Tokyo Court Ruling Against Cloudflare Sets “Dangerous Precedent” for Internet Infrastructure Liability

Cloudflare has been ordered by a Tokyo District Court to pay 500 million yen, about 3.2 million US dollars, after judges ruled the company liable for aiding copyright infringement.

The decision, as reported by TorrentFreak, brought by a coalition of Japan’s largest manga publishers, challenges the long-held understanding that network infrastructure providers are not responsible for what passes through their systems.

It also signals a growing international push to make companies like Cloudflare police online content, an approach that could redefine how the open internet operates.

The publishers, Shueisha, Kodansha, Kadokawa, and Shogakukan, argued that Cloudflare’s global network, which caches and accelerates websites, helped pirate manga sites distribute illegal copies of their work. They said Cloudflare’s failure to verify customer identities allowed those sites to hide “under circumstances where strong anonymity was secured,” a factor the court said contributed to its finding of liability.

Cloudflare said it will appeal, calling the ruling a threat to fairness and due process and warning that it could have broad implications for the future of internet infrastructure. The company argues that its conduct complies with global norms and that it has no direct control over the content its clients publish or distribute.

The legal fight between Cloudflare and Japan’s major publishers began in 2018. The publishers asked the Tokyo District Court to intervene, claiming Cloudflare’s technology enabled piracy sites to thrive. They wanted the company to sever ties with the offending domains.

In 2019, a partial settlement was reached. The deal, later disclosed, required Cloudflare to stop replicating content from sites only after Japanese courts officially declared them illegal.

That agreement quieted the conflict for a time, but it did not resolve the larger question of whether a network service should be required to decide which content is lawful.

By early 2022, the same publishers returned to court, alleging that Cloudflare had failed to take “necessary measures” against known infringing sites.

They filed a new claim targeting four specific works and sought around four million dollars in damages. They also asked for an order that would compel Cloudflare to terminate service for illegal sites.

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“We Have Only Just Begun to Kill Narco-Terrorists” – War Sec. Pete Hegseth Responds to Reports of “Illegal” Orders to “Kill Everybody” on Narcotrafficking Boats as Democrats Call for Prosecution of “a War Crime or Outright Murder”

War Secretary Pete Hegseth has responded to a recent report, claiming that the Department of War, under dubious legal authority, ordered secondary strikes to kill drug traffickers in the Caribbean Sea after they survived an initial strike, and that US forces are killing narcoterrorists without justification. 

“As two men clung to a stricken, burning ship targeted by SEAL Team 6, the Joint Special Operations commander followed the defense secretary’s order to leave no survivors,” the Washington Post report claims. According to an anonymous source, Hegseth gave a verbal order “to kill everybody” in the September 2 strike against narcoterrorists trafficking narcotics into the United States, which killed 11 designated terrorists.

As The Gateway Pundit reported, President Trump posted footage from the strike on September 2, stating, “Please let this serve as notice to anybody even thinking about bringing drugs into the United States of America. BEWARE!”

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Biden Aides Admit to Bringing in Hollywood’s Spielberg and Katzenberg to Help Cover Up Biden Health Issues

The US House Oversight Committee releases its footage from interviews with Biden Aides. 

Biden was so bad that Aides brought in Steven Spielberg and Jeffrey Katzenberg from Hollywood to help limit the damage. 

We all know Biden was out to lunch.  We reported on it repeatedly.  Biden was lost.  This happened over and over.  It was embarrassing.  It was elderly abuse.

Now we know that Katzenberg and Spielberg were brought in to manage the Biden production and apparently prevent him from appearing so lost, confused, and senile.

The House Oversight Committee released its report and clips from interviews yesterday. Below are some clips from interviews with Biden Aides.

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FDA to tighten vaccine rules after memo ties COVID-19 shot to child deaths

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is set to implement stricter vaccine approval guidelines after a memo claimed at least 10 children died “after and because of” receiving a COVID-19 shot.

The guidelines, obtained by The New York Times, could also impact vaccinations for other illnesses and viruses, including the FDA’s standards for annual flu shots and if Americans should receive multiple vaccines at a time. The memo also states that shots for pregnant women could be limited, and manufacturers will be required to conduct larger studies before seeking approval for vaccines.

Vinay Prasad, a top vaccine regulator at FDA, said pneumonia vaccine manufacturers must show that their treatments reduce the infection instead of merely developing antibodies to fight it. The new restrictions would also require drug manufacturers to run larger studies that would slow the process of developing vaccines, according to The Washington Post, which also reviewed the memo.

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Joe Biden Tells Ukrainians in Nantucket that He’s Engaging in Shadow Diplomacy and ‘Pushing Hard’ for Ukraine 

Did Joe Biden forget that he is no longer in the White House or is he engaging in shadow diplomacy?

The Biden family took over Nantucket against this year and enjoyed a lavish Thanksgiving vacation while staying at billionaire David Rubenstein’s sprawling mansion.

The Bidens completely shut down Main Street of Nantucket on Wednesday to shop at ritzy stores. Wednesday is one of the busiest shopping days of the year when people are trying to get ready for Thanksgiving.

On Friday, Joe Biden was shuffling around Nantucket like a zombie before the Christmas tree lighting.

At one point, Joe Biden made his way over to Ukrainian women in Nantucket and told them he was engaging in shadow diplomacy.

“Thank you so much for your support of Ukraine,” a woman said to Joe Biden.

Biden told the women that he’s pushing hard for Urkaine.

“By the way, I keep pushing as hard as I can [for Ukraine],” Biden said.

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With 850,000 on waiting lists, NHS spends £300k hiring actors to pretend to be patients

Scotland’s cash-strapped NHS is under fire for spending hundreds of thousands of pounds hiring professional actors to pretend to be patients.

The Scottish Mail on Sunday can reveal that a body called NHS Education for Scotland is setting aside an astonishing £360,000 to pay actors and role-players to impersonate people with illnesses and medical conditions.

The body claims the fake patients have a vital role to play in training doctors and nurses.

But at a time when 850,000 people in Scotland are currently on a waiting list for NHS treatment, including diagnostic tests, critics said spending cash on actors was a waste of precious resources.

Meanwhile the health service is facing dire warnings over its financial future.

And Callum McGoldrick, investigations manager at the TaxPayers’ Alliance campaign group said: ‘Spending more than £300,000 on professional actors to play patients while more than half a million Scots sit on NHS waiting lists is completely backwards.

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Shocking FDA Memo Admits COVID Vaccines Linked to Child Deaths

In a bombshell revelation that vindicates long-standing concerns from vaccine skeptics, a top FDA official has admitted that COVID-19 shots are tied to the deaths of at least 10 children.

The admission comes from an internal memo obtained by The New York Times, highlighting the dangers of myocarditis, a serious heart inflammation, caused by the vaccines.

“This is a profound revelation,” Dr. Prasad wrote the memo to staff members, per The Times. “For the first time, the U.S. F.D.A. will acknowledge that Covid-19 vaccines have killed American children.”

Vinay Prasad, the FDA’s Chief Medical and Scientific Officer and a vocal critic of overreaching COVID mandates, authored the memo.

Prasad described the findings as “a profound revelation” and called for sweeping changes to vaccine approval processes. This includes mandatory randomized controlled studies for every subgroup, ensuring no more rushed authorizations like those seen during the pandemic.

Prasad, an oncologist by training, has long questioned the blanket promotion of vaccines and masks, and his role in the FDA under the current administration marks a shift toward greater scrutiny.

The memo doesn’t detail the ages, underlying health conditions, or specific vaccine brands involved in these tragic cases. However, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine advisory committee is set to discuss the review in an upcoming meeting, which could lead to further revelations.

FDA Commissioner Marty Makary backed up the memo’s claims during an appearance on Fox News, stating plainly: “There were, it appears, 10 deaths of children from the COVID shots.”

Makary emphasized that the data stems from the Biden administration era, adding that while the vaccines may have benefited high-risk elderly individuals, pushing annual shots on young people “is not based on science.”

This development aligns with actions from Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime advocate for vaccine safety who has already restricted COVID vaccines to those 65 and older or with qualifying health conditions.

This reverses the all-out push under previous administrations, including mandates that forced millions, including children, into getting the shots despite emerging risks.

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IT consultant arrested after posing with gun on LinkedIn

An IT consultant was arrested by police in Britain after he posted a picture online of himself posing with a gun in the US.

Jon Richelieu-Booth said he was shocked by the “Orwellian” decision by West Yorkshire Police (WYP) to prosecute him over the social media post.

The 50-year-old said that on Aug 13 he had posted a picture of himself on LinkedIn holding a shotgun while on a private homestead with friends during a holiday in Florida.

Mr Richelieu-Booth claims the LinkedIn message contained nothing he considered threatening, with the picture attached to a lengthy post about his day and work activities.

However, he said that a police officer later visited his home to warn him that concerns had been raised about the post.

“I was told to be careful what I say online and I need to understand how it makes people feel,” he said.

Mr Richelieu-Booth said he offered to provide officers with proof that the picture of the firearm had been taken while he was in the US but the officers said that was not necessary.

Mr Richelieu-Booth said two officers then returned to his home shortly after 10pm on Aug 24 and arrested him.

A bail document seen by The Telegraph refers to an allegation of possessing a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence and a further allegation of stalking related to a photograph of a house that appeared on his social media.

He said he was held overnight in a cell before being interviewed.

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Sweden: $375 Million in Fraudulent State Welfare Funds Siphoned Off by Foreign Criminal Gangs Ravaging the Nation

A government investigation has revealed Sweden’s catastrophic betrayal, exposing how the nation’s welfare state—forged through centuries of Swedish ingenuity, sacrifice, and national pride—has been hijacked by criminal gangs, overwhelmingly fueled by unchecked mass migration from third-world countries.

The probe finally rips the veil off a scandal that Sweden’s globalist elite—those cosmopolitan liberals and social-democratic enablers who have ruled the country for decades—deliberately buried, ignored, and denied while the rot spread unchecked through the Swedish state apparatus.

Thousands of these gang members, many with deep roots in Sweden’s migrant enclaves, have been taking state handouts for years, draining the equivalent of over €325 million ($375 million) straight from the pockets of honest, tax-paying Swedes who built this system for their own people.

These so-called “benefits”—from fake sickness payouts to unemployment welfare—have become a taxpayer-funded safety net for these foreign predators, bankrolling their empires of drug dealing, extortion rackets, and brutal violence that terrorize Swedish streets and erode the country’s national sovereignty.

What this report unmasks is a national disgrace. Sweden’s jewel of a welfare system—a beacon of excellence built by generations of Swedes—has become little more than a slush fund propping up the fake refugees and economic migrants from the Third World who are dismantling the Swede’s one and only homeland from within, all thanks to spineless, traitorous globalist elites and their open-borders insanity.

Nils Öberg, chief of the Social Insurance Agency, conceded what patriotic Swedes have known for years—these migrant-dominated crime syndicates have embedded welfare fraud into their anti-Swedish operations, treating its national treasury like their personal ATMs.

The investigation shines a bright light on the ugly reality. Foreign-born individuals and their descendents, imported en masse under reckless, delusional multicultural fantasies, dominate the ranks of these welfare-scamming gangsters, proving once and for all that mass migration isn’t “enrichment”—it’s a direct assault on Sweden’s cultural and economic integrity.

One fraudster, claiming total disability to milk the system, was caught pumping iron in gyms, jetting off on lavish trips, and orchestrating gang hits—all while living off Sweden’s generous social welfare system designed to help vulnerable Swedes.

Another unemployed migrant was exposed as the kingpin of a sprawling criminal empire with over 30 convictions, yet still collecting welfare checks courtesy of our liberal-globalist policies that prioritize migrants—mostly military-aged men from alien cultures—over native Swedes.

Thousands of these gang-linked migrants declare such small “legal” earnings that the Swedish state is obligated to pick up the tab for their child-support payments, costing hardworking families another €10 million annually in this grotesque wealth transfer from Swedes to foreigners.

Authorities also found deep infiltration of legitimate businesses by these criminal networks, where they own, run, or manipulate companies to file fake sick-pay claims. Shockingly, many of these outfits trace back to migrants exploiting Sweden’s trust-based system.

The “personal assistance” industry—long a playground for fraud—emerged as a prime target, filled with gangs using fake staffing and ownership schemes to siphon funds that should safeguard Swedish elders and the disabled, not finance foreign crime lords.

Social Insurance Minister Anna Tenje labeled the findings “astonishing,” declaring that “if Sweden is going to to break the gangs, it must throttle this supply of our common tax funds.”

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Calls for Anthony Fauci be prosecuted amid Trump’s autopen declaration… while Biden also faces charge threat

Right-wingers are demanding that Anthony Fauci be brought up on charges after President Donald Trump said he revoked all of President Joe Biden‘s autopen-signed executive orders and pardons.

Fauci, who led the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for nearly 40 years, received an autopen-signed pardon right before Trump retook the White House on January 20.

Because Trump has long argued that the autopen signatures should not be treated as authentic – while also factoring in Biden’s cognitive decline – Republicans are voicing their belief that Fauci could be prosecuted for alleged wrongdoing during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Marjorie Taylor Greene led the charge, writing on X Friday that if ‘autopen pardons are repealed then prosecute Fauci for crimes against humanity’. The Daily Mail approached Greene’s office for further comment.

Nicolas Hulscher, an epidemiologist who works with the McCullough Foundation, said it was ‘time to PROSECUTE Anthony Fauci.’

The McCullough Foundation is known in part for spreading the unsubstantiated claim that vaccines are leading cause of autism.

Another account on X pointed out that Fauci has been referred for criminal charges by Senator Rand Paul, who claims the doctor lied to Congress about gain of function research in Wuhan, China.

Some US intelligence agencies, including the FBI, CIA and Energy Department, all believe with varying degrees of confidence that the SARS-CoV-2 virus could have leaked from the Wuhan Institute of Virology.

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