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Musk in dispute with Wikipedia boss: Spreading propaganda

Published 24 January 2025
– By Editorial Staff
It is not the first time that Musk has harshly criticized Wikipedia.
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A new conflict has flared up between Elon Musk and Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales.

The world’s richest man believes that the encyclopedia is not neutral at all but spreads political propaganda and is now calling on his followers to stop donating money to the project.

The row centers on a Wikipedia description of Musk’s high-profile gesture during Donald Trump’s inauguration ceremony on Monday.

On Musk’s Wikipedia page, the gesture is compared to a “Nazi salute”, which caused the tech mogul to react very strongly. He chose to post a screenshot of the text on his social media platform X, accusing Wikipedia of being “an extension of legacy media propaganda“.

Musk has also called on his followers to stop donating money to Wikipedia until “the balance is restored” and the encyclopedia becomes more neutral and objective.

Fighting back

Jimmy Wales responded by defending Wikipedia’s description, saying it was based on facts, not propaganda.

“Is there anything you consider inaccurate in that description? It’s true you did the gesture (twice) and that people did compare it to a Nazi salute (many people) and it’s true that you denied it had any meaning”, Wales wrote.

The Wikipedia boss also hinted that Musk was in fact unhappy that Wikipedia is not for sale, referring to Musk’s previous offer to donate a billion dollars if the encyclopedia changed its name to “Dickipedia”.

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https://nordictimes.com/world/reports-the-white-house-demands-uk-abolish-hate-speech-laws/

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Reports: The White House demands UK abolish hate speech laws

Published today 19:32
– By Editorial Staff
Donald Trump's administration is reportedly very concerned about the repression of dissent in the UK.
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According to reports in The Independent, Donald Trump’s administration is demanding that the United Kingdom abolish the law on incitement to racial hatred as a condition for the conclusion of a new trade agreement between the two countries.

The demand, which is linked to Vice President JD Vance’s view of freedom of expression as fundamental to democracy, has reportedly met with resistance from the UK government.

An anonymous source close to the US administration told The Independent that Trump is “obsessed by the fall of Western civilisation” and that the president is deeply concerned that free speech is being undermined in the UK.

The source claims that the White House wants the Labour government to withdraw hate speech laws, including those targeting LGBTQ groups or various ethnic minorities, in order for a deal to be reached.

– No free speech, no deal. It is as simple as that, the source told the newspaper.

Britons arrested for social media posts

Vance, who is leading the negotiations from the US side, has previously expressed optimism about a new agreement:

– I think there’s a good chance that, yes, we’ll come to a great agreement that’s in the best interest of both countries, he said in an interview with UnHerd.

The UK authorities’ crackdown on ‘opinion criminals’ has long been seen as a major problem by people close to Trump.

The president’s adviser, Elon Musk, has been one of the most vocal critics and has repeatedly highlighted the fact that British authorities arrest people for posts they make on social media.

During Keir Starmer’s first visit to the White House, Vance also warned that freedom of expression was under attack, pointing to how US tech companies are being forced into unacceptable censorship by new European laws introduced under the pretext of protecting citizens from “cyber hate”.

An elite afraid of its own people

The Nordic Times has previously reported how Vance during the security conference in Munich also attacked the European establishment politicians.

– I look to Brussels, where EU commissars warn citizens that they intend to shut down social media during times of civil unrest the moment they spot what they’ve judged to be, quote, “hateful content”

Mr. Vance also touched on Sweden’s verdict against the murdered Iraqi Quran burner Salwan Momika’s colleague who was convicted of participating in the actions.

– As the judge in his case chillingly noted, Sweden’s laws to supposedly protect free expression do not, in fact, grant, and I’m quoting, ‘a free pass to do or say anything without risking offending the group that holds that belief’.

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https://nordictimes.com/world/uk-supreme-court-womanhood-is-something-one-is-born-into/

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UK Supreme Court: Womanhood is something one is born into

The LGBT lobby

Published today 9:03
– By Editorial Staff
Many British women consider the court's decision a great victory.
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The UK Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that the term “woman” in the country’s equality legislation refers to biological sex and nothing else.

The ruling rejects the Scottish Government’s interpretation, which included trans women in the definition and quotas for biological men who have “changed sex” as women in the workplace.

A panel of five judges, led by Justice Patrick Hodge, ruled that the words “woman” and “sex” in the Equality Act refer to a biological woman and biological sex.

The ruling means, among other things, that transgender people should not be counted as women for the purposes of the Equality Act’s quotas – although the court was careful to emphasize that they should continue to be protected from discrimination on the basis of their gender identity.

The case stems from a 2018 Scottish law requiring public authorities in Scotland to have at least 50% women on their boards. According to the Scottish Government’s interpretation, trans women were included in this quota. However, the women’s rights group For Women Scotland (FWS) disputed this, arguing that the definition of woman cannot be extended beyond biological sex.

“Refers to reality –  not to paperwork”

An early court ruling in 2022 was appealed to the Supreme Court, which has now agreed with FWS.

Maya Forstater of the group Sex Matters considers the ruling a “great victory”:

– The court has given us the right answer: the protected characteristic of sex – male and female – refers to reality, not to paperwork, she says.

FWS director Trina Budge previously warned that a broader interpretation of gender risks filling quotas with “50% men, and 50% men with certificates”, which would undermine the purpose of the law.

Supported by J.K. Rowling

The group also highlighted that transgender access to women’s toilets, women’s prisons and women’s wards in hospitals can have very negative consequences and create insecurity.

FWS lawyer Aidan O’Neill argued during the trial that gender must be understood in law as a “expression of one’s bodily reality. It is an immutable biological state”.

For Women Scotland has received support from well-known author J.K. Rowling, who has reportedly donated hundreds of thousands of pounds to the group. Rowling has long argued in the past that it is unreasonable for trans women’s rights to be at the expense of biological women.

However, not everyone is applauding the ruling – on the contrary, the human rights organization Amnesty International is highly critical and claims that transgender people now risk having their human rights violated.

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https://nordictimes.com/world/us-tightens-visa-controls-social-media-to-be-scrutinized/

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US tightens visa controls – social media to be scrutinized

Published yesterday 10:38
– By Editorial Staff
Anyone who has expressed support for any of Israel's enemies is expected to be denied entry to the United States.
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The U.S. will begin denying visas based on the content of applicants’ social media – including posts, shares, and messages that express support for what are considered anti-Semitic messages, for example.

The country’s immigration agency, USCIS, will begin reviewing social media for all immigrants applying for lawful permanent residence, work authorization, visas, as well as foreign students and people affiliated with educational institutions.

What will be looked for are, for example, posts or messages supporting groups labeled terrorist in the United States, such as Hamas, Hezbollah in Lebanon or the Houthi movement in Yemen. Anti-Semitic messages are also included and will constitute “negative factors” when deciding on a visa or residence permit.

– There is no room in the United States for the rest of the world’s terrorist sympathizers, and we are under no obligation to admit them or let them stay here, said Tricia McLaughlin, Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs at DHS, in a press release.

The proposal has raised concerns among immigration and free speech advocates because it could also affect people already in the country legally – not just those applying for entry. Critics also point out that it is unclear how “anti-Semitism”, for example, should be defined, and there is concern that virtually all criticism of Israel will be rejected.

According to AP News, social media monitoring by immigration authorities has been going on for over a decade, starting under the Obama administration and expanding during Donald Trump’s first term.

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https://nordictimes.com/world/trump-deport-american-criminals-to-el-salvador/

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Trump: Deport American criminals to El Salvador

Donald Trump's USA

Published 15 April 2025
– By Editorial Staff
Trump wants to get rid of America's worst criminals - but there are doubts about its constitutionality.
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Donald Trump wants to review the possibility of deporting the country’s worst violent criminals to El Salvador – even if they are US citizens.

“We also have homegrown criminals that are absolute monsters”, the President said during a press conference, stressing that the law must be reviewed.

It was during a White House meeting with El Salvador’s outspoken president, Nayib Bukele, that Trump declared that he wanted to deport not only foreign criminals to the country – but also American criminals.

– We always have to obey the laws, but we also have homegrown criminals that push people into subways, that hit elderly ladies on the back of the head with a baseball bat when they’re not looking, that are absolute monsters, he explained.

– I’d like to include them in the group of people to get them out of the country, but you’ll have to be looking at the laws on that, the President continued.

During his election campaign, Donald Trump promised to use unorthodox methods and get tough on the widespread violent crime in the country – but the move has nevertheless led to strong reactions and a lot of criticism.

“No provision under US law”

Many critics point out that, as a rule, US citizens cannot be deported and that there are only a few exceptions to this rule. These include people born in other countries who have been granted citizenship but lied during their application process or committed terrorist crimes or treason.

– There is no provision under US law that would allow the government to kick citizens out of the country, Erin Corcoran, an immigration law expert at the University of Notre Dame, told the AP news agency.

The civil rights organization ACLU is also highly critical and believes that deportation of American citizens would be a direct attack on the US Constitution.

Sent to mega prison

However, Trump has emphasized that his proposal will only be implemented if it is deemed compatible with the country’s laws. White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt later explained that the move should be seen as a proposal that has been “raised” – but not yet decided. According to analysts, the Constitution must first be revised if deportations of US citizens are to become a reality.

The background to the president’s statement is that Nayib Bukele during a previous meeting opened up to receive American prisoners – an idea that Trump praised and said he “loved”.

Already today, the United States is sending hundreds of migrants with suspected criminal links to El Salvador’s controversial mega prison, the Terrorism Confinement Center, under a contract in which the US pays the country $6 million for their detention.

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