The European Commission issued an order, obliging TikTok to freeze all information [...]

Amnesty International on Monday submitted  a petition to the Pre-Trial Judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC) requesting an end to the ICC Prosecutor’s delay in starting the court’s investigation against Nigeria. Amnesty International submitted the request on behalf of victims of war crimes and crimes against humanity in northeast Nigeria. These individuals are part [...]