Company emails released in Dominion Voting defamation case

An attorney charged with illegally accessing Michigan voting machines after the 2020 election acknowledged in a court filing Monday that she disseminated numerous confidential emails from a voting machine company in a separate case. In a filing in federal court in Washington, D.C., attorney Stefanie Lambert acknowledged passing on the records from Dominion … Read more

US supreme court hears case on government’s power over online misinformation | Technology

The supreme court heard oral arguments on Monday in a case that could upend the federal government’s relationship with social media companies and with lies online. Plaintiffs in Murthy v Missouri argue that White House requests to take down coronavirus misinformation on Twitter and Facebook constitute illegal censorship in violation the first amendment. The arguments … Read more

N.S. news: Illegal elver fishers arrested

Fishery officials have arrested 26 people for illegal elver fishing in southwest Nova Scotia in the last two weeks. According to a news release from Fisheries and Oceans Canada, the elver fishery is closed for 2024 in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, making any harvesting of the young eels unauthorized under the Fisheries … Read more

More young people being radicalised online, says UK counter-terror officer | UK security and counter-terrorism

A senior counter-terrorism officer has warned that children and young people are increasingly being radicalised online after spending long periods on the internet during the pandemic. Det Supt Andy Meeks said a growing number of vulnerable people were accessing extreme material after spending hours unsupervised online. He said: “We have seen a significant increase in … Read more