Each installment shows the centrality of "internet regulation" to the world's most oppressive governments. Considering the popularity of internet repression with right-wing autocrats and its disastrous effects on dissent, you'd think that lefties might have some misgivings about controlling social media through government regulation. But at least until the moral panic about AI kicked in, every leftist seemed to blame everything that went wrong on social media, more or less just leaving it at that. But they show the extreme problems with government control of the internet. Obviously, the executive branch has been consulting with social media companies, in order to effectively achieve prior restraint on content.

In just six months, Mohamed Ali Ahmed Elmushraty, known as ‘Lilu l-King’ had spent around €3,800 on luxury items from a particular shop, always paying in cash, a court heard on Monday. During a raid at his property in Portomaso, a significant amount of luxury items, including trainers and accessories, were found, along with several luxury cars, including Range Rovers, three Mercedes vehciles, and a BMW. When asked about his occupation, Lilu l-King claimed he had a shop and was preparing to open another establishment. During a raid at his property in Portomaso, a significant amount of luxury items, including trainers and accessories, were found, along with several luxury cars, including Range Rovers, three Mercedes, and a BMW. Further investigations showed that in a period of six months, the accused spent around €3,800 on luxury items from a particular shop, always paying in cash.

Libyan Foreign Minister Najla Mangoush and Turkish ambassador to Libya Kanaan Yilmaz met today in Tripoli to discuss “prospects of cooperation and development between the two friendly countries”, as per a brief statement of the Libyan foreign ministry.

A new Libya can only be built through an electoral process and the country’s future should not depend on the House of Representatives and High Council of State, the UN envoy for Libya said Sunday. He said the country's future should not depend on the House of Representatives and the High Council of State but on the aspirations of the people. Last month, the 6+6 Joint Committee, formed by Libya's parliament and the High Council, announced an agreement on laws for holding the polls. Some members of the two chambers, however, announced their opposition to the outcomes of the committee. Libya has been torn by civil war and instability since the ouster of longtime ruler Muammar Gaddafi in 2011.

NationSeventeen Indian men, who were stranded in Libya for the past six months, were released from the jail in Tripoli, Member of Parliament Vikramjit Singh Sahney said on Sunday. Chandigarh, July 30 (IANS) Seventeen Indian men, who were stranded in Libya for the past six months, were released from the jail in Tripoli, Member of Parliament Vikramjit Singh Sahney said on Sunday. All of them left India for Italy in February via Dubai then Egypt, and after few days, landed in Libya. He said when he got to know about them in May contacted the Indian Embassy in Tunisia and initiated the legal process for rescuing them. Sahney said he will be sponsoring all legal expenses and flight tickets of the youth coming back to their home.

The youths had left India in February, 2023. The 17 youths are now at a camp for illegal immigrants in Tripoli. (Express photo)Seventeen Indian youths mostly from Punjab and Haryana were released from Tripoli jail in Libya on Saturday. They were in Libya for the past six months because of unscrupulous travel agents from Punjab and Delhi who duped them on the pretext of sending them to Italy. The agents then first took them to Dubai, Egypt and after few days they reached Libya and were in Zuwara City.

Shooting at police facility in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula kills at least 4 officers, officials saySecurity and health officials say a shooting at a heavily fortified security facility in the restive part of Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula has killed at least four police officers, including a senior officer

Mohamed Hwej, Minister of Economy and Trade in the Tripoli-based Libyan government approved 16 investment projects for the private sector in different regions today. They were projects using the Privatization and Investment Board (PIB) investment law. Investment areasRegarding the approved investment projects and their areas and locations, Al-Najah said that the approved projects are specialized in the fields of manufacturing and packing foodstuffs, the building materials industry, tourism investments, the marble industry, the cardboard and paper industry, and the auto glass industry. Investment mapHe said these will be implemented under the supervision and follow-up of the PIB to encourage investment and benefit from the advantages granted to the local and foreign investor. Regarding the approved investment sites, Al-Najah reported that they are distributed in several Libyan cities according to the investment map approved by the Ministry of Economy.

Chandigarh : Rajya Sabha member from Punjab Vikramjit Singh Sahney on Sunday said that 17 Indian youths stranded in Lybia for the last six months have been released from jail in Tripoli. “All of them left India for Italy in February 2023 via Dubai and Egypt. Sahney said when he got to know about these youths in May this year, he contacted the Indian embassy in Tunisia and initiated the legal process for their rescue. Initially, our major concern was to take them out from the captivity of the local mafia,” he added. The Rajya Sabha member said that he will be sponsoring all the legal expenses and flight tickets of these youths for the journey back home and then offer them free of cost skill training.

The Libyan Business Council (LBC) announced today that the Maltese Chamber of Commerce will lead a Maltese business delegation to Libya this September/October. The delegation will include the Bank of Valletta. The news came on the back of meetings held by the Hisham Aldali, the General Manager of the LBC and Tarek Smuee, head of LBC’s Media and Public Relations with Anton Buttigieg, CEO of the Malta Commercial Company, Christopher Vassallo Cesareo, President of the Malta Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Maxine Micallef, Director of International Business Development at MG2i.

The Libyan Business Council (LBC) announced today that the Maltese Chamber of Commerce will lead a Maltese business delegation to Libya this September/October. The delegation will include the Bank of Valletta. The news came on the back of meetings held by the Hisham Aldali, the General Manager of the LBC and Tarek Smuee, head of LBC’s Media and Public Relations with Anton Buttigieg, CEO of the Malta Commercial Company, Christopher Vassallo Cesareo, President of the Malta Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Maxine Micallef, Director of International Business Development at MG2i.

CAIRO - 30 July 2023: EU ambassador in Cairo Christian Berger said Sunday that the pan-European bloc and Egypt are committed to taking measures against human smugglers who put the lives of people in danger. Speaking in a video commemorating the UN World Day against Trafficking in Persons, which falls on July 30, Berger said no country can possibly counter this issue alone. He stressed the need of joint action in this regard, citing the effective partnership between Egypt’s National Coordinating Committee for Combating and Preventing Illegal Migration and Trafficking in Persons (NCCPIMTIP) and EU member states and UN bodies to prevent related tragic incidents. Human trafficking is considered a high-profit business for criminal gangs, Berger noted, putting its estimated annual cost at several billion euros worldwide

Libyan Foreign Minister Najla Mangoush met in Tripoli today with Joost Klarenbeek who submitted his credentials as the Netherlands’ new ambassador in Libya. For his part, Klarenbeek affirmed his willingness to continue efforts to “strengthen relations and cooperation between the two countries and support efforts that seek to establish stability and peace in Libya.”Born in 19 July 1968, Klarenbeek served in his country’s Embassy Council in Croatia from 2003 to 2007. He went on to serve as deputy ambassador in Italy from 2013 to 2018. Since 2019, he served as special envoy for migration in the Dutch foreign ministry. Klarenbeek will replace Dolf Hogewoning who served as ambassador to Libya since October 2021.

Prime Minister Robert Abela said that he was taken aback by the PN’s proposal to liberalise the energy distribution market, saying that this would lead to an increase in energy prices. PN’s energy liberalisation proposalThe PM said that the PN Opposition is inconsistent on its energy proposals and changes its vision every six months. “The Opposition Leader is the only person that does not recognise that climate change is a global phenomenon,” Abela said. “Climate change is a result of human behaviour over the years – from toxic fuels to manufacturing.”Robert Abela said that the climate change authority, announced on Friday, was something the government had been working on for the past months. The Prime Minister lambasted the PN’s proposal to liberalise Malta’s energy distribution network and said that he was taken aback by this.

Tunisian authorities had violently forced him, his wife and their 6-year-old daughter across the border to Libya by foot without water, in the blazing heat, he said. FILE - Migrants gather in a desert area on the Libyan side of the Tunisia-Libya border on Sunday July 23, 2023. The Libyan police border guard in al-Assa, near the Tunisian border, found the woman and child in the July 19 photo dead, spokesperson Maj. Shawky al-Masry said. Human rights organizations, Libyan authorities and migrants themselves have accused Tunisia of violating international law with the mass expulsions across its borders. Libyan guard Ali Wali said his team has seen through binoculars Tunisian security forcing migrants toward Libya.