Frankfurt Airport evacuated in 'ongoing' police operation

Parts of Frankfurt Airport have been evacuated and are closed to the public, as police conduct an "ongoing" operation. Rumors of a bomb or gun threat have circulated online, though those reports were not confirmed.

Frankfurt Airport’s Terminal 1, as well as its attached regional train station, was closed on Saturday evening, as the airport’s police service launched an otherwise undescribed “operation.”

State and federal police are involved in the operation, and the airport police wrote on Twitter that one piece of abandoned luggage had been investigated and found to be safe.

Little else is known about the operation, and as crowds left the airport, rumors of a bomb or gun threat did the rounds on social media.

@EmiratesSupport there is a mass evacuation at frankfurt Airport because of a gun threat. What does this mean for travelers? Will flights be delayed? Refunded? Will travelers get a hotel overnight? I was planning to fly to Dubai at 8:30 pic.twitter.com/ksp3QyWgox

— Cassandra Beyer (@cassi_xo_) January 16, 2021

https://www.rt.com/news/512759-frankfurt-airport-evacuated-threat/

Alternative tech platform DLive cracks down on users amid media complaints about ‘extremist’ audience after Capitol storming

DLive, a video streaming service which became popular over the past few years as a free speech alternative to websites like YouTube and Twitch, came under fire from its users after it announced sanctions to combat extremism.

After Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol on January 6, media organizations like the New York Times, Wired, and the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) took aim at DLive for hosting users who attended and supported the incident – branding the alternative tech platform an “extremist haven.”

“DLive has paid out hundreds of thousands of dollars to extremists since its founding, largely through donations of cryptocurrency built into a service provided by the site,” SPLC claimed, pointing out that far-right livestreamer Anthime ‘Baked Alaska’ Gionet – who recorded himself during the storming of the Capitol – was one such figure reportedly making thousands on the platform.

https://www.rt.com/usa/512742-dlive-cracks-down-speech/