In the United States, a federal judge prohibits the administration from communicating with social networks. Republican attorneys general in Louisiana and Missouri have filed a lawsuit against the government, alleging it violated the Constitution’s First Amendment (which guarantees free speech), by inciting platforms to censor posts that may contributing to vaccine hesitancy or disrupting elections. The conservative Louisiana judge’s decision – which is a preliminary injunction and not yet a final verdict – “could undo years of efforts to improve coordination between the administration and social networks”, estimate the Washington Post. The White House has for its part disputed these accusations, saying that its actions were aimed at promoting accurate information in the face of foreign interference and the risks of disinformation.
Another night of clashes in Israel and Palestine. “Tonight, a non-commissioned officer on combat duty was killed by live fire during the operation against the terrorist infrastructure in Jenin camp”the Israeli army said on Tuesday evening, quoted by the daily ha’aretz. Shortly after, five rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip into Israeli territory, including the town of Sderot. According to the Israeli forces, the rockets “all intercepted by the Iron Dome missile defense system”. In response, Israel carried out airstrikes in Gaza on Wednesday morning. The shelling hit a Hamas military site, but caused no injuries, according to a Palestinian security source.
In France, the prosecution is investigating the death of a young man during the riots in Marseille. The probable cause of death of this 27-year-old man is a violent shock to the chest of a “projectile de type flash-ball” used by the riot police, according to the Marseille prosecutor’s office, which did not specify where the shot came from. The impact resulted in cardiac arrest and sudden death overnight from Saturday to Sunday. Prosecutors said it was not possible to determine where the victim was when he was shot, or whether he had taken part in the riots. “Flash-ball guns are designed to be non-lethal riot control weapons, but their use by police in France is disputed as the projectiles have resulted in blindings, head injuries and other trauma”, underline Al-Jazeera.
Quebec journalist Denise Bombardier dies at 82. This emblematic figure of the Quebec media landscape was taken away Tuesday in Montreal by a dazzling liver cancer. Journalist and presenter at Radio-Canada for more than thirty years, before joining other media, she was known for her taste for controversy. She had been noticed in France in 1990 for having attacked, on the set of the literary program Apostrophesthe writer Gabriel Matzneff, “condemns with calm and determination the intimate relationships that the author had with minors and which were extensively discussed in his books”, recalls the obituary of the French-language newspaper of Montreal The Press. And this long before the #MeToo movement. In recent years, she had above all distinguished herself, alongside very conservative polemicists, for her criticism of the “wokisme“a you”multiculturalism” dear to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
2023-07-05 03:22:18
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