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The "Just Like Everyone Else" Test: Providing Off-the-Shelf Services Isn't Tortious Aiding & Abetting

Today's Twitter v. Taamneh, Inc. involved (to oversimplify slightly) a lawsuit against Twitter based on Twitter's alleged role in helping ISIS by providing it publishing services, and by algorithmically recommending some of ISIS's videos. The lawsuit was brought under the federal Antiterrorism Act, but the Act applied fairly traditional aiding-and-abetting…

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US Supreme Court shoots down cases on social media liability

Two court decisions represent a victory for internet companies facing scrutiny over user content on their platforms.

Al Jazeera

Supreme Court unanimously sides with Twitter in ISIS attack case

The case was brought by plaintiffs who said the social media company aided and abetted terrorism. Based on its opinion, the Supreme Court sent a related case involving Google back to the lower courts.

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Supreme Court sides with social media giants on liability laws - Roll Call

The Supreme Court left untouched an internet immunity law known as Section 230 and sided with social media companies in decisions Thursday.

Roll Call

Man who killed eight in New York bike path attack sentenced

Sayfullo Saipov was given eight consecutive life sentences in the US as part of his punishment for a deadly 2017 attack.

Al Jazeera

Women and girls related to suspected Isis affiliate members ‘abused and arbitrarily detained’ in Egypt

‘Women and girls who reached out for help were instead punished with arbitrary detention and torture,’ human rights group alleges

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Explained | ‘The Kerala Story’: Can a work of fiction or art constitute ‘hate speech’?

The Kerala Story teaser led to widespread outrage because of its exaggerated claim that 32,000 girls went have gone missing in Kerala after being recruited by the radical Islamist group

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Essex teenager planned murder of soldiers or police in Snapchat terror plot

The teenager posted an image of four police officers outside a courthouse to Snapchat with the chilling caption: ‘Target Acquired’

Evening Standard

Wagner Group: what it would mean for the UK to designate Putin's private army a 'terrorist organisation'

The UK is reportedly planning to officially designate the Russian mercenary firm Wagner Group as a terrorist organisation. This would put Wagner on a list with 78 other groups, including ISIS, al Qaeda and newer white supremacist organisations.

The Conversation

Prosecutors reveal link between terror defendant in Virginia and Islamic State 'empress' from Kansas

Prosecutors say a northern Virginia man arrested last week on terrorism charges has a husband-wife relationship with another American who was dubbed by prosecutors as an “empress of ISIS” for her work to establish an all-female Islamic State battalion

The Independent UK

West Bengal’s ban on The Kerala Story an ‘attack on freedom of expression’, says filmmaker Ashoke Pandit

Filmmaker Ashoke Pandit on May 9 condemned the ban of ‘The Kerala Story’ movie by the West Bengal Government and called it a “big attack” on the freedom of expression.

The Hindu

West Bengal becomes first state to ban 'The Kerala Story', makers to seek legal options

The Trinamool Congress government in West Bengal banned the film 'The Kerala Story' citing "maintenance of peace" and to avoid incidents of "hatred and violence" in the state. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News

'ISIS bride' Lisa Smith to walk free 'in weeks' after getting early release for good behaviour

Ex soldier Smith, 41, was jailed for 15 months at the Special Criminal Court last July and is serving out the last days of her sentence.

Irish Mirror

Kerala Story: Film on alleged Indian ISIL recruits gets pushback

Rewards offered for proof of film’s claim that thousands of Hindu women forcibly converted and made to work for ISIL.

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PIL in Madras High Court seeks a ban on multilingual movie The Kerala Story

A public interest litigation petition has been filed in the Madras High Court for banning the multilingual movie The Kerala Story

Asharq Al-Awsat

US Military Says It Targeted Senior Al-Qaeda Leader in Syria

The US-led coalition carried out a drone strike Wednesday in northwestern Syria targeting a senior al-Qaeda leader, the US military said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an opposition war monitor, said the strike hit a chicken farm near the town of Harem, killing one person. It said the dead…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iraq, Italy Discuss Joint Military Cooperation

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani and Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto discussed in Baghdad on Tuesday strengthening their bilateral relations and security and political cooperation. Sudani praised Italy's role in combating terrorism and the ISIS extremist group through the US-led international coalition and in training Iraqi security forces within…

The Hindu

Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind moves Supreme Court to stop release of The Kerala Story

The Jamiat petition said the organisation had directly approached the Supreme Court as the movie was scheduled for release in four languages — Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu — and would have an adverse impact across the country

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'The Kerala Story': Jamiat Ulama-I-Hind moves SC for stay on release of movie

Jamiat Ulama-I-Hind on Tuesday approached the Supreme Court seeking a stay on the release of the movie 'The Kerala Story' in theatres and OTT platforms saying the movie is likely to cause hatred and enmity between different sections of society in India. Read further on Dynamite News:

Reuters

Exclusive-Turkish raid prompted ISIS leader to detonate suicide vest

ISIS leader Abu Hussein al-Qurashi's six-month rule ended when he detonated a suicide vest during a Turkish special forces raid in northwest Syria on Saturday after refusing to surrender, a senior Turkish security official said.

Daily Mirror

ISIS terrorist leader killed in spy operation as devastating air strike hits

Abu Hussein al-Qurayshi, who is said to have taken over ISIS when the previous leader was killed in October 2022, was 'neutralised' by Turkey on Saturday, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said

Asharq Al-Awsat

ISIS Leader Killed in Syria by Turkish Intelligence Services, Says Erdogan

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday that Turkish intelligence forces killed ISIS leader Abu Hussein al-Qurashi in Syria. "This individual was neutralized as part of an operation by the Turkish national intelligence organization in Syria yesterday," Erdogan said in an interview with TRT Turk broadcaster. Erdogan said the…

The Conversation

The power of cultural identity on psychological well-being: Singing, trauma and the resilience of the Yazidi population of northern Iraq

Behind each door and gate in Sinuni, Iraq, there is a different story of trauma and resilience. The Yazidi community is still coping with the trauma and mental health burden following the ISIS genocide of 2014, where thousands of men, women and children were killed, tortured and kidnapped for sexual…

Daily Record

Brit mum jailed for joining ISIS reinvents herself as fashion influencer

Tareena Shakil made her way to Syria in 2014 to sign up with the terrorist organisation - while urging her Twitter followers to do the same.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran’s Raisi Slams US Presence in Middle East

Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi on Saturday slammed the United States' presence in the Middle East, as he hosted his counterpart from neighboring Iraq for wide-ranging talks. Decades-old arch enemies the United States and Iran have vied for influence in Iraq since the 2003 US-led invasion toppled Saddam Hussein. Both helped…

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