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19th Mar 2024

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EU pressing firms to remove illegal online content

The European commission wants to intensify the removal of illegal online content. On Tuesday, five EU commissioners will be meeting with online platform representatives. In a joint statement, commissioners Andrus Ansip, Dimitris Avramopoulos, Elzbieta Bienkowska, Vera Jourova, Julian King and Mariya Gabriel said they "would propose legislation" should the social media companies not speed up the removal of such illegal content.

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Borrell: 'Israel provoking famine', urges more aid access

70 percent of northern Gaza is facing famine, new data shows. There is one shower per 5,500 people, and 888 people per toilet. 'How can you live in these conditions?" asked Natalie Boucly of UNRWA at the European Humanitarian Forum.

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Potential legal avenues to prosecute Navalny's killers

The UN could launch an independent international investigation into Navalny's killing, akin to investigation I conducted on Jamal Khashoggi's assassination, or on Navalny's Novichok poisoning, in my role as special rapporteur on extrajudicial executions, writes the secretary-general of Amnesty International.

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