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Former President Donald Trump has urged his supporters to “GO AFTER” Meta and Google over claims that the Big Tech companies “censored” information about the assassination attempt on his life during a Pennsylvania campaign rally last month.
“They made it virtually impossible to find pictures or anything about this heinous act,” Trump posted Tuesday morning on his social platform, Truth Social. “Here we go again, another attempt at RIGGING THE ELECTION!!! ! GO AFTER META AND GOOGLE. LET THEM KNOW WE ARE ALL WISE TO THEM, WILL BE MUCH TOUGHER THIS TIME.”
Trump’s complaint came after X users noticed that a photo of Trump, triumphantly pounding his fist in the air right after surviving the assassination attempt, was falsely flagged as “doctored” on Facebook. Google similarly came under fire from GOP supporters after users noticed that its “autocomplete” function failed to suggest results for the attempted assassination, even when users prompted it with “assassination attempt on Tru.”
Both platforms denied any malicious intent. Meta said its fact-checking filter had initially been applied to an altered photo showing Secret Service agents smiling as they helped Trump get off the campaign rally stage after he was shot. The filter was, however, incorrectly applied to the real photo as well, an error that a spokesperson said had been fixed. Google noted that its filters were intended to prevent searches encouraging political violence, and said it was committed to improving autocomplete to stay more up-to-date with news.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-tells-his-supporters-to-go-after-google-and-meta/ar-BB1r6nyr
ADDISON, N.Y. (AP) — A New York village's former clerk will be the first politician to forfeit their pension under a state anti-corruption law after she stole over $1 million, an official said Thursday.
Ursula Stone pleaded guilty in May to a corruption charge for stealing from the Village of Addison over nearly two decades, said New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. The former clerk-treasurer of the small village in the southwestern part of the state will be sentenced to up to nine years in prison and ordered to pay $1.1 million in restitution, DiNapoli office said in a news release.
New York in 2011 passed a law allowing judges to revoke or reduce pensions of crooked officials, but it didn’t apply to sitting lawmakers. Then in 2017, voters approved a ballot measure to close that loophole, allowing the state to go after the pensions of lawmakers no matter when they were elected.
DiNapoli said Stone's case is the first time the punishment is being used in New York. Prosecutors have to pursue the pension forfeiture penalty and prove a person knowingly committed a crime related to public office.
“This case should send a clear message that those who dishonor their public office will face serious consequences,” DiNapoli said.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/new-york-politician-convicted-of-corruption-to-be-stripped-of-pension-in-first-use-of-forfeiture-law/ar-BB1r6llW