Source: Kataeb.org
Security & Justice
Southern Lebanon Endures Massive Damage: 40,000 Homes Leveled Across 37 Towns
Israeli forces have systematically destroyed entire neighborhoods in southern Lebanon, leveling more than 37 towns and wiping out over 40,000 residential units, according to Lebanon's National News Agency.
Tuesday, November 5, 2024
Gaps in Coastal Radar Enabled Israeli Raid in Batroun, Army Commander Says
Lebanon’s army chief, General Joseph Aoun, detailed to Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati how Israeli forces likely exploited gaps in the country's coastal radar system during the recent raid carried out in Batroun. The briefing comes as Lebanese officials seek answers on how Israel’s elite Shayetet 13 unit carried out the landing undetected.
Monday, November 4, 2024
Opinion
The Emptying of Baalbek Is a Moment to Take Stock
“Large numbers of people continue to flee their homes every day, as Israel’s military operations in Lebanon have been going on unabated.” These disturbing words could be from almost any news report about Israel’s invasion of its northern neighbour over the past month. However, they can be found in a report by the Norwegian Refugee Council’s Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre issued on July 27, 2006.
Saturday, November 2, 2024
A Future Without Hezbollah
At the end of September, when Israel’s campaign to destroy Hezbollah was reaching its height, I met one of the group’s supporters in a seaside café in western Beirut. He was a middle-aged man with a thin white beard and the spent look of someone who had not slept for days. He was an academic of sorts, not a fighter, but his ties to Hezbollah were deep and long-standing.
Thursday, October 31, 2024
Sports
Tottenham Forward Son Heung-min Crowned Asia’s International Player of the Year
Tottenham forward Son Heung-min was crowned as Asia’s International Player of the Year for the fourth time by the Asian Football Confederation at its annual awards ceremony Tuesday.
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
Real Madrid Launch Investigation into Racist Insults After El Clasico Defeat
Real Madrid has launched an investigation into racist insults directed at players during Saturday’s 4-0 home loss to Barcelona in LaLiga, it said on Sunday.
Monday, October 28, 2024
Friday 10 May 2024 13:32:07
EXCLUSIVE: Unveiling the Dark Web: The Meeting Point of Killers, Rapists, Arms Dealers, and Human Traffickers- Who Bears Responsibility?
As soon as the "TikTok" scandal involving child rape was uncovered, we began hearing repeatedly about the "Dark web" as a place where illegal and unethical activities are exchanged.
The "Dark web" was first developed in the mid-1990s by U.S. military researchers with the aim of protecting government data and national security, keeping it away from the public internet space. Some countries and ministries also store their data through it.
In an interview with "Kataeb.org" website, Caretaker Minister of Communications Johnny Corm highlighted that the Ministry of Communications' ability to combat the "Dark web" is very limited, not only in Lebanon.
Corm considered that addressing it involves cooperation with the TikTok platform to provide guidance and training for parents to control this issue, noting that this does not solely depend on banning TikTok.
Member of the Information Technology Committee in the Lebanese Parliament, MP Elias Hankach noted that "the moral decay that some sectors of Lebanese society have reached today is not linked to a specific 'platform', given that the 'control' exercised over other platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp is greater than that on TikTok."
He believed that it is necessary for these platforms to be subject to oversight by relevant authorities in addition to parental control, as parents must daily monitor what their children are exposed to on all social media platforms, not just TikTok.
Hankach pointed out that "the crisis that has struck Lebanon has affected the level that 'TikTokers' have reached today."
"The Information Technology Committee is working on regulating and controlling certain matters, such as online gambling activities," he added, pointing out that the solution lies in social awareness and strict control by parents.
Regarding the issue of sexual assault of minors by "Tiktokers", Hankach said, "Crime is a crime and those who commit it must be punished with the maximum penalties to deter others from committing similar crimes."
Hankach also praised the performance of Lebanon's Cybercrime and Intellectual Property Bureau, emphasizing the need to support all agencies capable of maintaining civil peace.
For his part, Cyber Security and Digital Transformation Expert and CEO of Revotips Roland Abi Najem explained that "The "Dark web" consists of websites existing on the Internet and is not something new, being present in all countries around the world, and accessible to anyone."
