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Elecciones en Estados Unidos: matan a tiros a un hombre que amenazaba con cuchillos a la policía, cerca de la convención republicana
Una persona que portaba cuchillos fue muerta a tiros por la policía el martes cerca de Fiserv Forum en Milwaukee, donde se lleva a cabo la Convención Nacional Republicana, unos días después de que el candidato del partido, Donald Trump, sufriera un atentado a balazos en un acto de campaña.
El incidente ocurrió cerca de 13th Street y West Vliet Street, a unas dos millas del inmenso centro de convenciones Fiserv, donde estos días unas 50.000 personas, entre delegados, voluntarios, funcionarios y periodistas de todo el mundo se congregan para la gran fiesta del partido de Trump.
El cordón de seguridad es muy fuerte en torno al centro de convenciones, con anillos de controles que interrumpen el libre tránsito en el downtown de esta ciudad de Wisconsin. Nadie puede ingresar al perímetro del centro de convenciones sin su credencial.
La asociación de policía de Milwaukee confirmó a Fox News que una «agencia policial externa» estuvo involucrada en el tiroteo.
Un testigo que vio la escena dijo a la prensa que el hombre estaba gritando con dos cuchillos en la mano y los esgrimía ante unos 5 oficiales de policía, que abrieron fuego y lo mataron.
El hermano de la víctima dijo a The New York Post que el hombre era un homeless. No estaba clara cuál era la intención del abatido.
Después del atentado del sábado en un acto electoral en Butler, Pennsylvania, donde un joven de 20 años se subió a un techo y disparó con su rifle semiautomático a Trump y la multitud, la tensión en torno a las medidas de seguridad de los candidatos se ha incrementado.
Las convenciones partidarias ya de por sí son un evento de alta sensibilidad en materia de seguridad. Pero después del atentado las medidas se extreman. Se dispusieron 1700 efectivos de la guardia nacional para asistir al Servicio Secreto y la policía local para custodiar la zona.
Trump y los organizadores de la convención han dicho que el programa de la Convención no iba a ser modificado a pesar del tiroteo, y e ex presidente escribió en su sitio de redes sociales que no podía «permitir que un ‘tirador’ o asesino potencial fuerce un cambio en la programación o cualquier otra cosa».
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New online ‘misinformation’ bill slammed as ‘biggest attack’ on freedoms in Australia
Australian officials have proposed new laws targeting online disinformation, with critics slamming the measures as potential over-policing and a potential crackdown on «difference of opinion.»
«Misinformation legislation introduced into federal parliament today represents a chilling assault on every Australian’s right to free speech. The new Bill broadens provisions to censor speech, which even the government’s fatally flawed first draft did not include,» John Storey, the Director of Law and Policy at the Institute of Public Affairs, told Sky News.
Storey called the proposed laws «the single biggest attack on freedom of speech in Australia’s peacetime history.»
Australian Communications Minister Michelle Rowland introduced the plan on Thursday, telling parliament that the laws aimed to combat misinformation and disinformation. Rowland labeled such issues a «serious threat» to the «safety and well-being» of Australia.
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The laws would penalize companies for enabling misinformation with fines of up to 5% of their global revenue for failing to prevent the spread of misinformation, requiring tech companies to set codes of conduct specifically to tackle misinformation through an approved regulator.
The laws would also introduce a punishment of up to seven years in jail for doxxing someone – the term for when an individual either publicly reveals private information about another person online or uses that information for exploitation – and parents can sue for «serious invasions of privacy» related to their children, The Guardian reported.
The government scrapped a previous version of the laws after facing widespread condemnation, and the Free Speech Union of Australia argued that the new laws failed to address «key issues» raised from the first effort «despite the outpouring of public concern.»
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The new laws have drawn similar ire from across the media landscape, with Elon Musk calling the Australian government «fascists» in a terse tweet about the topic. Labor Assistant Treasurer Stephen Jones countered by calling Musk’s comment «crackpot stuff» and insisting that the issue was a matter of «sovereignty.»
«Whether it’s the Australian government or any other government around the world, we assert our right to pass laws which will keep Australians safe – safe from scammers, safe from criminals,» Jones said in response.
Storey, in a statement released last year when the government made clear its intention to press on with developing these penalties for alleged misinformation, called the effort «disingenuous,» arguing that the government sought to «conflate the protection of Australians … with the federal government’s plan to empower bureaucrats in Canberra with the right to determine what is the official truth.»
«The federal government is cravenly using heightened concerns about current tensions in parts of our community, and the fears of parents and others about harmful online content, as a trojan horse to push forward laws that will in practice impose political censorship,» Storey said.
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Officials have argued that the country faces a foreign threat through the influence peddled through social media platforms, and they have concerns over how it will impact the upcoming federal election, due to be held within the next year, according to The Economic Times.
However, the government did loosen its stance on a few measures, such as narrowing the scope of what will count as «verifiable … false, misleading or deceptive» information and «reasonably likely to cause harm,» as well as excluding «reasonable dissemination of content for any academic, artistic, scientific or religious purpose.»
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The issue came into sharp focus during the referendum on the Australian Indigenous Voice referendum, which would have altered the Australian Constitution to recognize Indigenous Australians in the document. The measure ultimately failed, but the noise around the vote included alleged spread of misinformation that posed a significant concern for officials.
One example included the claim that the body developing the referendum would be able to seize property or land, should it pass, or that people would need to pay rent to Indigenous people if the measure were to pass, The New York Times reported.
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