Internet
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How Video and Online Reading Is Undermining Cognition. Protecting and Sustaining Classroom Teaching
As the Coronavirus rages uncontrolled in the United States and elsewhere, in education we are once again relying on online delivery of courses. That of course is really the only sensible alternative we have. However, as we ramp up for another school year online, it behooves us to pause just for a moment to reflect… Continue reading
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CHD Responds to Accusation of Spreading “Misinformation” on Facebook
In November 2019, the Washington Post and other major news media accused Children’s Health Defense (CHD) of using Facebook advertisements to spread “misinformation” about vaccines. The basis for these accusations, which have since continued, is a study published in the prestigious medical journal Vaccine that named CHD as a top buyer of vaccine-related Facebook ads.… Continue reading
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Meet Wikipedia’s Ayn Rand-loving founder and Wikimedia Foundation’s regime-change operative CEO
Wikipedia has become a bulletin board for corporate and imperial interests under the watch of its Randian founder, Jimmy Wales, and the veteran US regime-change operative who heads the Wikimedia Foundation, Katherine Maher. Continue reading
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Wikipedia formally censors The Grayzone as regime-change advocates monopolize editing
Internet encyclopedia giant Wikipedia is censoring independent news websites by adding them to an official blacklist of taboo “deprecated” media outlets. Continue reading
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REPORT: Over 95% of UK “Covid19” deaths had “pre-existing condition”
Over 95% of “COVID Deaths” recorded in England and Wales had potentially serious comorbidities, according to statistics released by NHS England. Continue reading
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The co-op that blocked the sale of the .org domain to private equity has a plan to democratise large parts of the internet
Around 5% of all websites use the .org domain, with the most popular being Wikipedia. These websites represent around 6% of the top 1000 websites and 7% of the top 100 000 domains. The domain itself has been controlled by ICANN (The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers), which is part of the non-profit… Continue reading
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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