Internet
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The Inevitable Coronavirus Censorship Crisis is Here
We’ve become incapable of talking calmly about possible solutions because we’ve lost the ability to decouple scientific or policy discussions, or simple issues of fact, from a political argument. Reporting on the Covid-19 crisis has become the latest in a line of moral manias with Donald Trump in the middle. Continue reading
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Wikipedia: Information Wars
Long term readers will recall the Philip Cross Affair. A Wikipedia Editor named “Philip Cross” was relentlessly conducting a propaganda operation. It had two prongs; the first was continually to denigrate the Wikipedia entry of all public figures who opposed military intervention in the Middle East, removing positive information and adding mainstream media slurs in… Continue reading
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Total Nonsense: UK publishes digital rights in free trade agreement with USA
The UK government has published its negotiation objectives for the free trade agreement with the US. The document includes Digital Trade measures that could define British regulation of the internet and our online activities for years to come. Continue reading
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Telecom Jackboot: A 5G Kick to the Groin
The latest advances in networked technology hold the promise of lifting millions of people out of poverty. Take 5G. It is hyper-fast and, as everyone knows, time is money. Who doesn’t look to save both? Continue reading
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Scandal-Ridden OPCW Now Using Twitter’s “Hide Replies” Function
When Twitter first implemented its “hide replies” function last year I published an article warning that it could be used by establishment narrative managers to marginalize dissident voices and diminish the relatively egalitarian nature of the platform. When I wrote it I was imagining the function being used by overt manipulators like cable TV pundits… Continue reading
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US Clearing Anti-War Voices Off Social Media in Vast Censorship Operation
14 January 2020 — The Mind Unleashed The Trump administration is ramping up its information war by suspending accounts and removing content. Darius Shahtahmasebi (TMU) — Instagram and its parent company Facebook are removing posts that appear to be in support of the late Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani in order to comply with U.S. sanctions, Continue reading
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After US killing of Iran’s Soleimani, narrative control on social media is getting worse by Eva Bartlett
Twitter has been on a narrative-control rampage, removing or censoring legitimate accounts that are critical of US-led wars, propaganda and lies. Facebook and Instagram have increased their Big Brother policing, too. Continue reading
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Social Media and Social Control: How Silicon Valley Serves the US State Department
Facebook isn’t the only Silicon Valley firm with partisan oversight of what we see: the bipartisan billionaire class and their security state have partnered with tech firms since the dawn of the internet to control the parameters of users’ thinking. Continue reading
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Reddit Bans Users for Telling the Truth
Last week (November 27th), at a press conference, Jeremy Corbyn unveiled dozens of leaked documents. Documents showing that Boris Johnson – and the Tories in general – are lying when they say there are no plans to open up the NHS to US trade. Continue reading
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Wall Street Journal investigation confirms Google operates censorship blacklist
An investigation by the Wall Street Journal has confirmed many of the central allegations made by the World Socialist Web Site in 2017 regarding Google’s censorship of the internet. Continue reading
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Social Media Censorship Reaches New Heights as Twitter Permanently Bans Dissent
It’s an open secret. The deep state is working hand in hand with Silicon Valley social media giants like Twitter, Facebook and Google to control the flow of information. That includes suppressing, censoring and sometimes outright purging dissenting voices – all under the guise of fighting fake news and Russian propaganda. Continue reading
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Le Mesurier Gets Cross By Craig Murray
Perhaps the only fact on James Le Mesurier about which I would agree with the MSM war cheerleaders is that he was a very busy man. It is remarkable therefore that he found the time and inclination to follow “Philip Cross” on twitter. Given that “Philip Cross” has virtually never posted an original tweet, and… Continue reading
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Twitter under fire for profiting from millions of UK users data which it illegally sold to advertisers
The crooks that run the global social media corps are at it again. Of course, they take Facebook’s lead where last July Facebook’s stock price actually went up after news of a record-breaking $5 billion FTC fine for various privacy violations. Just to repeat that – the fine was five thousand million dollars – and the stock… Continue reading
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EXCLUSIVE: Twitter executive for Middle East is British Army ‘psyops’ soldier
30 September 2019 — Middle East Eye Head of editorial for MENA is part-time officer in the 77th Brigade, an ‘information warfare’ unit which has worked on ‘behavioural change’ projects in the region The head of the British Army has described the 77th Brigade’s talents as including “social media, production design, and Arabic poetry” (British Continue reading
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New Zealand PM promotes internet censorship at UN By Tom Peters
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern used her visit to New York for the United Nations General Assembly to accelerate global efforts to censor the internet. Her government is playing a leading role in exploiting the March 15 Christchurch terrorist attack to promote international mechanisms to block or take down online material that governments deem… Continue reading
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ORG London: Exposing AdTech’s underbelly
Join us in London to hear a digital marketing expert blow the whistle on personal data abuse by digital advertisers and tell us how we can “opt out” of the corporate surveillance economy. Continue reading
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Government Internet shutdowns on the rise internationally By Kevin Reed
Several recent media reports have pointed to the rise of government Internet shutdowns internationally as a mechanism of censorship, repression and control in response to growing political turmoil and mass protests. Based largely on data maintained by Access Now—an organization that “defends and extends the digital rights of users at risk around the world”—these reports… Continue reading
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