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[Link] Teen climate activist subjected to sexist and racist abuse amid federal court climate case

Read: 13/4/2022 www.theguardian.com

Teenage climate crisis campaigner Anjali Sharma has revealed the torrent of sexist and racist abuse she has received while fronting a legal case against the Morrison government’s approval of a New South Wales coal project.

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[Link] QAnon Sex Trafficking Conspiracies Have Shut Down a Texas Butterfly Center

Read: 30/1/2022 www.vice.com

The National Butterfly Center in Mission, Texas is situated on the Rio Grande river less than half a mile from the U.S.-Mexico border, and has long been the focus of intense and completely baseless conspiracy theories pushed by the QAnon community.

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[Link] Alleged Michigan School Shooter Made Gun Video, Had Parents Called Into School

Read: 2/12/2021 www.vice.com

Ethan Crumbley, who has since been charged as an adult with murder, attempted murder, and terrorism causing death, used a 9mm Sig Sauer handgun belonging to his father and shot 10 students and one teacher during his rampage at the school on Tuesday, according to authorities. .

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[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] Research Center: Limiting Anonymity Helps to Expose Terrorists (and Pirates)

Read: 22/11/2021 torrentfreak.com

The International Center for Law and Economics believes that cloud hosting providers and related services should do more to deter illegal activity. Responding to an inquiry from the U.S.

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[Link] Terror detectives charge Melbourne man with inciting protesters to make explosives

Read: 18/11/2021 www.abc.net.au

Terror detectives have charged a Melbourne man with inciting protesters to make explosives, as police continue to investigate threats against Victorian MPs who supported the state's controversial pandemic legislation.

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[Link] GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Suspended from Twitter after Posting Bounty on a Critic

Read: 14/11/2021 itsgoingdown.org

A failed candidate for governor of California was suspended from Twitter for making “violent threats” after posting a $2,500 bounty; specifically asking for the name and address of a critic from Twitter.

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[Link] Paul Gosar’s Violent Anime Video of AOC Could Get Him in Real Trouble

Read: 11/11/2021 www.vice.com

Rep. Paul Gosar’s staff-made anime video, which shows his character killing a congresswoman and attacking President Joe Biden, could earn him a rare censure from his colleagues.

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[Link] Father of Ahmaud Arbery’s Killer: ‘I Would Have Shot Him Myself’

Read: 9/11/2021 www.vice.com

Had Travis McMichael not shot Ahmaud Arbery in the chest twice with his shotgun and killed the 25-year-old Black man, Travis’ dad Gregory McMichael said he would have done it instead.

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[Link] Hackers Apologize to Arab Royal Families for Leaking Their Data

Read: 6/11/2021 www.vice.com

Among the data Conti leaked, there were sensitive files belonging to celebrities like David Beckham, Oprah Winfrey, and Donald Trump, according to The Daily Mail. There was also, according to the hackers themselves, information belonging to the UAE, Qatar, and Saudi royal families.

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[Link] Pro-vaccine Fox News host receives support from CNN anchor over death threats

Read: 1/11/2021 www.theguardian.com

The CNN anchor Jake Tapper reached across the political aisle on Friday to support Neil Cavuto, a Fox News host who received death threats after pleading for viewers to get vaccinated against Covid-19.

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[Link] Massage parlour operators who threatened to kill families of underpaid staff breached workplace laws, court finds

Read: 20/10/2021 www.abc.net.au

The Federal Court has found the former operators of a Canberra massage business breached workplace laws by underpaying their staff and threatening to have their families in the Philippines killed if they complained.

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[Link] Black Democratic Party Chair Says He Got Lynching Threat For Criticizing Trump

Read: 19/10/2021 www.vice.com

Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. Iowa Democratic Party Chairman Ross Wilburn says he received multiple threats, including one that threatened to lynch him, after he wrote an op-ed that criticized former President Donald Trump.

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[Link] 24 Women Soccer Players Accuse Venezuela's Ex-Youth Coach of Sexual Abuse