Russia warns Trump to ‘back off' from Ukraine with threats of WWIII
Sky News host Andrew Bolt says Russia has just warned US President Donald Trump to 'back off' over Ukraine with more threats of World War III.
'The US President seems to now realise at least that Russian President Vladimir Putin has been playing him,' Gen Keane told Sky News host Andrew Bolt.
'Talking peace to Trump but instead beefing up attacks on Ukrainian civilians.'
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New ‘Nazi salute' furore erupts in US as Democrat is accused of making the same gesture as Elon Musk
Remember that moment, back in January, when Elon Musk was accused of doing a 'Nazi salute' on stage? The Tesla and SpaceX boss, riding high on his own supply after spending hundreds of millions of dollars to help Donald Trump get elected the previous year, got a little too excited after the US President's inauguration, and made a strange gesture. Mr Musk brought his right hand to his heart and then, with force, thrust it up and out to his side. He then turned and did the same thing towards the people seated behind him. Mr Musk paired it with a message of, 'my heart goes out to you,' which suggested he was, albeit clumsily, gesturing as though he were sending his heart out to the audience. Well, more like biffing it at them. Still, it was not the sort of gesture any of us see in our daily lives, and it bore a striking resemblance to a sinister one from the past, and it was enacted with a strange aggression. So those predisposed to believe the worst of Mr Musk did so. The hostile reactions ranged from believing it was a straight-up, intentional Nazi salute, to believing it was merely intended as a piece of trolling, to thinking it looked like a Nazi salute, but only by accident. Mr Musk didn't necessarily help himself by refraining from offering a clear explanation of what he meant by the gesture until days afterwards. 'Frankly, they need better dirty tricks. The 'everyone is Hitler' attack is sooo tired,' Mr Musk said in his first response. Later, he complained about media coverage of the moment. 'How many legacy media publications, talk shows, whatever, try to claim that I was a Nazi because of some random hand gesture at a rally where all I said was that my heart goes out to you?' he told CNBC. Mr Musk's gesture happened more than four months ago now, yet it lives on, particularly on the more extreme wings of American politics. On the left, it's still occasionally brought up as evidence that Mr Musk is some sort of fascist. The billionaire didn't help himself, in that regard, by lobbying so enthusiastically for Germany's far-right AfD party before the nation's most recent election. There's something much more substantive to critique, there, than an awkward hand gesture. On the right, a great deal of fun has been had perusing every Democratic politician's body movements since January 21, in search of anything that could be characterised as a parallel to Mr Musk's gesture, and hence a flagrant example of hypocrisy. Enter Cory Booker. He's a Democratic Senator from New Jersey, and a former (perhaps also future) failed presidential candidate. Over the weekend Mr Booker attended a party convention in Anaheim, California. At one point, during his time on stage, he performed a gesture similar to Mr Musk's. He started by bringing his right hand to his chest, and then extended the arm in a wave to the crowd. Here is how the still images of those moments look, side-by-side. And while you can watch the footage of each in the player at the top of this article, I'll pop that video here too. So, the upshot is, elements of the American right have accused the media of hypocrisy for reporting on one of these gestures, but not really on the other. 'You reported on Elon's hand gesture and compared him to a Nazi. I was looking for your article on Cory Booker's salute, but I couldn't find it,' Libs of TikTok account runner Chaya Raichik tweeted at MSNBC. 'I'm sure you probably just missed this story by mistake. Here's the clip. I look forward to your report condemning him.' 'Democrat Senator Cory Booker appears to do a 'Nazi' salute in front of a large crowd of Democrats. I'm looking forward to the wall to wall coverage from the 'honest' and totally not biased media,' said another right-wing influencer, Colin Rugg. 'Same gesture, different political party. Funny how that works,' said activist Brandon Straka, joking (sarcastically) that Mr Booker was 'giving a heartfelt, patriotic salute' while Mr Musk was 'personally resurrecting the Third Reich, according to the media'. 'Cory Booker gives the exact same 'Nazi' salute to 4000 California Democrat Party delegates that the left has been screeching about Elon Musk doing for at least 130 days. I look forward to hearing all about how this is (D)ifferent,' said Kevin Dalton. The (D) being a reference to Mr Booker being a Democrat. 'I look forward to Senator Chris Murphy asking Cory Booker about doing the 'heil Hitler salute' like he did about Elon,' said Sara Rose. We could keep going; there is no shortage of similar examples. Mr Musk himself reposted a clip of Mr Booker's gesture with a raised eyebrow emoji. 'It's hilariously ironic to see the ret**ds who called Elon Musk a Nazi for a gesture doing the same thing,' the post he shared read. A spokeswoman for Mr Booker, Maya Krishna-Rogers, has said the Senator was 'obviously just waving to the crowd'. 'Anyone who claims his wave is the same as Elon Musk's gesture is operating in bad faith. The differences between the two are obvious to anyone without an agenda.'
News.com.au
2 hours ago
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‘Terrifying': Moment MP showed deepfake nude pic of herself in parliament
A politician has described the moment she held up a doctored nude image of herself in New Zealand parliament as 'terrifying' despite knowing it wasn't real. Laura McClure has gained global attention for the brave and shocking act last month where she aimed to draw attention to the danger of AI-generated deepfake pornography. Holding up a fake nude of herself, Ms McClure told parliament that it took her less than five minutes to make the image online following a quick Google search. Ms McClure reflected on the moment as 'absolutely terrifying' when appearing on Sky News on Tuesday. She knew it wasn't real but the image looked so much like her. 'I felt like it needed to be done, it needed to be shown how important this is and how easy it is to do, and also how much it can look like yourself,' she said. Ms McClure wants to amend current legislation that makes it illegal to share nude photographs without consent to include deepfakes. 'I believe they are just as harmful, if not more, than the real thing because people can put you into all kinds of depraved videos, for example,' she said. She says the problem isn't the technology, but rather its misuse. Targeting the technology 'would be a little bit like Whac-A-Mole,' she said. 'You'd take one site down and another one would pop up.' The issue of deepfakes is particularly a concern among young people. 'Here in New Zealand a 13-year-old, a young 13-year-old, just a baby, attempted suicide on school grounds after she was deepfaked, so it's not just a bit of fun. It's not a joke. It's actually really harmful,' Ms McClure said. 'Diabolically bad': Deepfakes in Australian schools In February an investigation was launched into the online circulation of 'vulgar' AI-generated pictures of female students at Melbourne's Gladstone Park Secondary College. At the time, it was thought up to 60 students could be affected. A 16-year-old was quickly arrested and interviewed by detectives but released without charge. can reveal no further arrests have been made in the months since and the investigation remains open. Last year, AI-generated nude images featuring the faces of at least 50 female students in years 9 to 12 from Bacchus Marsh Grammar were circulated online. A 17-year-old boy was cautioned by police and the investigation was closed. The Victorian Department of Education states schools are expected to report incidents to police if their students are involved. Cybersafety expert and former police officer Susan McLean spoke to about the issue earlier this year. Ms McLean said creating sexually explicit, AI-generated images is now as easy as uploading a clothed photo of someone and choosing a pose for an app to then spit out a pornographic image, and it will only become more of a problem. Sending real or fake nude images of people under the age of 18 is a crime in Australia, but the harsh reality is, 'there is nothing any person can do to protect themselves from this,' Ms McLean told 'You have to hope that someone doesn't choose you to become a victim; you have to hope that the offender doesn't offend,' she said. She agrees the focus should not be on trying to fight the apps that create the content. Instead, she believes in educating young men on respectful and lawful behaviour. That includes being included in comprehensive cybersafety education delivered by experts in schools and parents taking responsibility to instil it into their children at home. 'You have a responsibility to keep your children safe and you have a responsibility to ensure your child is not inflicting harm on someone else,' Ms McLean said. She says demonising technology and artificial intelligence is not the answer as there are benefits, but 'in the wrong hands it's diabolically bad'. 'The harm to the victims of this crime type is ongoing, it continues, even if the images have been removed, people know they've been caught up in it,' Ms McLean said. 'They will go over this in their mind time and time again.' This particular crime type predominantly affecting female students and teachers can be quite gendered, she said, and it shows 'the extensive lack of respect that females have to put up with in society'. 'Victims of this crime need a lot of support and consistent and ongoing support. And it is never their fault whatsoever,' Ms McLean said. 'We've got to do something to change the mindset of young men who believe this is a good idea to do.' It is not just parents and schools, Ms McLean said all sections of society had a role to play, such as sports clubs calling out inappropriate remarks about women and girls in the locker room. NRL women targeted by disturbing deepfakes Last week, NRL presenter Tiffany Salmond revealed she had been targeted by a deepfake AI attack, with a recent bikini snap doctored into a fake video of her performing explicit acts and uploaded to social media. Salmond said it was both 'surreal' and 'shocking'. 'Felt important to speak up on this. Glad it's opening up a wider conversation,' she said in a video uploaded to Instagram over the weekend. 'I'll be honest, it was shocking. Having the public profile that I do, especially as a woman working in a male-dominated sport, I'm no stranger to having my looks discussed or being the subject of sometimes perverse conversations. 'But this was the first time it went beyond just chatter. 'To actually see photos of myself – ones I had posted confidently on social media – turned into videos where I'm moving and doing explicit actions, was surreal. 'If deepfakes were purely about attraction, we would see women making them about men, but we don't – and it's because in those dynamics, that power imbalance doesn't exist. 'We live in a society where men can't get enough of women's bodies, but it's only when they get a sneaky view that they weren't meant to see.' victim of a deepfake AI attack.
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Harvard in court seeking end to US funding cuts
Harvard University has asked a federal US judge to issue a summary judgment ruling to unfreeze $US2.5 billion ($A3.9b) in funding blocked by President Donald Trump's administration, which it says is illegal. Harvard's filing in the US District Court in Boston on Monday said that it had received 957 orders since April 14 to freeze funding for research pertaining to national security threats, cancer and infectious diseases and more since the country's oldest and wealthiest school rejected a White House list of demands. Trump has said he is trying to force change at Harvard - and other top-level universities across the US - because in his view they have been captured by leftist "woke" thought and become bastions of anti-Semitism. The Trump administration did not immediately respond to a request for comment. US District Judge Allison Burroughs has set arguments for July 21 on Harvard's motion for summary judgment, which is a request for a judge to decide a dispute without a trial to determine material facts. Harvard sued the Trump administration in April, alleging the funding freeze violated the school's right to free speech and was arbitrary and capricious. In Monday's court filing, Harvard detailed the terminated grants, including $US88 million ($A136 million) for research into pediatric HIV, $US12 million ($A18 million) for increasing Defense Department awareness of emerging biological threats and $US8 million ($A12 million) to better understand dark energy. The school said ending the funding would destroy ongoing research into cancer treatments, infectious disease and Parkinson's. The Trump administration has opened numerous investigations into Harvard. Some are looking at threats against Jewish students and faculty after pro-Palestinian protests broke out following the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack on Israel and subsequent Israeli military actions in Gaza. Other investigations are probing whether Harvard discriminates based on sex and gender, along with the school's ties to foreign governments and international students. The Trump administration revoked Harvard's ability to enrol international students last month, which a judge temporarily blocked after Harvard sued in a separate case. Harvard and other universities say Trump's attacks are threats to freedom of speech and freedom of academics, as well as threats to the schools' very existence. Harvard University has asked a federal US judge to issue a summary judgment ruling to unfreeze $US2.5 billion ($A3.9b) in funding blocked by President Donald Trump's administration, which it says is illegal. Harvard's filing in the US District Court in Boston on Monday said that it had received 957 orders since April 14 to freeze funding for research pertaining to national security threats, cancer and infectious diseases and more since the country's oldest and wealthiest school rejected a White House list of demands. Trump has said he is trying to force change at Harvard - and other top-level universities across the US - because in his view they have been captured by leftist "woke" thought and become bastions of anti-Semitism. The Trump administration did not immediately respond to a request for comment. US District Judge Allison Burroughs has set arguments for July 21 on Harvard's motion for summary judgment, which is a request for a judge to decide a dispute without a trial to determine material facts. Harvard sued the Trump administration in April, alleging the funding freeze violated the school's right to free speech and was arbitrary and capricious. In Monday's court filing, Harvard detailed the terminated grants, including $US88 million ($A136 million) for research into pediatric HIV, $US12 million ($A18 million) for increasing Defense Department awareness of emerging biological threats and $US8 million ($A12 million) to better understand dark energy. The school said ending the funding would destroy ongoing research into cancer treatments, infectious disease and Parkinson's. The Trump administration has opened numerous investigations into Harvard. Some are looking at threats against Jewish students and faculty after pro-Palestinian protests broke out following the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack on Israel and subsequent Israeli military actions in Gaza. Other investigations are probing whether Harvard discriminates based on sex and gender, along with the school's ties to foreign governments and international students. The Trump administration revoked Harvard's ability to enrol international students last month, which a judge temporarily blocked after Harvard sued in a separate case. Harvard and other universities say Trump's attacks are threats to freedom of speech and freedom of academics, as well as threats to the schools' very existence. Harvard University has asked a federal US judge to issue a summary judgment ruling to unfreeze $US2.5 billion ($A3.9b) in funding blocked by President Donald Trump's administration, which it says is illegal. Harvard's filing in the US District Court in Boston on Monday said that it had received 957 orders since April 14 to freeze funding for research pertaining to national security threats, cancer and infectious diseases and more since the country's oldest and wealthiest school rejected a White House list of demands. Trump has said he is trying to force change at Harvard - and other top-level universities across the US - because in his view they have been captured by leftist "woke" thought and become bastions of anti-Semitism. The Trump administration did not immediately respond to a request for comment. US District Judge Allison Burroughs has set arguments for July 21 on Harvard's motion for summary judgment, which is a request for a judge to decide a dispute without a trial to determine material facts. Harvard sued the Trump administration in April, alleging the funding freeze violated the school's right to free speech and was arbitrary and capricious. In Monday's court filing, Harvard detailed the terminated grants, including $US88 million ($A136 million) for research into pediatric HIV, $US12 million ($A18 million) for increasing Defense Department awareness of emerging biological threats and $US8 million ($A12 million) to better understand dark energy. The school said ending the funding would destroy ongoing research into cancer treatments, infectious disease and Parkinson's. The Trump administration has opened numerous investigations into Harvard. Some are looking at threats against Jewish students and faculty after pro-Palestinian protests broke out following the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack on Israel and subsequent Israeli military actions in Gaza. Other investigations are probing whether Harvard discriminates based on sex and gender, along with the school's ties to foreign governments and international students. The Trump administration revoked Harvard's ability to enrol international students last month, which a judge temporarily blocked after Harvard sued in a separate case. Harvard and other universities say Trump's attacks are threats to freedom of speech and freedom of academics, as well as threats to the schools' very existence. Harvard University has asked a federal US judge to issue a summary judgment ruling to unfreeze $US2.5 billion ($A3.9b) in funding blocked by President Donald Trump's administration, which it says is illegal. Harvard's filing in the US District Court in Boston on Monday said that it had received 957 orders since April 14 to freeze funding for research pertaining to national security threats, cancer and infectious diseases and more since the country's oldest and wealthiest school rejected a White House list of demands. Trump has said he is trying to force change at Harvard - and other top-level universities across the US - because in his view they have been captured by leftist "woke" thought and become bastions of anti-Semitism. The Trump administration did not immediately respond to a request for comment. US District Judge Allison Burroughs has set arguments for July 21 on Harvard's motion for summary judgment, which is a request for a judge to decide a dispute without a trial to determine material facts. Harvard sued the Trump administration in April, alleging the funding freeze violated the school's right to free speech and was arbitrary and capricious. In Monday's court filing, Harvard detailed the terminated grants, including $US88 million ($A136 million) for research into pediatric HIV, $US12 million ($A18 million) for increasing Defense Department awareness of emerging biological threats and $US8 million ($A12 million) to better understand dark energy. The school said ending the funding would destroy ongoing research into cancer treatments, infectious disease and Parkinson's. The Trump administration has opened numerous investigations into Harvard. Some are looking at threats against Jewish students and faculty after pro-Palestinian protests broke out following the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack on Israel and subsequent Israeli military actions in Gaza. Other investigations are probing whether Harvard discriminates based on sex and gender, along with the school's ties to foreign governments and international students. The Trump administration revoked Harvard's ability to enrol international students last month, which a judge temporarily blocked after Harvard sued in a separate case. Harvard and other universities say Trump's attacks are threats to freedom of speech and freedom of academics, as well as threats to the schools' very existence.
