>>6043026

Nice to see you here Sword Anon.

((([Executives at Facebook, YouTube and 4Chan]))) could face jail time under new "world-first" laws designed to stop the sharing of violent videos and images on social networks.

Instagram, Youtube and Facebook could face fines (and jail time) under new Australian laws

The legislation, developed in the wake of the Christchurch mosque shooting and passed in the Australian parliament on Thursday local time, targets social networks with hefty fines and even jail terms for company executives if they fail to take down "abhorrent violent material" shared on their platforms.

The laws are unique in that they target social networks and internet service providers, rather than the original users uploading violent material, and set out individual liability for material shared on an entire platform.

Imprisonment for executives

Under the laws social networks, internet service providers and "content service providers" are required to ensure the "expeditious removal" of violent material, and notify the Australian Federal Police "within a reasonable time" after becoming aware of its existence. Abhorrent violent material is defined as audio or visual material that includes footage or audio of torture, terrorist acts, murder, rape and kidnapping.

The penalties include up to three years jail time for individuals and fines of up to 10 percent of a company's annual turnover.

The laws are designed to stop the kinds of widespread sharing of violent videos and images, similar to what occurred during the Christchurch mosque shooting. During that terrorist attack, the suspected shooter live-streamed a 17-minute video of the violence on Facebook, which was shared millions of times on social networks.

Australian Attorney-General Christian Porter described the laws as "most likely a world first" in terms of legislating the conduct of social media networks.

"There was a near unanimous view among Australians that social media platforms had to take more responsibility for their content… and the law should prevent them from live streaming or playing acts of the most horrendous violence," he said.

The Attorney-General also called out specific platforms including 4Chan, Facebook and YouTube, saying specific individuals at social media companies could be targeted under the laws.

"If you look at an organisation like 4Chan, which is a hosting service, that was created, owned and operated by an individual," he said. "With respect to the larger platforms like Facebook, YouTube, there could be instances where an individual is so complicit with the reckless availability of violent material that they would be individually liable."

Law 'does nothing to address hate speech'

The laws have been slammed by companies including Facebook, Google and Twitter.

In a statement, the Digital Industry Group Inc (which includes the above companies as well as Amazon and Verizon Media) said the legislation was rushed and "does nothing to address hate speech."

"For its part, Facebook previously said that the live-stream of the shooting had than 200 viewers during the live broadcast and that the video got roughly 4,000 views before it was taken down. The company then removed 1.5 million copies of the video within the first 24 hours, 1.2 million of which were removed at the point of upload."

https://www.cnet.com/news/facebook-and-instagram-could-face-fines-or-jail-time-under-new-australian-laws/ …

Various Arctic-les on Australians rushing through new laws

https://www.attorneygeneral.gov.au/Media/Pages/Tough-New-Laws-to-protect-Australians-from-Live-Streaming-of-Violent-Crimes.aspx

https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/download/chamber/hansards/e252d273-2978-453f-86f5-ef9a8b66800f/toc_pdf/Senate_2019_04_03_7037.pdf;fileType=application%2Fpdf

https://www.lawcouncil.asn.au/media/media-releases/livestream-laws-could-have-serious-unintended-consequences-chilling-effect-on-business

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2019/apr/04/australia-passes-social-media-law-penalising-platforms-for-violent-content

Tough New Laws to protect Australians from Live-Streaming of Violent Crimes

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"It was clear from our discussions last week with social media companies, particularly Facebook, that there was no recognition of the need for them to act urgently to protect their own users from the horror of the live streaming of the Christchurch massacre and other violent crimes and so the Morrison Government has taken action with this legislation."

The Criminal Code Amendment (Sharing of Abhorrent Violent Material) Bill 2019, which passed through the House of Representatives today after passing the Senate last night, provides two new sets of offences:

• Makes it a criminal offence for social media platforms not to remove abhorrent violent material expeditiously. A failure to do so would be punishable by up to three years' imprisonment or fines of up to 10% of the platform's annual turnover.

• Requires social media platforms anywhere in the world to notify the AFP if they become aware their service is streaming abhorrent violent conduct that is happening in Australia. A failure to do this will be punishable by fines of up to $168,000 for an individual or $840,000 for a corporation.

In addition, the e-Safety Commissioner will have the power to issue notices that bring this type of material to the attention of social media companies. As soon as they receive a notice, they will be deemed to be aware of the material, meaning the clock starts ticking for the platform to remove the material or face extremely serious criminal penalties.

https://www.attorneygeneral.gov.au/Media/Pages/Tough-New-Laws-to-protect-Australians-from-Live-Streaming-of-Violent-Crimes.aspx

Australia passes social media law penalising platforms for violent content

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The Labor opposition combined with the ruling Liberal-National Coalition to pass the law on Thursday, despite warning it won’t allow prosecution of social media executives as promised by the government. Tech giants expressed the opposite concern that it may criminalise anyone in their companies for a failure to remove violent material.

The bill, described the attorney general, Christian Porter, as “most likely a world first”, was drafted in the wake of the Christchurch terrorist attack, when video of the alleged perpetrator’s violent attack spread on social media faster than it could be removed.

On Thursday Porter said Facebook and Twitter “should not be playing footage of murder”, in the same way that commercial television stations would not show it.

“There are platforms such as YouTube, Twitter and Facebook who do not seem to take their responsibility to not show the most abhorrently violent material seriously,” he told reporters in Canberra.

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2019/apr/04/australia-passes-social-media-law-penalising-platforms-for-violent-content

Australia could put social media executives in jail for violent posts

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A massacre that killed 50 people at two New Zealand mosques last month was livestreamed on Facebook for 17 minutes.

Author: ROD McGUIRK , Associated Press

Published: 9:46 PM PDT April 3, 2019

Updated: 9:46 PM PDT April 3, 2019

CANBERRA, ACT — CANBERRA, Australia — Australia's Parliament passed legislation on Thursday that could imprison social media executives if their platforms stream violent images such as the New Zealand mosque shootings.

Critics warn that some of the most restrictive laws about online communication in the democratic world could have unforeseen consequences, including media censorship and reduced investment in Australia.

The conservative government introduced the bills in response to the March 15 attacks in Christchurch in which an Australian white supremacist apparently used a helmet-mounted camera to broadcast live as he shot worshippers in the two mosques.

RELATED: New Zealand passes first gun restriction vote

Australia's government rushed the legislation through the last two days that Parliament sits before elections are expected in May, dispensing with the usual procedure of a committee scrutinizing its content first.

"Together we must act to ensure that perpetrators and their accomplices cannot leverage online platforms for the purpose of spreading their violent and extreme propaganda — these platforms should not be weaponized for evil," Attorney-General Christian Porter told Parliament while introducing the bill.

The opposition's spokesman on the attorney-general portfolio, Mark Dreyfus, committed his center-left Labor Party to support the bill, despite misgivings. If the Labor wins the election, the law would be reviewed by a parliamentary committee.

https://www.kgw.com/article/news/australia-could-put-social-media-executives-in-jail-for-violent-posts/507-048f7bed-e606-4690-8470-1cd95d76d591

Goldcorp shareholders approve Newmont's $10 billion takeover offer

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(Reuters) - Goldcorp shareholders approved Newmont Mining Corp’s $10 billion takeover offer on Thursday, removing one of the last remaining hurdles to create the world’s largest gold producer.

While some Goldcorp shareholders had voiced concerns in recent weeks, in the end there was little push back against blessing the biggest-ever corporate takeover in the gold sector’s history, according to Refinitiv data.

The deal, which would create a company with assets in the Americas, Africa and Australia, will be voted on by Newmont shareholders next Thursday. If approved, the deal is expected to close by June.

About 97 percent of Goldcorp’s outstanding shares that were voted at a special meeting were cast in favor of the deal, the company said in a statement. Newmont had offered 0.328 of its shares and 2 cents for each Goldcorp share.

“We appreciate Goldcorp shareholders’ vote of confidence, which moves us one step closer to creating the world’s leading gold business,” Newmont Chief Executive Gary Goldberg said in a statement.

Vancouver-based Goldcorp shares rose slightly on Thursday afternoon to C$15.39 in Toronto, and shares of Denver-based Newmont rose slightly to $36.02 in New York. The benchmark S&P/TSX Global Gold Index gained 0.8 percent.

The new company, to be called Newmont Goldcorp, will overtake current market leader Barrick Gold Corp in annual production, churning out 6 million to 7 million ounces of gold annually over the next 10 years, compared with Barrick’s forecast of 5.1 million to 5.6 million ounces for 2019.

The $1 billion to $1.5 billion of assets the combined company is expected to shed, combined with mines Barrick plans to sell in the wake of its acquisition of Randgold Resources earlier this year, is expected by analysts to fuel further sector deals.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-goldcorp-m-a-newmont-mining-idUSKCN1RG2E0

A massive factory fire is burning out of control in Melbourne, Australia

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After Christchurch shooting, Australia doubles down on being stampeded into catastrophically stupid tech laws

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Australia leads "developed democracies" in the adoption of poorly thought-through, dangerous tech laws, thanks to its ban on working cryptography, rushed through in late 2018; now, with no debate or consultation, the Australian Parliament has passed a law that gives tech companies one hour to remove "violent materials" from their platforms with penalties for noncompliance of up to 10% of annual global turnover.

The law was rushed through in the wake of the Christchurch mosque shootings, after which the platforms completely failed to enforce their own policies, allowing millions of reposts of the footage streamed by the killer. This is part of a culture of negligence and willful blindness by the platforms, whose unwillingness to confront these matters is the stuff of legend and set them up for this outcome.

But if we think the platforms suck at moderation now, just wait until they can lose 10% of gross revenues for not having a sufficiently itchy trigger finger when it comes to censorship. We've already seen how platforms routinely block and censorthe victims of crimes who are seeking justice. We've also seen that trolls are happy to expend the time and energyneeded to master the policies of platforms and skate right up to them, while goading their opponents into crossing them so they can get them censored.

The EU was hoping to pass nearly identical legislation but failed to do so in the last Parliament, largely because its focus shifted to mandatory copyright filters, but the passage of the Australian law is sure to influence the European debate after May's EU elections. But these issues are all connected: once platforms are algorithmically filtering all user speech in the name of copyright, it's easy to just allow someone to shovel unlimited amounts of unappealable "terrorist" and "violent" content into the blacklist's hopper. And while computers are incapable of distinguishing copyright infringement from fair use – they're even worse at distinguishing reports of hate crimes from hate crimes themselves.

At the same time, larding big platforms with public duties like these – the sort of thing that costs tens or hundreds of millions to accomplish – also ensures that we will never be able to cut them down to size and break up their monopolies. Once you deputize Big Tech with tasks that no small tech can perform, you also foreclose on any measure that might make Big Tech any smaller.

This is a catastrophe for the global internet. Between Australia's crypto ban, the EU Copyright Directive and now the panicked passage of a napkin-doodle into national law, we are watching the high-speed Chinafication of the western internet in realtime.

The chief executive of Atlassian, Scott Farquhar, said that no one wanted abhorrent violent material on the internet but “the legislation is flawed and will unnecessarily cost jobs and damage our tech industry”.

“The current legislation means that anyone working for a company that allows user generated content could potentially go to jail for [three] years,” he said.

“As written, that applies to news sites, social media sites, dating sites, job sites – anywhere user content could be created.”

Farquhar complained that the legislation failed to define how “expeditiously” violent material must be removed, and did not define who in a social media company could be punished.

https://www.blacklistednews.com/article/71981/after-christchurch-shooting-australia-doubles-down-on-being-stampeded-into-catastrophically-stupid.html

Aus Anons Thoughts On Q's Spill Comment

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I think Q gave us a hat tip that he/she may have an Australian member when referencing "spill" as it relates to sitting congressional/senatorial members and laws that apply to special elections, but references how it works in Australian parliament.

>>6055905

More on Melbourne Factory Fire

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There is apparently a chemical fire in Melbourne, Australia right now. Drums being launched like projectiles, it seems.

https://www.news.com.au/national/victoria/news/melbourne-firefighters-battle-massive-chemical-factory-blaze-in-campbellfield/news-story/0916e5314cb81a109aad82f334220c30

Australian Government to hold Royal Commission into abuse and neglect of disabled Australians.

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Dark to LIGHT

Scott Morrison chokes back tears announcing royal commission into disability abuse

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has launched a $527 million royal commission into the abuse and neglect of disabled Australians in an emotional announcement of an inquiry to run for at least three years.

The commission will be led by former Federal Court judge Ronald Sackville and include another five commissioners to examine conditions and experiences "in all settings" including schools, institutions, workplaces and the National Disability Insurance Scheme.

Mr Morrison came close to tears when he dedicated the royal commission to disabled Australians including his brother-in-law, Garry Warren, who has multiple sclerosis.

Mr Morrison said he wanted the royal commission to make sure disabled Australians could be "all that they can be" and experience the richness of life in Australia.

"Having said that, there are enormous supports provided to people with disabilities in this country. And as my brother-in-law Garry always said to me, it's not flash being disabled, but the good thing is, that that's the condition you live with in Australia, and that you're in Australia. And that has always meant a lot to me."

Mr Morrison paused at that point to choke back tears and said disabled Australians deserved the nation's respect.

"This is so above politics, I can't tell you," he said.

"To all those Australians with a disability, their families, to Garry, this is for you."

Mr Morrison praised Greens senator Jordon Steele-John for advocating the commission and putting forward detailed terms of reference, saying this was a sign of his passion rather than any partisanship.

The funding includes $379.1 million for the Attorney-General's Department to run the commission but there is another $149 million to cover related costs for Commonwealth agencies.

This will be used to offer support such as advocacy services, counselling.

"I want to stress this will be very hard for people to come and engage with this, just as it has been in previous commissions of this nature," Mr Morrison said.

"And it's not just about getting people to the [microphone], it's about supporting them afterwards and before as well, and this budget builds that in."

https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/scott-morrison-chokes-back-tears-announcing-royal-commission-into-disability-abuse-20190405-p51b2c.html

'''Nothing more than pre-election spin doctoring in hope claw some votes back - the Libs apparently voted this proposal down 3 times in past few years (comment came from Green Senator from WA and he seems to really know his shit), yet now suddenly its a winner ??

Surely the sheeple arent that stupid to fall for it ?!? - what am i saying? KEK'''

>>6068878

Nothing more than pre-election spin doctoring in hope claw some votes back - the Libs apparently voted this proposal down 3 times in past few years (comment came from Green Senator from WA and he seems to really know his shit), yet now suddenly its a winner ??

Surely the sheeple arent that stupid to fall for it ?!? - what am i saying? KEK

Armed police surround Ecuadorean embassy as Julian Assange 'is set to be kicked out in HOURS and arrested after country does deal with UK authorities', WikiLeaks claims

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WikiLeaks whistleblower Julian Assange is to be kicked out of the Ecuadorean embassy, the website claims

The site posted Tweets saying high-level sources said he would be handed to UK police 'in hours or days'

An arrest warrant remains in place for Mr Assange after he was accused of sex crimes against Swedish women

Protesters arrived on the scene in the early hours after calls went out to 'protect' the WikiLeaks founder

Supporters of Julian Assange are gathering outside Ecuador's London embassy today after fears were raised that the WikiLeaks founder was about to be kicked out and arrested within 'hours or days.'

The website made the claims about its founder in a series of late-night Tweets citing unnamed sources in the Ecuadorean authorities as confirming Mr Assange's seven-year stay would end imminently.

Armed police were also outside the west London embassy as protestors began arriving at the building early this morning following online calls for people to 'protect' the controversial whistleblower.

They erected tents outside the door and continued to arrive throughout the day, some holding posters and banners calling for him to be allowed to leave without fear of being arrested by police.

Shortly before 7.30am today a member of staff inside the six-storey building, where the Australian has been holed up since 2012, declined to speak about the claims when asked over the intercom.

The pavement opposite is lined with more than 20 members of the world's media, many with TV cameras, after the reports emerged.

A van later arrived at the building bearing a billboard in support of Mr Assange, and parked in a space reserved for diplomats. It was moved on at 10am after armed police officer told the organiser of the demonstration they had received a call from the embassy.

The man who arranged the board and gave his name as Fethi said: 'I'm here to support Julian Assange. We just wonder if the police will take him away.'

Fethi, who briefly went into the embassy before he was escorted out by officials, said he does not believe Mr Assange will be expelled.

'We're going to be staying here until we see what's going on,' he said.

A picture on the billboard showed Mr Assange gagged by an American flag with the message #FreeSpeech.

Demonstrators, including one wearing a mask used by the Anonymous group, later unfurled a banner saying 'The truth will set you free! Free Julian Assange!'

Three people, including the masked supporter, held the banner as they posed for photographs in front of a large gathering of media crews.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6888435/Julian-Assange-kicked-Ecuadorian-embassy-HOURS-arrested-says-WikiLeaks.html

Accused Christchurch shooter ordered to undergo psychiatric assessment

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CHRISTCHURCH (Reuters) - The Australian man accused of killing 50 worshippers at two mosques in New Zealand faced an additional 49 murder charges in court on Friday and was ordered to undergo a mental assessment to determine his fitness for trial over the attacks.

In an attack broadcast live on Facebook, a lone gunman armed with semi-automatic weapons targeted Muslims attending Friday prayers in Christchurch on March 15.

Brenton Tarrant, 28, was charged with one murder the day after the attack and remanded without a plea. In Christchurch’s High Court, where he appeared by video link, 39 extra attempted murder charges were also filed along with the new murder charges.

Justice Cameron Mander remanded Tarrant in custody until June 14 and ordered he undergo a mental assessment to determine whether he was fit for trial.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-newzealand-shooting-court/accused-christchurch-shooter-ordered-to-undergo-psychiatric-assessment-idUSKCN1RG2UZ?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Reuters%2FworldNews+%28Reuters+World+News%29

New PapaD Tweets

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An FBI asset, Joseph Mifsud, told me in London that: “the Russians have Hillary’s emails.” A week later, the FBI sends Clinton ally, Alexander Downer, to make contact with me and lie about our meeting to create a false pretext. Comey FBI/Fiveeyes collaborating to sabotage Trump.

https://twitter.com/georgepapa19/status/1114198887319785472?s=21

I was so disturbed by Alexander Downer’s behavior and spying on me at our meeting that I reported him to both the FBI and Mueller. That was foolish. He was in on it with them.

https://twitter.com/GeorgePapa19/status/1114202215298678785

Sara Carter Tweets about Police waiting for Julian Assange to be expelled

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#Breaking Double checking but hearing from a source with knowledge that #WikiLeaks @wikileaks #JulianAssange is likely to be arrested. Sources saying police are out front of Ecuadorian Embassy waiting for him to be expelled.

https://twitter.com/SaraCarterDC/status/1114232780597157888?s=1

#Breaking Double checking but hearing from a source with knowledge that #WikiLeaks @wikileaks #JulianAssange is likely to be arrested. Sources saying police are out front of Ecuadorian Embassy waiting for him to be expelled.

https://twitter.com/SaraCarterDC/status/1114232780597157888?s=19

Ecuador’s UK ambassador REJECTS Wikileaks’ claims that Julian Assange is about to be expelled from its London embassy and arrested following deal with Britain – despite armed police surrounding the building

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WikiLeaks whistleblower Julian Assange is to be kicked out of the Ecuadorean embassy, the website claims

The site posted Tweets saying high-level sources said he would be handed to UK police 'in hours or days'

An arrest warrant remains in place for Mr Assange after he was accused of sex crimes against Swedish women

Protesters arrived on the scene in the early hours after calls went out to 'protect' the WikiLeaks founder

The ambassador for Ecuador today insisted there is 'no change' in Julian Assange's position and it is an 'offence' to the country to suggest he will be expelled from it embassy.

Jaime Marchán spoke briefly to reporters as he left the building in Knightsbridge, west London at 2pm after it was claimed the whistleblower was set to be kicked out and arrested with 'hours or days'.

Wikileaks made the claims in a series of Tweets last night citing unnamed sources in the Ecuadorean authorities as confirming Mr Assange's seven-year stay would end imminently.

Armed police were also outside the west London embassy as protestors began arriving at the building early this morning following online calls for people to 'protect' the controversial whistleblower.

Mr Marchán was not recognised by members of the British press but was chased down the street by a freelance journalist from Chilean newspaper El Ciudadano Chile, Patricio Mery.

In the brief encounter he said: 'Ambassador, what is the position of the Ecuadorean government in relation to the WikiLeaks tip?'

Mr Marchán said: 'There is no change in the Señor Julian Assange's situation. To say we are going to take him out the embassy is an offence to Ecuador.'

Asked: 'Is he going to be released in the next couple of hours?'

The ambassador replied: 'We are definitely not going to comment on that.'

Later on Twitter Ecuador's minister of foreign affairs Jose Valencia insisted the claims were 'unfounded'.

He tweeted: 'The rumours of the imminent exit of Assange come from months ago.

'The govt will not be giving a running commentary about unfounded current rumours that furthermore are insulting.

'Ecuador takes its decisions in a sovereign manner independent of other countries.

'Diplomatic asylum is a sovereign power of a state which has the right to grant or withdraw it unilaterally when it considers it justified.'

Supporters continue to gather outside the embassy and news cameras still line the street opposite.

They erected tents outside the door and continued to arrive throughout the day, some holding posters and banners calling for him to be allowed to leave without fear of being arrested by police.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6888435/Julian-Assange-kicked-Ecuadorian-embassy-HOURS-arrested-says-WikiLeaks.html

Facebook, YouTube, and Snapchat execs could be named, shamed, and held personally liable for harmful content under new UK laws

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Executives at Facebook, Google, and Snapchat might be held personally responsible if their firms don't delete harmful content off their services, according to UK government plans seen by The Guardian. A government policy paper, to be published Monday, isexpected to introduce a much stricter regulatory regime for tech firms. The UK will establish a new regulator that will have the power to fine tech firms billions if they don't obey a new mandatory code of conduct. Australia is also mulling big fines and even threatening jail time in cases where big tech firms don't tackle violent material on their sites.

Executives at Facebook, YouTube, and Snapchat, and other big tech companies may be held personally responsible for harmful content on their services, according to UK government plans seen by The Guardian. Details are scant, but the report suggests individual executives at the major tech firms will be held personally liable if their companies don't delete content relating to terrorism, child abuse, self-harm, and suicide. It is not clear exactly what this personal liability will entail, but the idea of criminal convictions has been floated. "We will consider all possible options for penalties," Jeremy Wright, the UK's culture secretary, told the BBC in February.

The British government is due to publish a policy paper on Monday, which is expected to radically toughen up how tech is regulated in the UK. Business Insider understands that the government's plans are still in draft and will not be finalised until this weekend. The UK's digital minister Margot James told Business Insider in late February that the government would introduce a new tech regulator, which would have the power to impose massive fines on the likes of Facebook and Google if they don't rid their platforms of harmful content. James said the fines could be up to 4% of a company's global turnover, meaning they could hit the billions of dollars in the most severe cases.

According to The Guardian, the government will initially ask the existing media regulator Ofcom to police the tech firms. Eventually, it will create an independent regulator, to be funded by a levy on tech firms. The plans will cover not just social media platforms like Facebook, but online messaging services and even file-hosting sites. The UK government paper comes as governments around the world grapple with how to deal with the proliferation of hate speech and other harmful content online. The internet has historically been seen as beyond regulation but certain shifts have emboldened governments to act. One is that power has coalesced around a few dominant, public American companies, namely Facebook, Google, Amazon, Twitter, and Snapchat, who can be brought to heel.

https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-and-youtube-execs-to-be-held-liable-for-harmful-content-2019-4

FDA Wants to Lower Amount of Fluoride in Bottled Water, but Scientists Say it is Still Too High

Sourced from QRes#7758. Included as interesting to hear FDA proposing reduction of fluoride level i

Rather than combating the high levels of pesticides found in much of the food grown in the United States, the negative effects of factory farming, or the lack of clean water available to numerous communities across the country, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is proposing slightly lowering the standard for fluoride content in bottled water.

Thankfully, scientists and environmental organizations alike are pushing back on the proposed changes, saying the new standard will still be too high for safe consumption.

The FDA’s current standard straddles 0.8 and 1.7 milligrams per liter. The new regulation, if finalized, will lower the standard for both imported and domestically packaged bottled water to 0.7 milligrams per liter. The new regulation only addresses bottled water with fluoride added during the process, not bottled water that contains fluoride from the source.

For years, critics of the fluoridation of drinking water have maintained that it is not safe nor helpful in combating tooth decay. As long as critics of fluoride have existed, so has a campaign to mock those same people as conspiracy theorists or science deniers.

In 2015, the U.S. Public Health Service suggested that 0.7 milligrams per liter was the optimal concentration for fluoride in community water. According to the FDA, the proposed rule “is based on findings from evolving research on optimal concentrations of fluoride that balances fluoride’s benefits in preventing tooth decay with its risk of causing dental fluorosis, a condition most often characterized by white patches on teeth.” Dental fluorosis is caused when too much fluoride is consumed while teeth are still developing.

Some scientists are now speaking out, expressing concerns extending beyond tooth health and instances of dental fluorosis.

Christopher Neurath, research director of the American Environmental Health Studies Project, published a study this year (Source: https://fluoridealert.org/wp-content/uploads/neurath-2019.pdf) highlighting a “dramatic increase in fluorosis” over the last decade. Over 30% of adolescents involved in the study showed “moderate and severe dental fluorosis” with 35% showing lesser, but still significant, signs of dental fluorosis.

Neurath maintains that the slight decrease in bottled water fluoridation that would result if the standard were approved would do little to reduce occurrences of dental fluorosis.

“Dental fluorosis is a visible sign of overexposure to fluoride, but there are other nonvisible signs and adverse health effects that are much more serious,” Neurath said. “Currently, there are rapidly increasing scientific studies showing neurotoxicity to fluoride.”

Dr. Philippe Grandjean, adjunct professor of environmental health at the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, wrote:

Given that fluoride can damage brain development, I would recommend that the maximum fluoride concentration in bottled water be kept at a lower level than 0.7 mg/L.

https://www.naturalblaze.com/2019/04/fda-wants-to-lower-amount-of-fluoride-in-bottled-water-but-scientists-say-it-is-still-too-high.html

Another Post from Papa D

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If the president doesn’t sit down with the leaders of Italy, the U.K. and Australia and have them tell the world how their countries were involved in spying on the Trump team in 2016, the president risks having it done all over again to him in 2020.

twitter.com/GeorgePapa19/status/1114343229531361280

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Footage shows moment Daniel Morcombe kidnapper, murderer arrested

Police have released footage of the moment the murderer of a 13-year-old boy was arrested.

The eerie video shared by Queensland Police shows two officers arresting notorious Australian sex offender and murderer Peter Cowan for the kidnap and murder of Daniel Morcombe in 2011 after an eight-year-long investigation.

In the video Cowan stands in a clearing before two police officers make themselves known to him yelling "police" and "stay right there."

They tell him they are investigating the murder and abduction of 13-year-old boy Daniel Morcombe.

The officers ask Cowan if he remembers already being spoken to in relation to the murder, to which he replies "yep."

He is informed he has the right to remain silent, again responding with "yep."

The video then cuts to Cowan on the phone with his lawyer. He asks if he is under arrest, and the officers say not if he is willing to stay and talk with them.

"Then you can just arrest me," he said.

"You're under arrest for the murder of Daniel Morcombe," a detective tells him.

He turns back to the phone call and tells his lawyer in a calm tone "yep, cool. I'm under arrest for Daniel's murder."

https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2019/04/footage-shows-moment-australian-child-kidnapper-murderer-arrested.html

Transplant fuckery afoot with our biggest trading partner, China

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Incriminating Phone Calls: Doctors Admit to Live Harvesting of Falun Gong Adherents’ Organs in China

When investigators in Canada began looking into allegations of forced organ harvesting on a mass scale in China, one of the ways they gathered information was making phone calls to the hospitals involved posing as patients needing an organ. It was back in 2006 that former secretary of state David Kilgour and human rights lawyer David Matas uncovered evidence that Falun Gong prisoners of conscience were being killed on demand to supply China’s organ transplant industry. Their subsequent report, titled “Bloody Harvest: The Killing of Falun Gong for Their Organs,” concluded that imprisoned Falun Gong practitioners were indeed being used to service a lucrative and burgeoning transplant industry. One of the many methods the researchers used in their investigation was to call the hospitals in China where organ harvesting takes place and speak to medical professionals, assuming the identity of a transplant patient or the relative of someone in need of an organ. In many cases, those they spoke to admitted that they were sourcing organs for transplant from Falun Gong practitioners. The above is a transcript of some of the recorded calls (translated from Mandarin) documented in the 2006 and 2016 reports as well as from the China Organ Harvest Research Center.

https://www.theepochtimes.com/incriminating-phone-calls-doctors-admit-to-live-harvesting-of-falun-dafa-adherents-organs-in-china_2868017.html

U.N. torture expert urges Ecuador not to expel Assange from embassy

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GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations torture investigator called on Ecuador on Friday not to expel Wikileaks founder Julian Assange from its London embassy, voicing concern that he could be extradited to the United States and possibly face mistreatment.

A British friend said Assange was "prepared" for expulsion from the building he has lived in for nearly seven years, after Ecuador's President Lenin Moreno said he had "repeatedly violated" the terms of his asylum.

Moreno told radio stations on Tuesday that Assange did not have the right to "hack private accounts or phones" and could not intervene in the politics of other countries, especially those with friendly relations with Ecuador.

Moreno made the comments after private photographs of him and his family were circulated on social media. Although Moreno stopped short of explicitly blaming Assange for the leak, the government said it believed the photos were shared by WikiLeaks.

Nils Melzer, U.N. special rapporteur on torture, voiced concern that Assange's health was in "serious decline" and that, if he were expelled, he was likely to be arrested by British authorities and extradited to the United States.

"Such a response could expose him to a real risk of serious violations of his human rights, including his freedom of expression, his right to a fair trial and the prohibition of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment," he said.

"I therefore urge the Government of Ecuador to abstain from …ceasing or suspending his political asylum until such time as the full protection of his human rights can be guaranteed."

Vaughan Smith, who hosted Assange at his country mansion for a year during his failed legal battle against extradition, said after visiting the Australian inside the embassy that the situation was "very tense".

"Julian doesn’t know for sure but he’s pretty convinced that at any moment he could be thrown out and he’s prepared for it,” Smith told reporters.

More at: https://mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKCN1RH22V

Canadian Police Raid ‘Orcus RAT’ Author (Remote Access Trojan)

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2 April 2019

Canadian police last week raided the residence of a Toronto software developer behind “Orcus RAT,” a product that’s been marketed on underground forums and used in countless malware attacks since its creation in 2015. Its author maintains Orcus is a legitimate Remote Administration Tool that is merely being abused, but security experts say it includes multiple features more typically seen in malware known as a Remote Access Trojan.

As first detailed by KrebsOnSecurity in July 2016, Orcus is the brainchild of John “Armada” Rezvesz, a Toronto resident who until recently maintained and sold the RAT under the company name Orcus Technologies.

In an “official press release” posted to pastebin.com on Mar. 31, 2019, Rezvesz said his company recently was the subject of an international search warrant executed jointly by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) and the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC).

“In this process authorities seized numerous backup hard drives [containing] a large portion of Orcus Technologies business, and practices,” Rezvesz wrote. “Data inclusive on these drives include but are not limited to: User information inclusive of user names, real names, financial transactions, and further. The arrests and searches expand to an international investigation at this point, including countries as America, Germany, Australia, Canada and potentially more.”

Reached via email, Rezvesz declined to say whether he was arrested in connection with the search warrant, a copy of which he shared with KrebsOnSecurity. In response to an inquiry from this office, the RCMP stopped short of naming names, but said “we can confirm that our National Division Cybercrime Investigative Team did execute a search warrant at a Toronto location last week.”

The RCMP said the raid was part of an international coordinated effort with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Australian Federal Police, as part of “a series of ongoing, parallel investigations into Remote Access Trojan (RAT) technology. This type of malicious software (malware) enables remote access to Canadian computers, without their users’ consent and can lead to the subsequent installation of other malware and theft of personal information.”

Full Article:

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2019/04/canadian-police-raid-orcus-rat-author/

53-47 in the Aust News

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Eyes on ausanons

Ipsos poll: 53-47 result puts Morrison government on course for major election defeat

The Morrison government has lost ground with voters after pledging a sweeping round of personal income tax cuts, with the Coalition trailing Labor by 47 to 53 per cent in two-party terms in the wake of the federal budget.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has maintained his lead on key personal approval ratings but the government has fallen from the two-party result of 49 to 51 per cent in February.

The latest result in two-party terms suggests a nationwide swing to Labor of about 3 per cent since the last election, enough for it to gain more than a dozen seats, but the swings are expected to vary widely due to local factors.

The result of 53 to 47 per cent is based on preference flows at the last election. Ipsos found the same result when it asked respondents how they would allocate their preferences in 2019.

Full Article:

https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/ipsos-poll-53-47-result-puts-morrison-government-on-course-for-major-election-defeat-20190407-p51bpq.html

EXCLUSIVE: Leaked Assange Court Transcript Sheds Light on US-Backed Ecuadorian Expulsion Plans

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The Gateway Pundit has exclusively obtained a court transcript of an appeal made by WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange in an Ecuadorian court, in which he accused their government of preparing to revoke his political asylum at the behest of the United States and United Kingdom.

Assange has not been heard from in public since March 28, 2018 after an executive gag order by the government of Ecuador. The following, unpublished, “leaked” transcript of Assange asking an Ecuadorian court for an urgent injunction (“protection order”) against his gagging and isolation is from October 29, 2018.

Journalists and media were banned from recording the proceedings, but a court record was later obtained through legal process and provided to The Gateway Pundit. It has never before been revealed.

“I have been in this embassy without sunlight for six years and essentially isolated from most people for seven months,” Assange told the court, “including electronic communication, the telephone etc, from my young children.”

“It has … interfered with my ability to work, to make a living, and with my deeply held principles that I have fought for all my life, which is to uphold the right of freedom of expression, the right for people to know, the right of the freedom of the press and the right for everyone to participate in their society and the broader society.”

Assange also told the Ecuadorian court that his gag order meant that he could not respond to false statements about himself.

“Due to my isolation, I have not been able to participate in the debates occurring around me and that has resulted in a climate of libel and fake news that might be expected for someone who has been in the business of exposing very large and very powerful corrupt organisations or organisations that abuse human rights.”

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/04/exclusive-leaked-assange-court-transcript-sheds-light-on-us-backed-ecuadorian-expulsion-plans/

Phonecall conversation between Trump and Turnbull in 2017 could lead to charges being laid

Sourced from QRes#7784

"You had conversations with the President of the United States and the Prime Minister of Australia leak," Nunes told Fox News' Sunday Morning Futures. "You had leaks of President Trump talking to the President of Mexico. We all know the travesty of General Flynn. Nobody knows where those supposed transcripts came from.

https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/leaked-turnbull-trump-phone-call-could-lead-to-criminal-charges-20190408-p51bty.html

The "absolutely horrific" leak of US President Donald Trump's contentious 2017 phone call with then Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull could lead to criminal charges.

Devin Nunes, the highest-ranking Republican member on the US House of Representatives Intelligence Committee, announced today he is sending eight criminal referrals to US Attorney General William Barr.

One of the referrals is aimed at finding out who leaked transcripts of Mr Trump's January 28, 2017 phone call with Mr Turnbull, a call with then-Mexican president Pena Nieto and former national security adviser Michael Flynn's communications with a Russian ambassador.

Mr Nunes said the eight referrals "are classified or sensitive" so he was unable to publicly offer details.

https://www.9news.com.au/world/us-news-trump-turnbull-phone-call-devin-nunes-australia-politics/02ddecb3-7a66-4114-a522-5cfc35d203c4

Anon on Access to chan sites etc

Sourced from QRes#7786

The Australian gov. Is still blocking access to Voat, all the Chans and most non-chan Q archiving sites.

Guess what asshats?

I'm here regardless!

Boy talk about not understanding the inherent

nature of the people they are suppose to be leading!

A nation whom idolizes the Ned Kellys, the irreverent and The Fair Go.

Heavy handed tactics are never going to work for long on a population like that.

>>6094644

Better way to allow access to 8chan

For anyone stuck like this Anon above and having to use a VPN to access 8chan, here's a neater solution, that doesnt require changing DNS settings to 8.8.8.8 or 1.1.1.1 nor the use of a VPN.

Militant Vegan Protesters shut down cities across Australia

Source

https://www.news.com.au/technology/environment/vegans-hit-queensland-abattoir-as-major-day-of-protests-begins/news-story/12bffb34cc01f00997021055c8c6d79c

kek, do they not realise vegetables feel pain too ?

Britain plans social media regulation to battle harmful content (following Australia's lead?)

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LONDON (Reuters) - Britain proposed new online safety laws on Monday that would slap penalties on social media companies and technology firms if they fail to protect their users from harmful content. Easy access to damaging material particularly among young people has caused growing concern worldwide and came into the spotlight in Britain after the death of 14-year-old schoolgirl Molly Russell, which her parents said came after she had viewed online material on depression and suicide.

Governments across the world are wrestling over how to better control content on social media platforms, often blamed for encouraging abuse, the spread of online pornography, and for influencing or manipulating voters. Global worries were recently stoked by the live streaming of the mass shooting at a mosque in New Zealand on one of Facebook’s platforms, after which Australia said it would fine social media and web hosting companies and imprison executives if violent content is not removed “expeditiously”.

In a policy paper widely trailed in British media, the government said it would look into possibly using fines, blocking access to websites, and imposing liability on senior tech company management for failing to limit the distribution of harmful content. It would also set up a regulator to police the rules.

TechUK, an industry trade group, said the paper was a significant step forward, but one which needed to be firmed up during its 12-week consultation. It said some aspects of the government’s approach were too vague. “It is vital that the new framework is effective, proportionate and predictable,” techUK said in a statement, adding not all concerns could be addressed through regulation. Facebook said it was looking forward to working with the government to ensure new regulations were effective, repeating its founder Mark Zuckerberg’s line that regulations were needed to have a standard approach across platforms.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-tech-regulation/britain-plans-social-media-regulation-to-battle-harmful-content-idUSKCN1RJ0QP?il=0

Australia appoints new ambassador to Afghanistan

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https://foreignminister.gov.au/releases/Pages/2019/mp_mr_190408a.aspx

Animal Activist Groups Active in Australia Today And Cuba As Well

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Australia National day of action by animal activist group causes chaos.

Animal rights activists have launched protests across the country, with 38 protesters arrested after blocking a major Melbourne CBD intersection for most of the morning.

The vegan activists have also swarmed abattoirs in Goulburn and Queensland (no comment made about these nutters chaining themselves to the equipment), with protests held to mark one year since the release of the film Dominion -a documentary focusing on factory farming in Australia.

There have been multiple arrests across the country this morning and Prime Minister Scott Morrison has admonished the group as "un-Australian".

Police confirmed protesters had blocked the intersection of Flinders and Swanston streets using vehicles, which a small number have chained themselves to.

A total of 27 people - including two 17-year-olds and a 15-year-old - have been arrested following the CBD protest.

https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/national-day-of-action-by-animal-activist-group-causes-chaos/ar-BBVHW3d?ocid=spartanntp

Animal Activists in Cuba Too

In possible first, Cuba allows march by animal activists

More than 400 animal-lovers peacefully marched more than a mile through Havana on Sunday, shouting slogans and waving signs calling for an end to animal cruelty in Cuba.

Short, seemingly simple, the march wrote a small but significant line in the history of modern Cuba. The socialist government had explicitly permitted a public march unassociated with any part of the all-encompassing Communist state, a move that participants and historians call highly unusual and perhaps unprecedented since the first years of the revolution.

https://apnews.com/e1fbc4c9865b4c398f5f1e1f5bd5e9b2

Looks like the Animal Activists are a little more composed in Cuba than Australia .. kek

>>6094982

Anti-Animal Derangement Sydrome = AADS?

It wasnt my fault I ended up chained to the equipment screeching slogans, it was the AADS .. kek

Leak of call between Trump and Malcolm Turnbull could lead to criminal charges

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Devin Nunes says he is sending eight criminal referrals to US attorney general William Barr

The “absolutely horrific” leak of Donald Trump’s contentious 2017 phone call with Malcolm Turnbull could lead to criminal charges.

Devin Nunes, the highest-ranking Republican member on the US House of Representatives intelligence committee, announced on Sunday he was sending eight criminal referrals to the US attorney general, William Barr.

One is aimed at finding out who leaked transcripts of the US president’s phone call with Turnbull on 28 January 2017, a call with the then Mexican president, Enrique Peña Nieto, and former national security adviser Michael Flynn’s communications with a Russian ambassador.

“You had conversations with the president of the United States and the prime minister of Australia leak,” Nunes told Fox News. “You had leaks of President Trump talking to the president of Mexico leak.

“We all know the travesty of General Flynn.

“Nobody knows where those supposed transcripts came from.

“Those are just three examples that are absolutely horrific but there’s things that are even worse that were leaked, and there were only two or three reporters involved in this, so it would not be hard to get to the bottom of.”

The Trump-Turnbull phone call transcript leak to the Washington Post rocked the usually solid US-Australian alliance, with both nations going into damage control when it was revealed the president abruptly cut short the planned hour-long call to just 24 minutes.

The transcript showed Turnbull pushing Trump to support the asylum seeker deal struck with the former US president Barack Obama. It was Trump’s last of numerous calls with world leaders that day, including the Russian president, Vladimir Putin.

“Putin was a pleasant call,” Trump told Turnbull. “This is ridiculous.”

Nunes said the eight referrals “are classified or sensitive” so he was unable to offer details.

“Five of them are what I would call straight up referrals, so just referrals that name someone and name the specific crimes,” Nunes said. “Those crimes are lying to Congress, misleading Congress, leaking classified information.”

The referrals also involve alleged abuse by “numerous individuals” of the US Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which involves surveillance warrants against suspected foreign spies inside the US.

Some Republican members of Congress allege the FBI counterintelligence investigation into potential collusion between Russia and the Trump election campaign, which led to the appointment of Special Counsel Robert Mueller, was marred by lies and false information to obtain Fisa warrants.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/apr/08/leak-of-call-between-donald-trump-and-malcolm-turnbull-could-lead-to-criminal-charges

Q !UW.yye1fxo ID: c9daa0 No.8039 📁

Jan 6 2018 16:03:28 (EST)

How much did AUS donate to CF?

How much did SA donate to CF?

Compare.

Why is this relevant?

What phone call between POTUS and X/AUS leaked?

List the leadership in AUS.

IDEN leadership during Hussein term.

IDEN leadership during POTUS' term.

Who controls AUS?

Who really controls AUS?

UK?

Why is this relevant?

Q

Facebook, Google And Twitter Hit By New Legal Regulation To 'Clean Up Their Acts'

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On Monday, the U.K. Government published proposals for "tough new measures to ensure the U.K. is the safest place in the world to be online," claiming these to be the world's "first online safety laws." An independent regulator will be put in place with the "powers to take effective enforcement action against companies that have breached their statutory duty of care." Such enforcement will include "substantial fines" as well as, potentially, the powers "to disrupt the business activities of a non-compliant company… to impose liability on individual members of senior management… and to block non-compliant services."

Substantial fines, business restrictions, jailing execs - and the U.K. is not a lone voice. Just a few hours before the U.K. proposals were published, Facebook was branded "morally bankrupt pathological liars" by New Zealand's Privacy Commissioner in the wake of their handling of last month's attacks in Christchurch. And a week ago, Australia's Government introduced legislation to fine or imprison social media execs who fail to prevent "the spread of abhorrent violent material online seriously" which "weaponizes" their platforms.

The race to regulate is now on. "In the first online safety laws of their kind," the U.K. Government said on issuing the proposals, "social media companies and tech firms will be legally required to protect their users and face tough penalties if they do not comply."

The inevitable is here

It was in light of Christchurch and the international response that followed, that Facebook belatedly banned white hatred from its platforms. Coincidentally, the change of policy came hot on the heels of Australia's threats to jail execs, including the inference that they may even pursue execs resident overseas. Until now, the social media giants have ridden out the storm of protests and criticism following increased scrutiny of the material 'published' by users on their sites. The irony is that most of the protests were aired on social media, the more the platforms are used, the more data they collect. And the more data they collect, the more money they make. This is not complicated.

The industry has raised the issue, and last month Mark Zuckerberg penned an op-ed in the Washington Post to argue that social media companies cannot and should not be held responsible for policing what can and cannot be published and shared. All well and good, but how to strike the balance between what the U.S. or U.K. Governments might say and what others might say. When the Singaporean Government came out with legislation to police content, there were immediate complaints that this was an impediment to free speech and could not be allowed. You can see the dilemma.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2019/04/08/u-k-government-threatens-facebook-google-and-twitter-enough-is-enough/#29ac042e7762

Ecuador reserves the right to investigate Assange: foreign minister

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Assange, an Ecuadorian citizen, has lived in the country’s London embassy for nearly seven years. Moreno has said Assange has violated the terms of his asylum, but that the country has no imminent plan to expel him from the embassy.

The Ecuadorian government told the United Nations’ special rapporteur on the right to privacy last week that Wikileaks could be involved in the posting on social media of communications and photographs of Moreno and his family.

“Ecuador reserves the right to conduct investigations,” foreign minister Jose Valencia told reporters. “The state has the ability to assign and revise this diplomatic asylum; therefore we can conduct some investigations.”

“We have reports that he possibly has access (to the internet). This specifically determines the investigations that we will take forward,” Valencia said.

The investigation will be independent from the one conducted by the UN’s rapporteur, who is set to visit Assange in London on April 25, according to Valencia.

Assange says Ecuador is seeking to end his asylum, which began in 2012, by implicating him and Wikileaks in accusations of corruption leveled against Moreno and his family that have been shared on social media.

Assange’s lawyer in Ecuador, Carlos Poveda, has asked Ecuador to clarify if it is planning to terminate Assange’s asylum.

“That decision will be made between two options: continue asylum or revise the situation depending on the merits that may or may not exist,” Valencia said.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ecuador-assange/ecuador-reserves-the-right-to-investigate-assange-foreign-minister-idUSKCN1RK22U

“I’m an assassination risk”, writes Assange to Ecuador court in leaked testimony.

Sourced from QRes#7804

Ecuador will be violating its own constitution if it expels Julian Assange from its London embassy while fully aware of a possible “assassination” plot against him, WikiLeaks suggested, releasing the journalist’s court testimony, RT.com writes.

Article 79 of the Ecuadorean constitution guarantees that “in no case shall the extradition of an Ecuadorean be granted,” Assange told the Ecuadorean court back on October 29, when he requested the restoration of his communication privileges.

A transcript of Assange’s statement was released by WikiLeaks after news of his imminent expulsion from the embassy made the headlines on Thursday. While a great deal of Assange’s testimony defends his right to stay in the embassy after being granted asylum and, subsequently, citizenship, the 47-year-old also accused the government of Lenin Moreno of illegally limiting his communication rights and bowing to pressure from the US, which seeks his extradition for revealing some of Washington’s dirty secrets.

“The fact that a government controls a particular piece of space does not mean it can violate its Constitution, can violate UN-mandated rights, that it can engage in punishment without process,” Assange told the court, revealing that, besides threats of unjust prosecution, he also faces direct threats against his life.

https://voiceofeurope.com/2019/04/im-an-assassination-risk-writes-assange-to-ecuador-court-in-leaked-testimony/

From New Zealand, terms of reference for the Royal Commission into the Christchurch Terror Attacks finalised. Sourced from QRes#7808

Govt confirms details of Royal Commission into Christchurch terror attack

Supreme Court judge Sir William Young will lead the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Christchurch mosque terror attacks, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced.

Ardern also announced the terms of reference for the inquiry.

"The Government will ensure no stone is left unturned as we examine as quickly as possible how the March 15 attack happened, what could have been done to stop it and how we can keep New Zealanders safe," Ardern told reporters at her weekly post-Cabinet press conference.

"The Royal Commission plays a critical role in our ongoing response to fully understand what happened in the lead up to the attack and to ensure such an attack never happens again.

The Commission will look at:

The alleged gunman's activities before the attack, including:

● Relevant information from his time in Australia

● His arrival and residence in New Zealand

● His travel within New Zealand, and internationally

● How he obtained a gun licence, weapons and ammunition

● His use of social media and other online media

● His connections with others, whether in New Zealand or internationally

● What relevant state sector agencies knew about him and his activities before this attack; what actions, if any, they took in light of that knowledge; and whether there were any additional measures that the agencies could have taken to prevent the attack

● Whether there were any impediments to relevant state sector agencies gathering or sharing information relevant to the attack, or acting upon such information, including legislative impediments

● Whether there was any inappropriate concentration or priority setting of counter-terrorism resources by relevant state sector agencies prior to this attack.

"Justice Young, who is a sitting Judge of the Supreme Court of New Zealand, New Zealand's highest court, has the extensive experience and skills required to lead the inquiry," Ardern said.

"I am confident that in his nearly nine years as a judge on our highest bench, Justice Young has the judgement, clarity and care to do the job, with a sound understanding of intelligence issues and experience working in the public eye."

One further member would be appointed to the commission by the end of April.

The commission would engage with the Muslim community, including appointing people to help with effective consultation.

It would start considering evidence from May 13 and was expected to report back to Governor-General Dame Patsy Reddy by December 10.

The commission will have a budget of $8.2 million.

https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/news/politics/government-confirms-details-of-royal-commission-of-inquiry-into-christchurch-terror-attack/

Terms of Reference for the Royal Commission into the Attack on Christchurch Mosques on 15 March 2019, as approved by Cabinet on 8 April 2019 (PDF/Word)

https://www.dia.govt.nz/Royal-Commission-of-Inquiry-into-the-Attack-on-Christchurch-Mosques

Anons comments on UK's published divide and conquer strategy (Dec 2018)

Oh by the way if anyone is interested ill post this again since breads were moving so fast earlier.

Sourced from QRes#7808

https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201719/ldselect/ldintrel/250/25002.htm

This is the UK divide and conquer strategy presented to the House of Lords in Dec 2018. Absolute hatred for Trump/Populism, censorship, psyops vs non MSM sources, painting Russia as the bad guy and cozying up to China.

Could be why Crown vassals like Australia and NZ FF'd themselves with the mosque shooting.

Complete report available at :

https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201719/ldselect/ldintrel/250/25002.htm

Julian Assange is involved in new criminal case

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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who has been holed up in the Ecuadorian embassy in London for nearly seven years, is involved in a “new criminal case,” the organization said late on Tuesday.

WikiLeaks said in an email that it will be holding a press briefing at 11 a.m. London time (6 a.m. ET) on Wednesday. Details about the new case were not immediately disclosed.

“WikiLeaks will be holding a press briefing .. a new, wholly unexpected, criminal case involving Julian Assange escalating current tensions,” the organization said.

WikiLeaks Editor-in-Chief Kristinn Hrafnsson, barrister Jennifer Robinson, and Fidel Narvaez, a former consul of Ecuador to London, are expected to speak at the press briefing, which will be accompanied by an audio-visual presentation.

Last week, WikiLeaks expressed fears that Assange would soon be expelled from the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, but Ecuador’s Foreign Ministry later denied the reports, calling it “false news.”

https://bnonews.com/index.php/2019/04/wikileaks-founder-julian-assange-involved-in-new-criminal-case/

>>6119624

Regardless of your opinions on the shooting, please do not post links to that video here.

Sourced from QRes#7820

Assange Announcement 11AM

McCarthy/Jodan/Meadows 11AM

11:11

Chekkem

>>6118234

Complete report available at :

https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201719/ldselect/ldintrel/250/25002.htm

https://8ch.net/qresearch/res/5945347.html#6118234

>>6131361

Wonder how much taxpayer money already been wasted advertising the current goverments achievements, in the run up to announcing the election?

New Zealand votes to amend gun laws after Christchurch attack

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WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Lawmakers in New Zealand voted almost unanimously on Wednesday to change gun laws, less than a month after its worst peacetime mass shooting, in which 50 people were killed in attacks on two mosques in Christchurch. Parliament passed the gun reform bill, the first substantial changes to New Zealand’s gun laws in decades, by 119 to 1. It must now receive royal assent from the governor general to become law. “There have been very few occasions when I have seen parliament come together in this way, and I can’t imagine circumstances when it is more necessary,” Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said in presenting the legislation. Ardern banned the sale of all military style semi-automatics (MSSA) and assault rifles just six days after the March 15 shooting, and announced plans to tighten gun laws.

A lone gunman used semi-automatic guns in the Christchurch mosque attacks, killing 50 people as they attended Friday prayers. Authorities have charged Australian Brenton Tarrant, 28, a suspected white supremacist, with 50 counts of murder following the attacks.

The new curbs bar the circulation and use of most semi-automatic firearms, parts that convert firearms into semi-automatic firearms, magazines over a certain capacity, and some shotguns. Existing gun laws had provided for a standard A-category gun license covering semi-automatics limited to seven shots. The bill grants an amnesty until Sept. 30 for people to surrender prohibited items. More than 300 weapons had already been handed in, police minister Stuart Nash told parliament.

Sounds almost identical to the Australian gun law revisions after Port Arthur

The government has begun work on a second arms amendment bill it hopes to introduce in June, he said, adding that the measure would tackle issues regarding a gun registry, among others. The government has faced criticism from some quarters for rushing through the bill. Wednesday’s dissenting vote came from David Seymour, leader of the small free-market ACT Party, who questioned why the measure was being rushed through.

Ardern said majority lawmakers believe such guns had no place in New Zealand. “We are ultimately here because 50 people died and they do not have a voice,” she added. “We, in this house, are their voice and today we have used that voice wisely.”

Since last month’s shooting, New Zealand has tightened security and canceled several events in Auckland, its largest city, intended to commemorate ANZAC Day on April 25. “There is no information about a specific threat to ANZAC events,” police official Karyn Malthus, said in a statement. “However it’s important that the public be safe, and feel safe, at events in the current environment.” In 1996, neighboring Australia banned semi-automatic weapons and launched a gun buyback after the Port Arthur massacre that killed 35 people.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-newzealand-shooting-parliament/new-zealand-votes-to-amend-gun-laws-after-christchurch-attack-idUSKCN1RM0VX?il=0

Australia Heads to Election in Showdown Over Taxes, Climate

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Prime Minister Scott Morrison called Australia’s election for May 18, with polls showing he’s facing an uphill battle to prevent a shift in power to the left-leaning opposition Labor party.

The five-week campaign will be dominated by the stark policy differences between Labor and his Liberal-National coalition, which is vying for a third straight term. They include everything from cutting taxes to boosting wages to reducing emissions in one of the world’s worst per-capita polluters.

“To secure your future, the road ahead depends on a strong economy,” Morrison, 50, told reporters in Canberra Thursday, after asking Governor-General Peter Cosgrove to dissolve both houses of parliament. “And that’s why there is so much at stake at this election.”

The coalition government goes into the contest as the underdog, with its six years in power tainted by policy stagnation and infighting that’s seen it twice switch leaders. While the center-right coalition has presided over an unprecedented hiring boom and is forecasting the nation’s first budget surplus in more than a decade, stagnant wages and spiraling power bills have eroded living standards for many voters.

“It’s taken us more than five years to turn around Labor’s budget mess,” Morrison said. “Now is not the time to turn back.”

Since the 2016 federal election, the government has lost its majority in the lower house after a defeat in a special ballot, compounding its challenge to win another term. Since replacing Malcolm Turnbull as prime minister in August, Morrison has struggled to close Labor’s lead in the polls. The party led by former union leader Bill Shorten, 51, was ahead by four points in the latest Newspoll.

(more)

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-04-10/australia-s-prime-minister-morrison-calls-election-for-may-18

ELECTION TALK IN OZ…NEW PEDO REGISTER WILL "NAME AND SHAME"

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A nationwide child sex offender register that will be rolled out under a re-elected Coalition Government could have stopped Daniel Morcombe's killer from following through on his vile fantasies.

That's the stark message from the murdered boy's father, as Daily Mail Australia reveals details of how the Federal Government's controversial name and shame system will work - on the day Prime Minister Scott Morrison called an election for May 18th.

The Coalition has announced it will invest $7.8 million in a paedophile public register that will publish the names, aliases, dates of birth, suburb and general nature of a perpetrators' offending - as well as their photograph.

Bruce Morcombe applauded the register as 'the best thing in this year's Budget'. He said his son's murderer Brett Peter Cowan may have had second thoughts if a register had been around when he was offending.

'Lord willing, he would've been on the register, and he may well have thought, I can't go down the path again because people will recognise me,' Mr Morcombe said.

The proposed paedophile register is just one of many policy differences between the Coalition and Labor, with the five-week election shaping as the starkest choice in a generation.

https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/how-a-coalition-government-will-roll-out-a-revolutionary-name-and-shame-paedophile-register-across-australia-if-elected-that-daniel-morcombes-dad-says-could-have-saved-his-sons-life/ar-BBVOL40?ocid=spartanntp

Coalition had lots of time to do all this stuff its now promising while in government (thats what shits me about the Proposed RC on the Edlerly Care Industry - Coalition knocked it back 3 times already - now there's an election its reoffered cause its a point winner), not just kick the can further down the road

>>6143335

To Op, A brief explanation of the video linked would help Anons immensely with deciding if they want to view it.

Also why is a pedo female being kept in a male jail .. wtf ?

>>6146050

What the hell is going on? … in this video .. and why should we care if this random guy is having problems with being seen on youtube?

Think before you post Anon.

Christchurch police looking for man wearing Trump t-shirt who allegedly abused worshippers outside Al Noor Mosque

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https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/christchurch-police-looking-man-wearing-trump-t-shirt-allegedly-abused-worshippers-outside-al-noor-mosque

Kek, they not even trying to be subtle about it now.

Julian Assange Arrested

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JA's Arrest Footage

JA Arrested by British police at Ecuadorean embassy after Ecuador relinquishes asylum

LONDON (Reuters) - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was arrested by British police on Thursday after they were invited into the Ecuadorean embassy where he has been holed up since 2012.

“Julian Assange, 47, has today, Thursday 11 April, been arrested by officers from the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) at the Embassy of Ecuador,” police said.

Police said they arrested Assange after being “invited into the embassy by the Ambassador, following the Ecuadorean government’s withdrawal of asylum.”

Assange took refuge in Ecuador’s London embassy in 2012 to avoid being extradited to Sweden, where authorities wanted to question him as part of a sexual assault investigation. That probe was later dropped, but Assange fears he could be extradited to face charges in the United States, where federal prosecutors are investigating WikiLeaks.

Assange was taken into custody at a central London police station and he will be brought before Westminster Magistrates’ Court, police said.

Assange’s relationship with his hosts collapsed after Ecuador accused him of leaking information about President Lenin Moreno’s personal life. Moreno had previously said Assange has violated the terms of his asylum.

Moreno said that he had asked Britain to guarantee that Assange would not be extradited to a country where he could face torture or the death penalty.

“The British government has confirmed it in writing, in accordance with its own rules,” Moreno said.

WikiLeaks said Ecuador had illegally terminated Assange’s political asylum in violation of international law.

To some, Assange is a hero for exposing what supporters cast as abuse of power by modern states and for championing free speech. But to others, he is a dangerous rebel who has undermined the security of the United States.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ecuador-assange/julian-assange-arrested-by-british-police-at-ecuadorean-embassy-idUSKCN1RN10R

Related Coverage:

Kremlin hopes Assange rights will not be violated after his arrest

UK pledges it won't send Assange to country with death penalty: Ecuador

>Julian Assange has been arrested on a U.S. extradition request

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https://twitter.com/AndrewBeatty/status/1116286663905255424

BREAKING @AFP (Stockholm) Swedish Assange accuser urges prosecution to reopen rape case: lawyer

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https://twitter.com/suigenerisjen/status/1116290879260639232

Just confirmed: #Assange has been arrested not just for breach of bail conditions but also in relation to a US extradition request. @wikileaks @khrafnsson

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https://twitter.com/KaraScannell/status/1116293365321150465

Assange’s attorney confirms arrest and says it is also in relation to a US extradition request

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange arrested after eviction from Ecuadorian Embassy in London

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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, a scourge of American government officials for allegedly leaking classified and secret documents, has been arrested at the Ecuadorian residence in London, his longtime home. The arrest came after Ecuadorian officials evicted the Australian native. He had lived in the diplomatic compound for nearly seven years, initially shielding him from extradition to Sweden, where he was wanted on sexual assault charges. Swedish authorities later dropped the case, but Assange stayed inside the embassy out of fear of extradition to the United States, where federal authorities have long investigated him for espionage.

Assange became a player in the 2016 presidential race when WikiLeaks released thousands of emails that had been stolen from the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman John Podesta. American intelligence officials concluded the hacking was orchestrated by the Russian government. In London on Thursday, the Metropolitan Police said Assange had been arrested by officers at the embassy on a warrant issued by Westminster Magistrates’ Court in 2012, for failing to surrender to the court. In a statement, Metropolitan Police was "arrested on behalf of the United States authorities, at 10:53hrs after his arrival at a central London police station. This is an extradition warrant under Section 73 of the Extradition Act. He will appear in custody at Westminster Magistrates' Court as soon as possible." Video of a bearded Assange being dragged out of the embassy was posted to YouTube by Ruptly, which is owned by Russian state-owned news outlet RT. In a tweet sharing the video, WikiLeaks appears to quote Assange saying, "The U.K. must resist this attempt by the Trump administration."

British authorities have long made clear that Assange, 47, would not have diplomatic immunity if he left the Ecuadorian Embassy in London. Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno said Assange's asylum has been taken away due to "repeated violations to international conventions and daily-life.”

WikiLeaks rose to international prominence in 2010 when it began releasing batches of classified American documents and other materials about actions of U.S. troops in Afghanistan and Iraq, along with confidential diplomatic cables sent between State Department officials. The material was consistently unflattering to U.S. officials, including live footage of exploding bombs and ordinances not typically seen outside of war zones. American officials said WikiLeaks put at risk the lives of U.S. service members and diplomats.

In 2016, the campaign of Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton expressed scorn for WikiLeaks after it released hacked material from the DNC. That included revelations that party officials had, during the Democratic primary season, favored her candidacy over that of her rival, independent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, a socialist.

The documents showed DNC officials had, among other things, scheduled Clinton-Sanders debates for times fewer people were expected to tune in, such as opposite playoff football games and Christmas-season entertainment. Assange made clear he was no fan of Clinton, but he has insisted that he did not get the emails from Russia. Democrats, meanwhile, have consistently sought to link Assange and WikiLeaks to the 2016 campaign of President Trump.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/wikileaks-founder-julian-assange-arrested-at-ecuadorian-embassy-in-london

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FILES:

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2017-01-25 Vaul7 (All of CIAs shit)

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2016-12-09 Shadowbrokers (Alleged Aliens and Projects)

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2013-08-16 Snowden Cache (NSA Projects that were only mentioned in the Snowden revelations)

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2012-02-22 Stratfor (Military/Regime change)

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JA translation by an Ausfag

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First he says -

"The UK has no sovereignty, the UK has no sovereignty".

(Sovereignty = jurisdiction)

He says it a bit wrong adding an extra 'i' like sovereignity.

Then he says -

"Resist UK, resist this offence by the Trump administration."

Assange Arrested Carrying Gore Vidal's History of the National Security State

DOJ ASSANGE INDICTMENT

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https://www.justice.gov/usao-edva/pr/wikileaks-founder-charged-computer-hacking-conspiracy

https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/1116326955396288513

US Attorney for Assange, Barry Pollack statement on Assange arrest on behalf of the US in relation to 2010 publications:

https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/1116327906664427527

UK Metropolitan police confirm Assange has been arrested in relation to a US warrant. Assange lawyers confirm it concerns an alleged conspiracy with Chelsea Manning in relation to 2010 publications.

Sara Carter on JA

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WikiLeaks founder Julian P. Assange appeared disheveled as he was carried out by authorities from the Ecuadorian Embassy in the United Kingdom Thursday, where he has been living nearly seven years in asylum from authorities for exposing classified information on his WikiLeaks website.

According to the Eastern District of Virginia, he was arrested under a U.S. and United Kingdom, “Extradition Treaty, in connection with a federal charge of conspiracy to commit computer intrusion for agreeing to break a password to a classified U.S. government computer.”

Assange faces five years in prison for his role in obtaining and disseminating classified information from then Army intelligence analyst Bradley Manning, who is now known as Chelsea Manning.

“Actual sentences for federal crimes are typically less than the maximum penalties,” according to the Eastern District of Virginia press release. “A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after taking into account the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.”

Assange’s lawyer told ABC news “we cannot lose sight, the Australian government cannot lose sight of the principals involved in this case. He’s an Australian citizen, who is a publisher, whose being sought for prosecution in the United States – an Australian ally – whose being sought for prosecution in the United States for publishing truthful information.”

According to court documents unsealed Thursday “the charge relates to Assange’s alleged role in one of the largest compromises of classified information in the history of the United States.”

The indictment alleges that in March 2010, Assange “engaged in a conspiracy with Chelsea Manning, a former intelligence analyst in the U.S. Army, to assist Manning in cracking a password stored on U.S. Department of Defense computers connected to the Secret Internet Protocol Network (SIPRNet), a U.S. government network used for classified documents and communications.”

Manning had gender reassignment surgery after his arrest. He changed his name to Chelsea.

In 2017, then President Barack Obama overruled his Secretary of Defense Ash Carter and commuted the sentence of Manning. Manning had stolen and then disseminated more than 750,000 pages of classified documents and videos to WikiLeaks.

The indictment said Manning had access to the computers through her work as an intelligence analyst.

“She used the computers to download classified records and then she transmitted them to WikiLeaks,” the press release from the Eastern District of Virginia states. “Cracking the password would have allowed Manning to log on to the computers under a username that did not belong to her. Such a deceptive measure would have made it more difficult for investigators to determine the source of the illegal disclosures.”

Manning and Assange had engaged in real-time discussions regarding Manning’s transmission of classified records to Assange, added the press release.

“The discussions also reflect Assange actively encouraging Manning to provide more information,” it said.

At the time Manning told Assange that “after this upload, that’s all I really have got left.”

According to the indictment, Assange replied, “curious eyes never run dry in my experience.”

Assange is being charged with conspiracy to commit computer intrusion and is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

https://saraacarter.com/arrested-assange-told-manning-curious-eyes-never-run-dry-in-my-experience/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

>>6163220

Forgot pic

Snowden Tweets about JA

https://twitter.com/Snowden/status/1116336550873317377

JA to appear in court on 2 May

https://twitter.com/BBCDanielS/status/1116339612249657345

Anon Comment on April Showers

April showers bring May Flowers …

Interdasting thought .. but over predicting whats might happen next personally.

WikiLeaks Founder Charged in Computer Hacking Conspiracy and Anons response

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https://www.justice.gov/usao-edva/pr/wikileaks-founder-charged-computer-hacking-conspiracy

Never seen such a clement press release from the DOJ. Usually they stress maximum penalties and seriousness of crimes.

>Assange is charged with conspiracy to commit computer intrusion and is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of five years in prison. Actual sentences for federal crimes are typically less than the maximum penalties. A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after taking into account the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.

Newmont shareholders OK $10 billion Goldcorp takeover, creating biggest gold producer

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TORONTO (Reuters) - Newmont Mining shareholders on Thursday approved the company’s $10 billion takeover of Goldcorp Inc which is set to create the world’s biggest gold producer with assets across the Americas, Africa and Australia.

About 98 percent of votes at a special meeting were in support of Newmont’s proposal to issue new stock to fund its takeover of Goldcorp, the Denver-based company said in a statement. Goldcorp’s investors voted to approve the acquisition last week.

The deal, the biggest takeover in the gold sector’s history according to Refinitiv data, faced some initial opposition from Newmont investors who said it overly favored Goldcorp shareholders. But they rallied behind the proposal on the promise of a special dividend.

The 88-cent-per-share special dividend will be paid on May 1 to those who hold Newmont shares as of April 17, according to the statement.

Newmont shares were 0.7 percent lower at $36.01 in morning trading in New York, in line with the benchmark S&P/TSX Global Gold Index. Goldcorp shares slipped 0.26 percent to C$15.41 in Toronto.

“We thank Newmont’s shareholders for their overwhelming support for this compelling value creation opportunity as we build the world’s leading gold company,” Newmont Chief Executive Gary Goldberg said in the statement.

The new company, to be called Newmont Goldcorp, will overtake current market leader Barrick Gold Corp in annual production, churning out 6 million to 7 million ounces of gold annually over the next 10 years, compared with Barrick’s forecast of 5.1 million to 5.6 million ounces for 2019.

Newmont Goldcorp expects to shed between $1 billion and $1.5 billion of assets to focus on its most promising operations. This, combined with mines Barrick plans to sell in the wake of its acquisition of Randgold Resources, is expected by analysts to fuel a flurry of deals in a sector that has been focused on cutting costs rather than pursuing growth for several years.

Newmont’s acquisition of Goldcorp had faced several hurdles, beginning with Barrick’s hostile takeover bid for Newmont in February, which required it to abandon its deal with Goldcorp.

That was resolved through the creation of a joint venture of Newmont and Barrick’s operations in Nevada, which was estimated to create $4.7 billion in synergies.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-newmont-m-a-goldcorp-idUSKCN1RN25U

Jailhouse meeting between Julian Assange and Australian High Commission will address fears he will face the death penalty if extradited to the US

• Australian consular officials will visit Julian Assange over death penalty fears

• The Foreign Minister said Australia is 'completely opposed' to the death penalty

• She said the UK had sought assurances on the matter if he was moved to the US

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6914419/Australian-High-Commission-address-fears-Julian-Assange-face-death-penalty-US.html

How You Can Be Certain That The US Charge Against Assange Is Fraudulent

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Julian Assange sits in a jail cell today after being betrayed by the Ecuadorian government and his home country of Australia. A British judge named Michael Snow has found the WikiLeaks founder guilty of violating bail conditions, inserting himself into the annals of history by labeling Assange “a narcissist who cannot get beyond his own selfish interest.” So that tells you how much of a fair and impartial legal proceeding we can expect to see from the British judicial process on this matter.

But the real reason that Assange has been surrendered by the Ecuadorian government, imprisoned by the British government, and ignored by the Australian government is not directly related to any of those governments, but to that of the United States of America. An unsealed indictment from the Trump administration’s District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, accompanied by an extradition request, charges Assange with “conspiracy to commit computer intrusion for agreeing to break a password to a classified U.S. government computer” during Chelsea Manning’s 2010 leak of government documents exposing US war crimes.

This charge is premised on a fraudulent and manipulative distortion of reality, and you may be one hundred percent certain of it. Let me explain.

You can be absolutely certain that this charge is bogus because it isn’t based on any new information. The facts of the case have not changed, the information hasn’t changed, only the narrative has changed. In 2010 the United States opened a secret grand jury in Virginia to investigate whether Assange and WikiLeaks could be prosecuted for the publication of the Manning leaks, and then-Attorney General Eric Holder announced that the Obama administration was conducting “an active, ongoing criminal investigation’’ into the matter. The Trump administration has not turned up any new evidence that the Obama administration was unable to find in this active, ongoing criminal investigation (US government surveillance has surely acquired some new tricks since 2010, but time travel isn’t one of them), and indeed it does not claim to have turned up any new evidence.

“There’s a huge myth being misreported about today’s indictment of Assange,” journalist Glenn Greenwald tweeted today.

“The claim that Assange tried to help Manning circumvent a password to cover her tracks isn’t new. The Obama DOJ knew about it since 2011, but chose not to prosecute him. Story on this soon.”

There's a huge myth being misreported about today's indictment of Assange. The claim that Assange tried to help Manning circumvent a password to cover her tracks isn't new. The Obama DOJ knew about it since 2011, but chose not to prosecute him. Story on this soon.

— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) April 11, 2019

“Holder chose not to prosecute Assange based on the same info Trump DOJ cited,” Greenwald added.

“The weakness of the US charge against Assange is shocking,” tweeted NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden. “The allegation he tried (and failed?) to help crack a password during their world-famous reporting has been public for nearly a decade: it is the count Obama’s DOJ refused to charge, saying it endangered journalism.”

The weakness of the US charge against Assange is shocking. The allegation he tried (and failed?) to help crack a password during their world-famous reporting has been public for nearly a decade: it is the count Obama's DOJ refused to charge, saying it endangered journalism. https://t.co/xdTQ8xauB0

— Edward Snowden (@Snowden) April 11, 2019

https://www.blacklistednews.com/article/72126/how-you-can-be-certain-that-the-us-charge-against-assange-is.html

Pentagon Papers Lawyer: Julian Assange Being Convicted Will Criminalize the News-Gathering Process

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James Goodale, the vice president and general counsel of the New York Times during the Pentagon Papers scandal, is warning that the light charges against Julian Assange is part of an extradition scheme that could ultimately criminalize the news-gathering process in the digital age.

Goodale warns that generally speaking, a journalist can indeed instruct his source in a manner which will permit the source to escape identification, and that criminalizing that aspect of journalism will be a blow to the First Amendment.

Writing for The Hill, Goodale explained that the lack of charges under the Espionage Act is “a snare and a delusion.” He wrote that the indictment is “surprisingly spare” and “seems to have been written with a particular purpose in mind — to extradite Assange from England. Once he is here, he will be hit, no doubt, with multiple charges.”

“Under the U.S.-U.K. extradition treaty, one cannot be extradited from the United Kingdom if the extradition is for ‘political purposes.’ This explains why the indictment does not contain any charges alleging that Assange conspired with the Russians to impact the 2016 presidential election. It may also explain why the indictment focuses on hacking government computers rather than on leaking stolen government information, in as much as leaking could be characterized as being done for political purposes,” Goodale wrote. “When Assange arrives in the United States through extradition, as many expect he will, the government will then be able to indict him for his participation in that election. It is not out of the question that the government will come up with additional charges against Assange.”

Goodale explained that the government made it seem like Assange had hacked an account for Manning to be able to access the files, but it is not really the case. Manning already had access to the files legally — he is simply accused of trying (unsuccessfully) to help them cover their tracks.

“The U.S. government has attempted to divert attention from the basic fact that this indictment punishes the publication of truthful information by making it seem that Assange ‘cracked’ a code to permit Manning to have access to further classified information, which Manning in turn then could leak to Assange. That’s not what the indictment says. It says that Assange told Manning how to cover her tracks with respect to her leaks so the government could not catch Manning,” he wrote.

In conclusion, Goodale stated that “if Assange is found guilty of conspiring with Manning under this indictment, which incorporates the Espionage Act, this will be a blow to the First Amendment. It will criminalize the news-gathering process and will be a precedent for future cases concerning leaks. This will be particularly so since substantially all leaks in the future will be computer-generated. “

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/04/pentagon-papers-lawyer-julian-assange-being-convicted-will-criminalize-the-news-gathering-process/

Another Papa D Tweet

https://twitter.com/GeorgePapa19/status/1116867463243653120

"That's Something China Can't Tolerate": Tensions Erupt As China Slams Australia's "Irresponsible Comments"

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It all started in late February when we reported that a political row had erupted between China and Australia, with Beijing cracking down on imports of coal from Australia, cutting off the country's miners from their biggest export market and threatening the island nation's economy at a time when it and its fellow "Five Eyes" members who have sided with the US by blocking or banning Huawei's 5G network technology.

In the weeks that followed, while Beijing disputed such a draconian export crackdown, China was overtly targeting Australian coal imports with increased restrictions – what Beijing claims were quality checks – that delayed their passage through northern ports. Given Australia has the highest level of income dependency on China of any developed nation as 30.6% of all Australian export income came from China last year, equivalent to US$87 billion (twice the trade volume with Japan, Australia’s next biggest trading partner), and Australia’s coal industry is deeply dependent on its exports to China, which account for 3.7% of Australia’s GDP, this prompted much speculation that Beijing is punishing coal companies as retribution for political acts by Canberra, one of Washington’s closest allies. "The last time Australia was so dependent on one country for its income was in the 1950s when it was a client state of Britain," Sydney Morning Herald’s international editor, Peter Hartcher Hartcher said in March, according to the SCMP.

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-04-12/thats-something-china-cant-tolerate-tensions-erupt-china-slams-australias

Julian Assange 'must face Swedish justice' if country asks, say MPs

More than 70 MPs have signed a letter urging the home secretary to ensure Julian Assange faces authorities in Sweden if they request his extradition.

Labour's Stella Creasy tweeted a copy of the note sent to Sajid Javid.

WikiLeaks co-founder Assange was arrested on Thursday in relation to an extradition request from the US, where he is facing computer hacking charges.

He had spent seven years in Ecuador's London embassy, evading trial in Sweden for sex assaults which he has denied.

At the time, Assange said he had had entirely consensual sex with two women while on a trip to Stockholm and that the Swedish claims against him were part of a smear campaign.

Swedish prosecutors dropped a rape investigation into Assange in 2017 because they were unable to formally notify him of the allegations while he stayed in the embassy.

Two other charges of molestation and unlawful coercion had to be dropped in 2015 because time had run out.

But Swedish prosecutors say they are now re-examining the 47-year-old's case at the request of the lawyer acting for the alleged rape victim.

The letter, signed by mostly Labour MPs, urges Mr Javid to "stand with the victims of sexual violence" and ensure the rape claim against the 47-year-old can be "properly investigated".

"We do not presume guilt, of course, but we believe due process should be followed and the complainant should see justice be done," it says.

The rape allegation has a limitation period which expires in August 2020, it adds.

Inquiries into claims of molestation and unlawful coercion have already been timed out.

On Friday evening, shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry said Assange should be extradited to Sweden before any attempt to get him to the US.

She said she was "disgusted" the American allegation had been "allowed to eclipse" the sex offence case.

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Extradition proceedings are dealt with by the courts.

According to the Home Office, the home secretary can bring a limited number of factors into consideration when deciding whether to order a person's extradition.

These include whether the person might be at risk of the death penalty or whether the requesting state might try to add additional charges it has not specified.

However, lawyer Rebecca Niblock said that, if Sweden made an extradition request, it would be for the home secretary to decide which would take precedence, considering factors such as which was made first and the seriousness of the offence.

Australian-born Assange faces a charge of conspiracy to commit computer intrusion in the US for his alleged role in one of the largest ever leaks of government secrets, in 2010, which could result in a prison term of up to five years.

The US Department of Justice has accused him of conspiring with former intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning to commit "one of the largest compromises of classified information in the history of the United States".

Advance notice?

Assange sought refuge in the Ecuador embassy, in Knightsbridge, west London, in 2012 to avoid extradition to Sweden over allegations of sexual assault. But after seven years, Ecuador abruptly withdrew its asylum and invited the police to arrest him on Thursday.

The MPs' letter says both UK and US authorities seem to have been aware in advance of Ecuador's decision to rescind Mr Assange's political asylum.

"It is therefore of grave concern to us that it appears that the Swedish authorities were not aware of the plans made to arrest Mr Assange yesterday in London, and we would welcome clarity as to what action the UK authorities took to ensure that the Swedish prosecutors were informed in advance of this decision," it adds.

After his dramatic arrest, Assange was taken to Westminster Magistrates' Court and found guilty of a British charge of breaching bail. He spent Thursday night in custody and is facing up to 12 months in prison for that conviction.

Assange is due to face a hearing over his possible extradition to the US on 2 May.

Assange's lawyer Jennifer Robinson said they would be fighting the extradition request. She said it set a "dangerous precedent" for journalists publishing information about the US.

The UN has called for his right to a fair trial to be respected during any extradition process.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-47917325

https://twitter.com/BenjaminNorton/status/1117096692715859968

'Multiple' victims in Australia shooting: Police

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SYDNEY (AFP) - A shooting in the Australian city of Melbourne early on Sunday (April 14) has left “multiple” victims, police said, but local media reported that there were no fatalities.

“Investigators believe multiple people were shot outside a nightclub near Little Chapel Street and Malvern Road about 3.20am,” the Victoria Police said in a statement.

It did not give any more details including the condition of the victims, but said the shooting occurred in Melbourne’s Prahran district.

Local media said there were three or four victims.

“The exact circumstances are still being established,” police said.

Mass shootings are rare in Australia, which has strict gun laws introduced after 35 people were killed in 1996 at Port Arthur in Tasmania.

A murder-suicide last year which left seven members of a family dead in Western Australia was the country’s worst mass shooting since the Port Arthur case.

https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/multiple-victims-in-australia-shooting-police

Julian Assange’s Mother Begs Officials: ‘Be Patient, Gentle & Kind to Him’

The mother of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange took to social media following his arrest on Thursday in London, where he spent seven years in the Ecuadorian embassy to evade authorities in Sweden and the United States.

“A mother’s plea to police, prison officers, court staff re my son Julian. He’s been 8 yrs detained WITHOUT charge 6yrs deprived fresh air, exercise, sun/VitD 3 yrs sick/in pain denied proper medical/dental care 1yr isolated/tortured,” Christine Assange tweeted on Friday as the Associated Press reported. “Please be patient, gentle & kind to him,” she tweeted. Assange’s Twitter account says she is the “mother of journalist Julian Assange, detained 8 yrs without charge for exposing high level corruption.

“The extradition process itself is a matter between the United States and the United Kingdom, but we have also been provided with that advice from the U.K.,” Payne told reporters in the AP report. “Australia … is completely opposed to the death penalty and that is a bipartisan position and one which we have continued to advocate.” Some are protesting Assange’s arrest, including the Green Party in the United States, which held a protest on Thursday night at the British embassy in Washington, DC.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/04/13/julian-assanges-mother-begs-officials-be-patient-gentle-kind-him/

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At least 4 people shot, 1 killed, outside Melbourne nightclub

A man has died in hospital after a gunman opened fire on revelers from a passing car outside a night club in Melbourne, Australia. Three other people have been treated for injuries, one remains in critical condition.

Police reported on Sunday morning that they launched an investigation into a shooting in Prahran, an inner suburb of Melbourne, that resulted in multiple injuries among visitors of a local nightclub. The incident took place at about 3.20 am Sunday at a nightclub near Little Chapel Street and Malvern Road. Among the four people who were initially hospitalized, two were in a critical condition. Two other patients, a 50-year-old man and a 29-year-old man, suffered non-life threatening injuries.

In an update on Sunday, police said that a 37-year-old man from Narre Warren South succumbed to his injuries in hospital.

Police said they had found an abandoned Porsche, which is believed to have been used by the attackers. The vehicle was found burnt in Wollert, a Melbourne suburb some 30km from Prahran.

The shooter, who is believed to be on the run, apparently fired from a car as it was passing by the Love Machine nightclub, which was hosting a night for "old school groovers." The Age reported that the victims include a security guard, who was short in the face, and a patron of the club.

https://www.rt.com/news/456448-australia-nighclub-shooting-attack/

Assange's lawyer says he only fears 'US injustice'

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Wikileakes founder Julian Assange does not fear British or Swedish justice but "he is worried about facing US injustice," Assange's lawyer Jennifer Robinson told the Sophy Ridge Show on Sky News on Sunday.

Robinson said that there are no charges in Sweden against her client at the moment and added they will be dealt with if Sweden reopens the case in which Assange was accused of sexual assault. However, she noted the case was never about the charges in Sweden, but "the risk of extradition to the US."

Assange was arrested in the UK earlier this week when Ecuador revoked his asylum status. He was found guilty for breaching bail in the UK and is being charged for computer hacking conspiracy in the US.

https://www.breakingthenews.net/Article/Assange's-lawyer-says-he-only-fears-'US-injustice'/47505313

Julian Assange: WikiLeaks founder's life in Ecuadorian embassy captured on security camera

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Newly-released security footage has shown Assange in his living quarters and revealed a furious row with a security guard.

Julian Assange is seen skateboarding in the Ecuadorian embassy in newly-released footage which reveals his deteriorating relations with staff in the building.

The WikiLeaks founder was holed up in the embassy in London for more than seven years before he was arrested on Thursday.

Security footage, obtained by the Spanish newspaper El Pais, has shown Assange in his living quarters and captured a furious row between the Australian and a security guard.

At one point, Assange, 47, is seen dressed in a vest and shorts while he tries to ride a skateboard.

Assange is also seen clashing with a guard as he holds a meeting with visitors who allegedly refused to leave.

The footage shows him pointing a camera at the guard, who then tries to snatch it away.

Assange's guests left after the ambassador reportedly arrived in the early hours of the morning.

It comes after Assange's lawyer accused Ecuador of making "outrageous" claims about his actions in their London embassy.

Jennifer Robinson told Sky News that claims about her client's behaviour - including that he had smeared walls with faeces - were fabricated as a pretext to force him out.

Ecuador has claimed Assange had to be reminded to flush the toilet, left dirty underwear in the lavatory, did not clean dishes and left the cooker on.

Ms Robinson said: "Ecuador has made these allegations to justify the unlawful and extraordinary act of letting police come inside an embassy.

"I've been visiting him for the last seven years. This man has been inside a room with no outside access.

"Inside the embassy it's become more difficult. The politics changed when Ecuador's political situation changed with a new leader."

Assange faces up to 12 months in prison after being found guilty of breaching his bail conditions when he entered the Ecuadorian embassy in 2012.

He made the move after losing his battle against extradition to Sweden where he faced allegations including rape.

Assange is now expected to fight extradition to the US over an allegation that he conspired with former army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning to break into a classified government computer.

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has joined Assange's supporters in saying he should be protected against extradition to the US because he exposed evidence of "atrocities" in Iraq and Afghanistan.

More than 70 MPs have also urged the government to ensure Assange faces Swedish authorities if they request his extradition.

https://news.sky.com/story/julian-assange-wikileaks-founders-life-in-ecuadorian-embassy-captured-on-security-camera-11694026

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Resignations in the Region:

Nuk Korako resigns as National MP

https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2019/04/nuk-korako-resigns-as-national-mp.html

NZ NEWS

6 charged with spreading New Zealand mosque shooting video online

Wellington, New Zealand – Six people appeared in a New Zealand court Monday on charges they illegally redistributed the video a gunman livestreamed as he shot worshippers at two mosques last month. Christchurch District Court Judge Stephen O'Driscoll denied bail to businessman Philip Arps and an 18-year-old suspect who both were taken into custody in March. The four others are not in custody.

The charge of supplying or distributing objectionable material carries a penalty of up to 14 years imprisonment. Arps, 44, is scheduled to next appear in court via video link on April 26.

The 18-year-old suspect is charged with sharing the livestream video and a still image of the Al Noor mosque with the words "target acquired." He will reappear in court on July 31 when electronically monitored bail will be considered.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-zealand-mosque-shooting-criminal-charges-spreading-livestream-video-online/

Paul Suggests Granting Assange Immunity In Exchange For Congressional Testimony: Report

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Julian Assange should be let off the hook for releasing stolen material through his WikiLeaks website if he agrees to testify in person before lawmakers investigating his publication of Democratic Partydocuments, Sen. Rand Paul said in an interview published Wednesday.

“I think that he should be given immunity from prosecution in exchange for coming to the United States and testifying,” said Mr. Paul, Kentucky Republican.

“I think he’s been someone who has released a lot of information, and you can debate whether or not any of that has caused harm, but I think really he has information that is probably pertinent to the hacking of the Democratic emails that would be nice to hear,” Mr. Paul told a writer for The Gateway Pundit site.

Representatives for neither Mr. Assange nor WikiLeaks immediately returned messages seeking comment.

A 47-year-old Australian native, Mr. Assange has been under investigation in the U.S. since 2010 when WikiLeaks published classified diplomatic and military material obtained from the U.S. Departments of State and Defense, respectively. Investigators have more recently taken an interest in his publication of leaked Democratic Party material during the 2016 U.S. presidential race, however, and the Senate Intelligence Committee wrote Mr. Assange earlier this month requesting an interview on the matter.

“It’s probably unlikely to happen unless he is given some type of immunity from prosecution,” said Mr. Paul, a member of both the Senate Foreign Relations and Homeland Security Committees.

http://breakthematrix.com/blog/paul-suggests-granting-assange-immunity-in-exchange-for-congressional-testimony-report/?mc_cid=93d4c29f4d&mc_eid=968702cfdc