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An FIR has been lodged against actor-turned-BJP leader <keyword id="19913288" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="mithun-chakraborty" source="keywords">Mithun Chakraborty</keyword>, following allegations that he delivered a provocative speech during a <keyword id="19894848" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="bjp" source="keywords">BJP</keyword> event held in North 24 Parganas district last month. The complaint, filed at Bidhannagar South police station, relates to Chakraborty's remarks at the Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre (EZCC) in Salt Lake on October 27, where Union Home Minister Amit Shah was also in attendance, launching the West Bengal leg of the BJP's membership drive. According to a senior officer from Bidhannagar Police, “We have started an investigation into the case.” Chakraborty, who received the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Award earlier this year, was reportedly unavailable for comment. However, BJP state president and Union Minister Sukanta Majumdar decried the FIR, labeling it "vendetta politics." He asserted, "There is nothing provocative in his speech. These are nothing but attempts to intimidate him by using police as a political tool." During his speech on October 27, Chakraborty declared his party's ambitions in West Bengal, proclaiming, "In 2026, the masnad (throne) will be ours, and we will do everything to achieve the goal." He also urged BJP booth-level workers to resist attempts to intimidate BJP voters ahead of the 2026 Assembly elections, alluding to past incidents where voters were allegedly discouraged from supporting the saffron party. Mithun’s message was seen as a direct response to remarks by TMC MLA Humayun Kabir, who had previously made comments during the Lok Sabha elections perceived as communal and targeted toward BJP supporters. As the investigation unfolds, the FIR has amplified the already intense political climate in West Bengal, raising questions about free speech and the use of law enforcement in political conflicts. For now, both Chakraborty’s supporters and critics are awaiting further developments, as the actor’s remarks and the subsequent police action continue to stir debate. (With inputs from agencies)

FIR filed against Mithun Chakraborty for ‘provocative speech’; BJP alleges ‘vendetta politics'

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Gabrielle Union wanted to tell the story of an older woman facing scrutiny because she lived it.</li><li> Union produced "The Idea of You," about a 40-year-old mom's relationship with a 24-year-old boybander.</li></ul><a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/gabrielle-union-wade-said-listening-improved-parenting-2021-7">Gabrielle Union</a> connected with "The Idea of You" — and its story of being an older woman in the spotlight — on a personal level.In "<a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/anne-hathaway-the-idea-of-you-older-women-ageism-hollywood-2024-3">The Idea of You</a>," based on the novel of the same name by Union's longtime friend Robinne Lee, 40-year-old single mom Solène Marchand (Anne Hathaway) embarks on a passionate relationship with Hayes Campbell (Nicholas Galitzine), a 24-year-old singer in a <a target="_blank" rel="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/idea-of-you-movie-soundtrack-one-direction-inspiration-interview-2024-3">wildly popular boyband</a>, after a meet-cute at Coachella.On the red carpet at the movie's SXSW Film &amp; TV Festival premiere in Austin earlier this month, Business Insider asked Union, who executive produced the film, why it was important to tell the story of an older woman in her 40s conquering life and doing things her own way."I mean, I live it. I married my husband when I was almost 41. And everyone was like, oh," Union told BI. "People start to police what your dreams should be. What you should even want at your age, at your 'big age.'"For Union, it was important "to see the joy of women of all ages.""Not just 25 year olds," she quipped.Union, now 51, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/gabrielle-union-dwyane-wade-relationship-history-2018-10">married former NBA player Dwyane Wade</a>, who's nine years younger than her, in 2014. It was the second marriage for both, and the two share a daughter, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/gabrielle-union-empower-black-girls-new-book-shady-baby-2021-4">Kaavia</a>, born in 2018 via surrogate.Union first <a target="_blank" href="https://deadline.com/2018/12/the-idea-of-you-gabrielle-union-everything-must-go-transfers-female-projects-welle-entertainment-slate-cathy-schulman-jeff-gaspin-1202523033/">optioned</a> "The Idea of You" back in 2018, having named it as one of her favorite books in an interview with <a target="_blank" href="https://www.vulture.com/2018/01/gabrielle-unions-10-favorite-books.html">Vulture</a> earlier that year. It's been a long road getting the book adapted, but Union isn't surprised that, between this movie and Sydney Sweeney's "Anyone But You," the genre is having a resurgence. (For the record, her favorite at-home date-night movie to watch with Wade is "My Best Friend's Wedding.")"We're desperate for levity. We're desperate for hope, we're desperate to believe that love exists and that it can exist for anybody," she told BI on the red carpet, adding that "The Idea of You" is "that kinda movie where you wanna leave and hug somebody.""The Idea of You" is streaming on May 2 on Prime Video.

Gabrielle Union says people side-eyed her marriage to Dwyane Wade at age 41: 'People start to police what your dreams should be'

Artificial Intelligence (<keyword id="6355999" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="AI" source="Orion">AI</keyword>) represents a dual-edged sword in the modern technological landscape, bringing unparalleled innovation alongside significant risks. As AI continues to evolve, balancing its transformative potential with robust risk management frameworks becomes crucial to harnessing its benefits while safeguarding against its inherent dangers. On Tuesday (May 21), the <keyword id="1172943" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Council-of-the-European-Union" source="Orion">Council of the European Union</keyword> took a significant step towards this balancing act, setting a global benchmark by approving a groundbreaking law aimed at harmonising rules on AI. This landmark legislation follows a ‘risk-based’ approach, meaning the higher the potential harm to society, the stricter the regulations. Here’s everything you need to know about the EU’s <keyword id="20946696" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Artificial-Intelligence-Act" source="keywords">Artificial Intelligence Act</keyword>. <cmsannotation type="cmsannotation" annotationid="What is the aim of the AI Act?" comment="subhead" text="What is the aim of the AI Act?">What is the aim of the <keyword id="16351032" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="AI-Act" source="Orion">AI Act</keyword>?</cmsannotation> The law aims to foster the development and uptake of safe and trustworthy AI systems across the EU’s single market by both private and public actors, ensuring this fast-evolving technology can flourish and boost European innovation. Simultaneously, it aims to protect the fundamental rights of EU citizens while stimulating investment and innovation in AI across Europe. The AI Act also provides for an innovation-friendly legal framework and aims to promote evidence-based regulatory learning. It foresees that AI regulatory sandboxes—enabling a controlled environment for the development, testing and validation of innovative AI systems—should allow for the testing of innovative AI systems in real-world conditions. <cmsannotation type="cmsannotation" annotationid="How will the AI Act differentiate the risks of AI systems?" comment="subhead" text="How will the AI Act differentiate the risks of AI systems?">How will the AI Act differentiate the risks of AI systems?</cmsannotation> The legislation plans to categorise the AI systems according to their risk levels. AI systems with limited risk will face minimal transparency obligations, whereas high-risk AI systems will need to meet a set of stringent requirements and obligations to gain access to the EU market. For instance, AI systems such as cognitive behavioural manipulation and social scoring will be banned due to their unacceptable risk levels. The law also prohibits using AI for predictive policing based on profiling and systems that use biometric data to categorise people by race, religion or sexual orientation. <cmsannotation type="cmsannotation" annotationid="Who will the AI Act apply to?" comment="subhead" text="Who will the AI Act apply to?">Who will the AI Act apply to?</cmsannotation> The new legislation will be primarily applicable to the 27 members of the <keyword id="19895384" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="European-Union" source="keywords">European Union</keyword>. However, its impact will have a global reach, far beyond the 27-country bloc. According to a Reuters report, companies outside the EU that use EU customer data in their AI platforms will need to comply. Other countries and regions are likely to use the AI Act as a blueprint as well. <cmsannotation type="cmsannotation" annotationid="How will the AI Act enforce the rules?" comment="subhead" text="How will the AI Act enforce the rules?">How will the AI Act enforce the rules?</cmsannotation> To ensure proper enforcement, several governing bodies will be established. These include: <ul><li>An AI Office within the European Commission to enforce common rules across the EU.</li><li>A scientific panel to support enforcement activities.</li><li>An AI Board with representatives from member states to advise on the consistent application of the AI Act.</li><li>An advisory forum for stakeholders to provide technical expertise to the AI Board and the Commission. </li></ul><cmsannotation type="cmsannotation" annotationid="How will the rulebreakers be penalised?" comment="subhead" text="How will the rulebreakers be penalised?">How will the rulebreakers be penalised?</cmsannotation> The fines for infringements to the AI Act are set as a percentage of the offending company’s global annual turnover in the previous financial year or a predetermined amount, whichever is higher. SMEs and start-ups are subject to proportional administrative fines. <cmsannotation type="cmsannotation" annotationid="When will the AI Act be implemented?" comment="subhead" text="When will the AI Act be implemented?">When will the AI Act be implemented?</cmsannotation> After being signed by the presidents of the European Parliament and of the Council, the legislative act will be published in the EU’s Official Journal in the coming days and enter into force twenty days after this publication. The new regulation will apply two years after its entry into force, with some exceptions for specific provisions.

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<ul class="summary-list"><li>The Philadelphia police union is standing behind an officer who was been charged with murder.</li><li>Officer Mark Dial is accused of unjustly killing Eddie Irizarry during a traffic stop in August.</li></ul>The union that represents Philadelphia police is standing by an officer who was charged with murder on Friday, despite the release of a video that flatly contradicts initial claims that the killing took place only after the deceased charged at law enforcement with a knife. During an August 14 traffic stop in the Kensington neighborhood, Philadelphia Police Officer Mark Dial shot and killed the 27-year-old Eddie Irizarry, just seconds after getting out of his police cruiser, according to bodycam footage released Friday by <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/who-is-larry-krasner-district-attorney-philadelphia-progressive-democrat-2017-11">District Attorney Larry Krasner</a>, who announced that Dial will face charges including murder, voluntary manslaughter, and aggravated assault."The allegations brought against defendant Mark Dial today are among the most serious in our criminal legal system and are the culmination of weeks of investigative work" by police, Krasner said Friday.One of the country's most progressive prosecutors, Krasner said his office stands for "even-handed justice, regardless of pressure to favor members of any group." (He has charged a number of officers with wrongdoing, previously telling Insider that "<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/philadelphia-da-larry-krasner-interview-gun-violence-dirty-cops-2022-3">Legit cops hate dirty cops.</a>")When the shooting first took place, police claimed that Irizarry — pulled over, police say, after driving the wrong way down a street — was killed after he had ignored "multiple commands" to drop a knife and "lunged" at officers, <a href="https://www.inquirer.com/news/mark-dial-philly-police-murder-charges-eddie-irizarry-20230908.html">The Philadelphia Inquirer reported</a>. But that story was soon walked back after police reviewed a video showing that Irizarry never left his vehicle.<div type="image" title="officer's arm visible pointing gun at car window" height="1247" width="2494" msid="103519824" hostid="261"></div>Last month, Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw said that Dial would be fired after refusing to cooperate with her own department's investigation. But the president of the local Fraternal Order of Police, John McNesby, said Friday that his union is standing behind Dial."Officer Mark Dial has the full support of the Philadelphia Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 5 as our attorneys continue to gather all the facts surrounding this tragic incident," he said in a statement provided to Insider. He asked for the public to "reserve judgment" until all facts are presented at trial. "Like any other individual facing allegations, Officer Dial is presumed innocent and looks forward to helping his attorneys prepare a vigorous defense against these serious criminal charges."Earlier on Friday, one of Dial's lawyers, Brian McMonagle, told reporters that his client acted in self-defense when fired less than six seconds after exiting his cruiser, falsely believing that Irizarry was holding a gun.Although it is <a href="https://www.thetrace.org/2022/10/philadelphia-da-larry-krasner-impeach/">still rare</a> for a police officer to be charged with murder for their actions on the job, several officers have been prosecuted for on-duty killings in Philadelphia since Krasner was first elected in 2017. One has been convicted.Three years ago, former Philadelphia Police Officer Erich Ruch Jr. was charged with murder over the killing of an unarmed Black man, Dennis Plowden, who was shot in the head after a high-speed car chase. He was ultimately found guilty of voluntary manslaughter and, despite prosecutors seeking a multi-year sentence, <a href="https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/former-philly-cop-who-killed-unarmed-man-released-from-prison/3585406/">released from prison</a> this summer after serving less than 12 months behind bars.Have a news tip? Email this reporter: <a href="mailto:cdavis@insider.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cdavis@insider.com</a>

Police union offers 'full support' to Philly cop charged with murder of Eddie Irizarry, despite video contradicting initial claims

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Law enforcement worldwide teamed up recently to fight cybercrime. </li><li>"Operation Endgame" led to four arrests and the dismantling of 100 malicious servers globally.</li></ul>In what's been billed as a first-of-its-kind operation, law enforcement agencies around the world recently banded together to take down major <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/category/cybersecurity">cyber criminal infrastructure</a> that officials said targeted multitudes of victims and caused hundreds of millions of dollars in damages globally.Over a couple of days in late May, "Operation Endgame" led to the arrests of four people in Ukraine and Armenia, the dismantling of more than 100 malicious computer servers worldwide, and the seizure of over 2,000 domains, according law enforcement in the US and Europe.One of the main suspects raked in at least $70 million in cryptocurrency by "renting out criminal infrastructure sites to deploy ransomware" <a target="_blank" href="https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/largest-ever-operation-against-botnets-hits-dropper-malware-ecosystem">according</a> to Europol, the law enforcement agency of the European Union that conducted the operation along with other agencies, including the FBI.Cybersecurity experts told Business Insider that the takedown is a pivotal step forward in the ongoing war against <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/ransomware-attacks-corporations-children-executives-mandiant-google-cyber-security-2024-5">cybercrime</a>. However, they said, the fight can't end here, as cybercrime is one of the biggest threats facing humanity."It's not like this is going to solve the problem, but it's a great step in addressing it," said Adam Wandt, a cybercrime investigations expert and a public policy professor at New York's John Jay College of Criminal Justice.<h2 id="c59c7ca2-3119-4ab7-986e-f21258b45fe3">'Largest ever operation against botnets'</h2>Europol called the sting the "largest ever operation against botnets, which play a major role in the deployment of ransomware.""This worldwide operation, involving law enforcement authorities from 13 countries, led to a significant disruption of criminal activities," Europol spokesperson Ina Mihaylova told Business Insider, noting the effort was also supported by the private industry. Mihaylova called the scale of the operation "unprecedented in the cyber domain."FBI Director Christopher Wray said in a statement that the agency "used joint and sequenced actions to run a first-of-its-kind international operation and debilitate the criminal infrastructure of multiple malware services."As part of the operation, the law enforcement agencies shut down at least four <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/guides/tech/what-is-malware">malware</a> groups or "droppers" known as "IcedID," "Smokeloader," "Pikabot," and "Bumblebee."According to the FBI, these droppers, designed to install malware onto computer systems, "infected millions of computers and claimed countless victims around the world and throughout the United States, including a hospital network, which not only cost millions of dollars but alarmingly put people's lives at risk due to the compromised critical care online system.""This is taking down computer servers, which are affecting all of us," said Wandt, who explained that the hackers behind the botnets are "going for money, and they don't care who they go for or how they get it.""This could be my grandmother sitting at home, this could be a large bank. It doesn't matter," he said.Wandt and other experts said the takedown of 100 malicious servers is a small number when compared to the vast number of servers that run botnets around the globe but that it's nonetheless important."That doesn't mean that it was a small number in the amount of fraud that it was committing," said Wandt.<h2 id="d901e093-99a9-491d-b53d-a08f70169714">Ransomware 'wreaking havoc around the world'</h2>Tracy Beth Mitrano, a cybersecurity policy expert and a visiting professor of information science at Cornell University, called "Operation Endgame" a "significant step," but said "it's not significant in terms of the total scope of the problem.""<a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/cyberattacks-on-american-cities-responses-2020-1">Ransomware has just been wreaking havoc</a> around the world," Mitrano said. "It's been ripping through the United States."Mitrano emphasized the importance of the US working with other countries around the world to combat cybercrime and called for international law, treaties, and agreements "to establish rules of the road in cyberspace.""The war will not be won until there are international laws and standards that bring countries together," said Mitrano.Mitrano said "Operation Endgame," is a "very important first step, but we have to keep going.""Cyber insecurity is one of the biggest threats we face on the globe today," she said.Thomas Holt, a cybersecurity expert and professor in the School of Criminal Justice at Michigan State University, said the coordinated effort of countries around the globe working to fight cybercrime as was done in "Operation Endgame" is "absolutely necessary.""Cybercrime is such a distributed problem," he said, noting that cybercriminals can target "anyone anywhere with relative ease, and the likelihood of detection is really, really low."So any attempt at cracking down on cybercrime is a positive, Holt said."It's a net gain in terms of complicating networks or forcing short-term behavioral change on the market and the actors," said Holt. "It may not create these long-term sustained drop-offs, but it at least provides a short-term benefit."Holt said he does not believe cybercrime will ever be stopped, "But what I think we can do is produce complexities for the offender, making it harder for them to actually engage in an offense like running a botnet."The "biggest problem" in the malware world, according to Holt, is that there is always a different iteration of malware on the horizon."Over the last decade, it has been ransomware primarily, but there's going to be an eventual pivot away from ransomware to something else," he said. "We don't know exactly what that something else is yet."And <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/chatgpt-cyber-crime-phishing-malware-artificial-intelligence-2023-2">artificial intelligence</a> "will certainly simplify the process" for cyberattackers, said Holt.Cybercriminals "don't have the same degree of difficulty or barriers to entry that we had in the 80s, the 90s, and even the early 2000s," Holt said."Now it's flattened to a point where as long as you have money, you can buy personal data, you buy credit card numbers, rent out denial of service attacks on demand or botnets," he said. "So you don't even need to know what you're doing. You just need to have a cursory understanding and dollars in your pocket."Last month, Wray, the FBI director, pledged the agency's ongoing commitment to combatting cybercrime."The fight against borderless cybercrime does not end here, and the FBI is committed to tackling this ever-evolving threat," he said.

Police around the world teamed up in their biggest effort yet to takedown hackers, but cybercrime is hard to stem

<ul class="summary-list"><li>The Yale police union is distributing fliers to students warning them about crime in New Haven.</li><li>The flier instructs students to "remain on campus" and and "stay off the streets after 8 p.m."</li></ul>Each year, Yale University attracts students from across the globe, drawn to the Ivy League institution for its renowned academics and the vast opportunities that such an education affords its graduates.But in recent days, the Yale Police Benevolent Association — the union representing officers at the sprawling campus in New Haven, Connecticut — has come under criticism from the university and city officials for distributing fliers warning students that it's not safe to venture beyond the the collegiate walls in the evenings.The flier, which says that "some Yalies do manage to survive New Haven and even retain their personal property," points to crime statistics in the New England city that university officials insist is misleading and a tactic that the union is employing as it seeks a new contract.It also instructs students to "remain on campus," "avoid public transportation," and "stay off the streets after 8 p.m."Posted near the top of the flier is an illustration of the Grim Reaper with a pointed message: "Good luck."<a href="https://www.gawker.com/fear-city-the-insane-pamphlet-the-nypd-used-to-terrori-1678292956">The Yale fliers are similar</a> to the "Welcome to Fear City" fliers given to tourists visiting New York City in the 1970s — when the city struggled with violent crime — which directed them to "stay off the streets after 6 p.m." and call for cabs in lieu of walking outside in the evenings.Anthony Campbell, the chief of the Yale Police Department and the onetime police chief of New Haven, blasted the police union over its message to students."I am extremely hurt and sad and disgusted by the actions taken by the Yale Police Benevolent Association," <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/25/nyregion/yale-police-fliers.html">he told The New York Times</a>. "I think it is divisive and destructive for any police officer to disparage the city in which they work."The union in its flier stated that "murders have doubled, burglaries are up 33 percent and motor vehicle thefts are up 56 percent" through the end of July. (According to <a href="https://www.newhavenct.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/19475/638259907631230000">official New Haven crime statistics</a>, the numbers are accurate, with burglaries up from 177 last year to 235 through July 23 and car thefts having risen from 390 last year to 609 through July 23.)But violent crime has declined by 16.2% through July 23, compared to last year.And violent crime has also dropped by 29.2% since 2020, New Haven Mayor Justin Elicker has pointed out."Overall, over the past three years or so, crime is down," Elicker told The Times. "While the actual numbers may be accurate, they don't present the full picture of what's going on."Andrew Matthews, an attorney for the Yale police union and a former Yale Police Department officer, said that the flier was not being used as leverage in the union's contract talks."I don't think there was an attempt to fearmonger or scare people," he told The Times.But he said that the officers wanted to leave an impression with students amid all the other messages that they would receive over the next few weeks."And without a doubt, their pamphlet stands out," he added.However, Campbell, the Yale police chief, reiterated to the newspaper that he disagreed with the sort of impression that the flier was generating on campus."When you see, from the day you're moving in, that the police department doesn't have its house in order, then you start saying: 'Well, can I even count on you to tell me the truth and to really keep me safe?'" he said.

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