US EditionMeloni's Daughter: Online Threats & Author Identified
- Recent online threats have been directed at the daughters of Italy’s leading political figures, including the head of government Giorgia Meloni and government official Matteo Piantedosi.
- These threats follow a broader surge in online harassment against politicians, journalists, and citizens, sparking debate on free speech limits and platform duties.
- Experts note that while the US First Amendment broadly protects speech, it excludes true threats, and Section 230 shields platforms but faces scrutiny.
- Dr. Anya Sharma emphasized that platforms are 'the town squares of the 21st century' and must moderate hate speech and threats while respecting free speech.
- The incident highlights potential outcomes including increased regulation, AI moderation, and shifts in social norms to balance safety and expression online.
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ROME.- “I wish Meloni’s daughter the same fate as Afragola’s girl,” the message said, referring to the 14-year-old girl murdered this week by her boyfriend in Naples. This threat against the daughter of the Italian Prime Minister, circulated on social networks and was denounced by Hermanos de Italia, the premier’s party, on Instagram. According to the newspaper La Repubblica, the threat was published from the account of a German teacher from a N…
I wish you the end of Martina. In the sight also Plantadosi. Minister Valditara: immediately investigations. The solidarity of politics.
The message of death against the child started from the account of a German teacher of a high school in the province of Naples. In progress assurance ...
Campanian teacher, constantly posted on social messages against the government and Israel
Valditara announces controls. Solidarity by Brothers of Italy to the Premier. Premier Meloni: "This is not political confrontation. It is not even anger. It is something darker, that tells a sick climate"
I wish the daughter of Meloni the fate of Afragola's girlfriend, the 14-year-old Martina Carbonaro, killed with stone by her ex-boyfriend. The photo of a Facebook post apparently coming from an employee of the Ministry of Education, published on social media by the leader of Fratelli d'Italia in the Camera Galeazzo Bignami, unleashes indignation in the center-right: "The level of hatred towards Giorgia Meloni and her child is unacceptable," writ…
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