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The Taoiseach has criticized social media companies such as Facebook, that do not think they are “accountable” for what is posted on their platforms. Asked about threats made against groups of people after a social media video of the recent Roscommon eviction, Mr. (Leo) Varadkar said online platforms are not held to the same standard as newspaper publishers. “As I am concerned, social media posts like that are incitement of hatred and incitement of violence, and if you were a publisher of a newspaper or a broadcaster, you wouldn’t be allowed to promote that kind of stuff and you would...

Gardaí were involved in a tense standoff with protesters outside the Irish headquarters of KBC bank in Dublin on Saturday afternoon, hours after a number of branches were attacked in the capital. The Belgian-owned bank is at the center of a controversial eviction of a farming family in Co. Roscommon last week. Approximately 25 gardaí stood at the entrance to the KBC office on Sandwith Street in Dublin city center and were confronted by several hundred yellow-vested protesters who had marched through the city earlier. On Friday night, a branch of KBC was attacked in Dundrum, while another branch was...

Subject: CHICAGO NEWS CONFERENCE TUESDAY: Obama “Kenyan birth certificate” prompts call for federal grand jury probe. Internet Powerhouse Andy Martin says the filing of a purported "Kenyan birth certificate" for Barack Obama with a federal court in California opens the way to an FBI/Department of Justice inquiry into the provenance of the document. Martin's Chicago news conference Tuesday will release copies of requests to the FBI and Attorney General Eric Holder requesting an investigation of the "Kenyan" document. Internet Powerhouse Andy Martin says a "Kenyan birth certificate" of Barack Obama is probably a forgery Martin says the time has come...