eBay fined €2.7M for harassing couple with spiders and cockroaches

[ad_1] “The company’s employees and contractors involved in this campaign put the victims through pure hell,” said Josh Levy, acting Massachusetts US Attorney. ADVERTISEMENT Online retailer eBay Inc. will pay…

Companies pull ads from Polish TV station after Auschwitz comments

[ad_1] TV Republika are in hot water after commentators on the station said ‘migrants should be sent to Auschwitz or be branded’. ADVERTISEMENT Prosecutors in Poland are investigating after derogatory…

Salman Rushdie stabbing trial postponed due to forthcoming memoir

[ad_1] It has been ruled that Salman Rushdie’s attacker is allowed to seek material related to Rushdie’s upcoming memoir about the attack before standing trial. A new date has not…

Why might the trial of Salman Rushdie’s attacker be delayed?

[ad_1] The man charged with repeatedly stabbing Rushdie is reportedly entitled to the manuscript of the author’s new memoir, “Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder,” as part of his trial…

Russian poet sentenced to 7 years in prison for reciting verses against war in Ukraine

[ad_1] Between late February 2022 and earlier this month, 19,847 people have been detained in Russia for speaking out or protesting against the war, according to a rights group. ADVERTISEMENT…

Poland’s new government must restore artist freedoms, NGO says

[ad_1] Poland’s nationalist government dismantled artistic freedoms over eight years but Donald Tusk’s coalition can and should undo the damage, according to the Artistic Freedom Initiative. ADVERTISEMENT In their eight…

State of the Union: AI summit and Balkan EU push

[ad_1] This week, Bletchley Park made history again as host of the world’s first Artificial Intelligence Safety Summit. ADVERTISEMENT The historic site between London and Birmingham is regarded as one…

Why is Turkey’s oldest film festival in a censorship crisis?

[ad_1] “It is deeply regrettable that in such an important festival, there is a possibility of using the power of art to propagate FETÖ terrorist organization propaganda under the pretext…

Actors, activists and artists sign petition against US book bans

[ad_1] Big names in the entertainment and art industries are raising the alarm on a sharp increase in book bans in the US, asking creatives to leverage their voices to…

Italian general’s self published book stirs controversy

[ad_1] Two weeks after his book titled ‘The World Upside Down’ was released, Italian general Roberto Vannacci has been removed from his military post and has sparked a national debate…