Friday Links

Here on the first Friday of May are some things going on:

From Voice Of Europe, by silencing important voices, social media giants "are digging their own grave".

From Free West Media, according to a Dutch survey, mainstream media is ignoring European Parliament election campaigns.

From EuroNews, social media is used to market thousands of artifacts looted from the Middle East.

From Euractiv, "now is the time to create a real European democracy".

From The Conservative Woman, legal insanity enforced by a government.

From the Express, a man hoping to become a European commissioner admits that the E.U. "doesn't exist", but is still just "a confederation of nation states".

From the Evening Standard, after her party is humiliated in local elections, U.K. Prime Minister May is heckled with "why don’t you resign - we don’t want you".

From the (U.K.) Independent, voters are punishing the Labour Party for its "fudge" on Brexit.

From the (Irish) Independent, in Northern Ireland, the first openly gay Democratic Unionist Party candidate wins his election.

From the Irish Examiner, another Democratic Unionist Party candidate is re-elected despite a drunk driving conviction.

From CBC News, Saskatchewan's Court of Appeal rules that the carbon dioxide tax imposed on the province by the Canadian federal government is constitutional.

From Global News, Ontario is still dealing with floods.

From CTV News, Canadian federal officials will reconsider a request to visit the country by former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont.

From Morocco World News, Moroccan authorities arrest a ninth suspect in connection with a terror cell in Tangiers.

From El País, Spain will "limit" the political activity of a Venezuelan opposition leader who has taken refuge in the Spanish embassy.

From France24, the European election is "low-stakes", but not for French President Emmanuel Macron or right-winger Marine Le Pen.

From RFI, according to a recent opinion poll, Le Pen's party is more favored than Macron's.

From VRT NWS, according to a study done by the Catholic University of Leuven, ketones are good for you.

From the NL Times, the Dutch region of Gelderland has about 200 World War II "offender heritage" sites.

From Dutch News, the Netherlands prepares to remember its victims of World War II.

From Deutsche Welle, neo-Nazis march in Plauen, Germany.  (Although labeled as "far-right", some of the placards carried by marchers include the phrase FÜR EINEN DEUTSCHEN SOZIALISMUS, which means "for a German socialism".  Isn't socialism on the left?)

From the CPH Post, the Danish government and the Dansk Folkeparti will blacklist "forces of darkness".

From SwissInfo, the Swiss government needs to do more to support freedom of the press.

From ANSA, an Italian woman of Moroccan origin is kept out of a gym for wearing a veil.

From the Malta Independent, police in Zejtun, Malta arrest two people and seize 130 kilos of cannabis.

From Malta Today, Malta is denounced for helping the Libyan coast guard return migrants to Libya.

From the Greek Reporter, Greek Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura resigns in order to run in the European elections.

From Novinite, Pope Francis sends video greetings to the Bulgarian people.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, Kosovo's parliamentary speaker Kadri Veseli announces the creation of a tribunal to try war crimes committed by Serbia.

From Total Croatia News, Croatian pro-lifers will hold their fourth annual Walk for Life in five cities.

From the Hungary Journal, Hungarian Prime Minister Orban stands by Italian Interior Minister Salvini, while blasting the E.U. "elite".

From Daily News Hungary, Orban points out how Salvini stopped migration at sea, while Hungary stopped it on land.

From Hungary Today, according to the Hungarian opposition Democratic Coalition, it's "shameful" for Orban to talk with Salvini.

From About Hungary, graduating students at a vocational college in Szombathely, Hungary receive a letter from a World War II-era truck mechanic.

From The Slovak Spectator, World Press Freedom Day is observed in Slovakia.

From Radio Poland, the U.S. and the E.U. salute Poland on its Constitution Day.

From Russia Today, the Russian navy uses an old vessel for target practice.

From Sputnik International, Russia's central bank is the world's largest buyer of gold.

From The Moscow Times, Presidents Trump and Putin discuss a possible new nuclear agreement.

From Hürriyet Daily News, Russia is reportedly "ready to cooperate" to sell Turkey Su-57 fighters.

From Turkish Minute, Turkish prosecutors order the detention of another 92 people over alleged Gülen links.

From Rûdaw, the Philippines returns seven Iraqi victims of human trafficking.

From Arutz Sheva, factions in Gaza threaten retaliation after the IDF kills two Hamas terrorists.

From The Times Of Israel, about 60 houses in the Palestinian neighborhood of Wad Yasul in East Jerusalem face demolition.

From The Jerusalem Post, Eurovision contestants start to arrive in Tel Aviv, Israel.

From the Egypt Independent, Sudan's public prosecutor orders former President Omar al-Bashir to be interrogated.

From Egypt Today, Egypt's Ministry of Antiquities will announce a newly discovered tomb tomorrow.

From Radio Farda, Iran claims its can replace its lost oil income with tourism income.

From Dawn, Pakistan's prime minister observes World Press Freedom Day by warning against fake news.

From The Express Tribune, according to a Pentagon report, China seeks to establish a military base in Pakistan.

From Pakistan Today, Pakistan's Council of Islamic Ideology opposes child marriage, but won't support legislation against them.

From Khaama Press, at least 80 Taliban and ISIS terrorists are sent to their virgins.

From the Hindustan Times, controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik is charged with money laundering.

From the Daily Mirror, Sri Lankan authorities believe that Islamic extremists are planning attacks on bridges in Colombo.

From Albawaba, Bahrain promises to prevent Iran from closing the Straits of Hormuz.

From Gatestone Institute, "the Monroe doctrine for Venezuela".

From National Review, lessons from a Venezuelan crisis which occurred 100 years ago.

From FrontpageMag, America's most anti-Christian and most left-wing president.

From Townhall, a majority of Americans, including Hispanics, favor the citizenship question for the census.

From The Washington Free Beacon, according to the CDC, deaths from cocaine and meth are on the rise.

From the Washington Examiner, the Democratic 2020 field will reportedly get one more member.

From The Federalist, liberals were again wrong about tax cuts.

From American Thinker, California's snowpack is currently at 188 percent of its average.

From CNS News, in April, Hispanic unemployment hit an all-time low.

From Accuracy in Media, CNN's ratings reach a four-year low.

From NewsBusters, does Facebook consider Kurdish anti-ISIS fighters "dangerous"?

From The Daily Caller, MSNBC celebrates kids playing hooky for climate change.

From Fox News, Code Pink protesters refuse to leave the abandoned Venezuelan embassy in Washington, DC.

From Breitbart, Burger King is mocked for its mental health meals.

From Reason, Facebook has the right to ban Alex Jones and Louis Farrakhan, but it's a bad idea.

From the New York Post, newly drafted New York Giants quarterback Daniel Jones throws in practice for the first time.  (In 2016, I saw him play for Duke against Virginia Tech.)

And from TechSpot, a man swallows an AirPod, which still works after it comes out the other end.