[Link] The deadly new risk Afghan women face: It starts with a strange phone call and can end with murder

Read: 22/11/2021 www.abc.net.au

Her body was found riddled with bullets alongside three other women who had also been killed. Ms Ayoubi is a journalist and activist who left Afghanistan over concerns for her own safety.

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[Link] Fifty police officers contacted woman arrested at Sarah Everard vigil on Tinder

Read: 6/10/2021 www.theguardian.com

A campaigner whose photograph during her arrest became the defining image of the vigil for Sarah Everard has said she felt afraid after about 50 police officers and security guards then “liked” her profile on the Tinder dating app.

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[Link] Neo-Nazi Leader Gets Prison for Disturbing Threats Against Journalists

Read: 25/8/2021 www.vice.com

Thanks in part to Santa Claus stamps, a leader of the neo-Nazi terror group Atomwaffen Division, or AWD, has been sentenced to three years in prison for threatening journalists and activists. Cameron Shea, 25, was first arrested in February 2020.

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[Link] FCC Proposes Record Fine Against Pro-Trump Robocall Scam, But Will It Collect?

Read: 25/8/2021 www.vice.com

The FCC this week announced that partisan disinformation merchants Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman could face a record $5 million fine for illegal robocalls placed during the run up to the 2020 elections.

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