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QAnon Legal Battle Against YouTube Could Transform Free Speech Online
A lawsuit brought against YouTube and parent company Google by 15 QAnon social media stars could end up in the Supreme Court and transform the meaning of online free speech in America. Continue reading
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The Knives Come Out as Greenwald Splits From the Intercept Citing Censorship
Funded by a billionaire oligarch and increasingly seen as a mouthpiece for the neoliberal establishment, The Intercept suffered its biggest blow yet with the very public departure of Greenwald. Continue reading
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From a Wealthy Socialite to an Israeli Govt Censor, Facebook’s New “Free Speech Court” Is Anything but Independent
Freedom of speech on the Internet is all but extinct, and on the eve of the 2020 US elections, a de facto “free speech court” is going to make sure it never comes back. On Facebook at least. Continue reading
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Obama-Era Officials Call for More Government Control of Your Facebook Feed
Facebook content is already partially curated by government-linked think tanks, but for Samantha Power and others, that is simply not enough. Continue reading
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With the Hunter Biden Exposé, Suppression is a Bigger Scandal Than The Actual Story
The incredible decision by Twitter and Facebook to block access to a New York Post story about a cache of emails reportedly belonging to Democratic nominee Joe Biden’s son Hunter, with Twitter going so far as to lock the 200 year-old newspaper out of its own account for over a week, continues to be a major underreported scandal. Continue reading
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People Need to Reclaim the Internet
No matter how much you dislike Trump, only a fool can fail to see the implications for public access to information of the massive suppression on the internet of the Hunter Biden leaks. Continue reading
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The Lancet censors Gaza health letter after pro-Israel pressure
The letter – “Structural violence in the era of a new pandemic: the case of the Gaza Strip” – was duly published in the The Lancet online on 27 March. Just three days later, however, in a move unusual if not unprecedented for The Lancet, the letter was taken down without comment. Continue reading
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New Normal Gleichschaltung, or: The Storming of the Reichstag Building on 29 August, 2020
29 August 2020 — Consent Factory, Inc. By C.J. Hopkins On March 21, 1933, the Nazi-controlled Reichstag passed a law making it a crime to speak out against the government. The “Regulations of the Reich President for Defense from Treacherous Attacks against the Government of the National Uprising” made even the slightest expression of dissent Continue reading
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Sadistic Facebook shuts down Gaza health ministry page
26 August 2020 — The Electronic Intifada Ali Abunimah Update After The Electronic Intifada reported on the removal of the Gaza health ministry’s page, Facebook restored it. Continue reading
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On Facebook Banning Pages Associated with Anarchism
Facebook has taken down multiple Facebook pages they believe to be connected with crimethinc.com and itsgoingdown.org, among other anarchist and anti-fascist publishing projects,1 officially on the pretext that they “support violence.” This has nothing to do with stopping violence and everything to do with suppressing social movements and the publishers that cover them. Continue reading
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Shoots Down Covid19 Myths Front-line doctor attacks media, questions need for vaccine, before interview cut short
A doctor being interviewed on Spanish television clearly went off-script and used his air time to fact-check the press, contradict the fear porn and question the need for a vaccine. Continue reading
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US govt-funded Coda Story smears American journalists who undermine new Cold War propaganda
A shadowy neoconservative website called Coda Story has launched a smear campaign against American journalists who challenge new cold war propaganda. But what this publication has not disclosed is that it is funded by the US government, backed by the European Union, linked to the NATO war alliance, and part of a larger network of… Continue reading
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How We Could Wind Up Banned From Discussing An October Surprise On Social Media This Election
In what it calls an effort to make itself “a more reliable source for election-related news and information,” YouTube has announced that it will be removing “content that contains hacked information, the disclosure of which may interfere with democratic processes, such as elections and censuses.” Continue reading
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Discussion of Wikileaks or any “Hacked Information” Banned Under New YouTube Rules
YouTube’s decision to ban discussion of hacked information on its platform is unlikely to improve election integrity in the US, it will, however, continue to tilt the balance in favor of established corporate-funded outlets like Fox News and CNN. Continue reading
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VIDEO: Covid-19 and “The Spiderweb of Fear”. American Medical Doctors and Health Experts are being Silenced…
Listen to the testimony of American medical doctors. Thousands of American physicians have been silenced. “Americans are captured by Fear”. We cannot live with a spiderweb of fear. Continue reading
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New UK laws could criminalise journalism
The British government is pushing ahead with “espionage legislation” that could criminalise the release of public information and impose even stricter controls on the UK media as part of an “epidemic of secrecy”. Continue reading
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