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The U.S. Army's Fort Gordon officially became Fort Eisenhower on Friday during a renaming ceremony in Augusta, Georgia. The U.S. Army's Fort Gordon officially became Fort Eisenhower on Friday during a renaming ceremony in Augusta, Georgia. Fort Gordon is the last of nine Military posts to receive new names as part of the Department of Defense’s initiative to redesignate Army bases named after Confederate soldiers. Many of the new names honor Civil War veterans, Medal of Honor recipients and leaders who have made significant contributions to the United States Army. According to the U.S. Army, Camp Gordon was originally named after Confederate Lt. Gen. John Brown Gordon. The installation is being renamed after General and President Dwight D. Eisenhower, the 34th president of the United States and the leader of liberation in Europe in World War II, according to the Department of Defense. MORE: Virginia’s Fort A.P. Hill renamed Fort Walker in push to remove Confederate symbols...

European Union sent letters to platforms over possible content violations. As war broke out in recent days with a Hamas attack and an Israeli response that has left an estimated more than 4,100 people dead in Israel and Gaza, gruesome images and disinformation spread widely on major social media platform s. From repurposed video game footage masquerading as videos showing military engagements to imposter accounts spreading false information about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to violent and graphic footage flooding newsfeeds -- the fast-moving conflict and the volume of such posts have posed a challenge for social media platforms as they attempt to enforce rules against false or violent content. False or horrifically graphic posts have spread across X and Meta-owned Instagram and Facebook, as well as TikTok. MORE: Israel-Gaza live updates: Convoy of fleeing civilians struck in Gaza European Union Commissioner Thierry Breton wrote public letters to TikTok, X and Meta in ...