How Brazil’s progressive migration bill was sabotaged
In the midst of a global refugee crisis, Brazilian congress has approved a new migration law , considered initially by many specialists as a breakthrough . Yet, after the bill was unanimously approved by the National Congress in May, pressure from right-wing politicians, the security forces, and extreme right-wing activists forced President Michel Temer to […]
What Is Alt-Right?
With the rise of President Donald Trump in the U.S., the country’s attention has shifted to the rise of an alternative or alt-right — a group of people supporting far-right ideologies. People supporting this ideology are blamed for promoting racism, anti-Semitism, and misogyny. Rejecting mainstream conservatism, supporters of the alt-right ideology say they are mainly […]
Google reveals new plans to combat online extremist content
New York (dpa) – Google pledged to crack down on extremist content online Sunday as the internet giant unveiled a new four-pronged approach. The search engine will follow in the footsteps of online giant Facebook by deploying artificial intelligence to more quickly detect and review extremist content. For its YouTube platform, this will mean ramping […]
Forces loyal to Libya’s Khalifa Haftar burn 6,000 books
Forces loyal to renegade Libyan general Khalifa Haftar have destroyed more than 6,000 books, including works on religion, politics, poetry and philosophy in a mass book-burning. According to a video posted on Facebook by Al Manara, a Libyan media platform, more than 6,000 books – including reported biographies of the Prophet Muhammad – were destroyed […]