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June 23, 2014

Every Internet user in the UK can be spied on without a warrant By Robert Stevens

The UK government has acknowledged that every UK citizen who uses Google and accesses web site services Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, can be monitored, under existing legislation, by the security services. Continue reading

Liberties, UK

facebook, GCHQ, Google, NSA, privacy, surveillance, Twitter
April 6, 2014

Big Brother’s Facebook: UK, US intelligence ‘infiltrating’ social media

According to Glenn Greenwald, the journalist who first broke the news on the Snowden NSA leaks, an Orwellian-style dystopia is lurking on the horizon as western spy agencies see an opportunity for manipulating public opinion and disseminating state propaganda by exploiting global internet giants, such as Flickr, YouTube, Facebook and Twitter. Continue reading

UK, USA

facebook, GCHQ, NSA, privacy, snowden, social media, surveillance, Twitter
March 26, 2014

Social media: A Weapon of PsyWar & you’re the target By Tony Gosling

For centuries the most powerful intelligence gathering service on the planet was the Catholic rite of ‘confession’, where millions of people told vital info to the Pope on guilty acts which could then be used to blackmail them and their co-sinners. But you’d be wrong if you thought that was mostly over with Luther and… Continue reading

National Security State

facebook, GCHQ, NSA, privacy, social media, spying, surveillance, Twitter
March 23, 2014

White House information warfare By Vladimir Platov

The White House and its henchmen, in the forms of the U.S. intelligence and the Pentagon, have been using social networking sites to overthrow undesirable regimes at least since 2000. An entire industry of misinformation and public opinion manipulation has been created. Acting on the orders of Washington, real or virtual activists are trying to… Continue reading

USA

CIA, facebook, Pentagon, social media, Twitter
March 6, 2014

Israel’s War on Facebook By Richard Silverstein

Last week the Shabak hauled a Palestinian in for interrogation because he called Jerusalem mayor Nir Barkat, the “mayor of Occupation.” Haaretz notes that four months ago, the police arrested 13 young East Jerusalem bloggers who complained about the “politics of Occupation” and damage to Al Aqsa Mosque. Their lawyer pointed out that charges were… Continue reading

Palestine, Propaganda

facebook, hasbara, social media, Twitter
February 27, 2014

The Secret Playbook of Social Media Censors – The “Counter Reset”

Glenn Greenwald’s piece on manipulation of the Internet by intelligence agencies gives examples – based upon documents leaked by Edward Snowden – of how governments disrupt social media websites. Continue reading

Internet

disinformation, facebook, social media, Twitter
November 8, 2013

UK: Strength in numbers – we helped force a pause for the Lobbying Bill

This week, after months of resistance, the Government was forced to concede that Part 2 of its Lobbying Bill cannot proceed through Parliament without a pause to consult the civil society organisations which will be affected by it. Continue reading

UK

democracy, Government, lobbying bill, NGOs, parliament, Reform Society, resistance, Twitter
November 8, 2013

PAMBAZUKA NEWS 653 8 November 2013: SPECIAL ISSUE: KWAME TURE AND THE AFRICAN REVOLUTION TODAY

8 November 2013 — Pambazuka News The authoritative electronic weekly newsletter and platform for social justice in AfricaPambazuka News is delivered free to you with the support of donations from Friends of Pambazuka. Continue reading

Pambazuka Africa News

Africa, Climate, history, justice, PAMBAZUKA, Twitter, URL, women
November 7, 2013

Faces of Death: Syria Terrorist Opposition Tweet Smiling Photos of Dead ‘Martyrs’ for Fundraising, Recruitment

Twitter has been censoring accounts in the US that criticised President’s Obamacare debacle, yet, this same corporation, and the likes of Facebook, to not only promote, but more importantly facilitating fundraising and recruitment for violent, armed terrorist enterprises in the Middle East. Continue reading

Syria

Century Wire, facebook, McCain, Middle East, Opposition, Qatar, Syria, terrorist, Twitter
November 4, 2013

PRISM is driving the uptake of privacy services, but there’s no simple solution to beating the NSA By Nick Pearson

While Edward Snowden’s PRISM revelations failed to spark much widespread outrage among the general public, an apparent spike in the uptake of Virtual Private Networks suggests the online privacy market could be entering a golden period. But when commerce is driven by fear there is plenty of opportunity for exploitation and many privacy-concerned citizens may… Continue reading

Liberties, USA

data mining, Electronic Frontier Foundation, facebook, IP, market, NSA, prism, privacy, security, snowden, surveillance, Twitter
October 30, 2013

Media Lens: Launchpad For A Revolution? Russell Brand, The BBC And Elite Power By David Cromwell

When someone with interesting things to say is granted a high-profile media platform, it is wise to listen to what is being said and ask why they have been given such a platform. Comedian and actor Russell Brand’s 10-minute interview by Jeremy Paxman on BBC’s Newsnight last week was given considerable advance publicity and generated… Continue reading

Media Lens

BBC, David Cromwell, democracy, interview, Jeremy Paxman, JP, New Statesman, revolution, russell brand, Twitter
October 16, 2013

Mining your information for big brother By Pratap Chatterjee

Big Bro is watching you. Inside your mobile phone and hidden behind your web browser are little known software products marketed by contractors to the government that can follow you around anywhere. No longer the wide-eyed fantasies of conspiracy theorists, these technologies are routinely installed in all of our data devices by companies that sell… Continue reading

Internet, USA

Asia, database state, FBI, intelligence, NSA, privacy, Raytheon, security, surveillance, Times Online, Twitter
October 13, 2013

Global Protest: ‘March Against Monsanto’ – Live Updates

RT is providing live updates on what started as a small event back on May 25, but has turned into a global campaign – with over 2 million people in 436 cities, across 52 countries… Continue reading

Environment, Health

Century Wire, GMO, London, Monsanto, Protest, RT, Sydney, Twitter
September 6, 2013

Russia gave UN 100-page report in July blaming Syrian rebels for Aleppo sarin attack By Matthew Schofield | McClatchy Foreign Staff

Russia says a deadly March sarin attack in an Aleppo suburb was carried out by Syrian rebels, not forces loyal to President Bashar Assad, and it has delivered a 100-page report laying out its evidence to the United Nations. Continue reading

Syria

aleppo, Bashar Assad, chemical weapons, Ghouta, Russia, sarin, Syria, Twitter, UN
September 1, 2013

Which Syrian Chemical Attack Account Is More Credible? By Jim Naureckas

Let’s compare a couple of accounts of the mass deaths apparently caused by chemical weapons in the Damascus suburb of Ghouta on August 21. One account comes from the U.S. government (8/30/13), introduced by Secretary of State John Kerry. The other was published by a Minnesota-based news site called Mint Press News (8/29/13). Continue reading

Media, Syria

AP, Associated Press, BBC, chemical weapons, FAIR, false flag, Ghouta, intelligence, Iraq, Twitter, UN, Washington Post
August 20, 2013

WikiLeaks posts 400 gigabytes of encrypted ‘insurance’ data online

WikiLeaks has released a trove of encrypted “insurance” data on Twitter and Facebook. The data can’t be read without an encryption key, but the movement’s supporters say that could be published later in case anything happens to leading WikiLeaks figures. Continue reading

Spies-R-Us

assange, Moscow, NSA, Obama, RT, snowden, spying, surveillance, Twitter, WikiLeaks
July 26, 2013

PAMBAZUKA NEWS 640: SPECIAL ISSUE: BRAZIL: SIZING UP AFRICA’S NEW SUITOR

26 July 2013 — Pambazuka News The authoritative electronic weekly newsletter and platform for social justice in Africa Pambazuka News is delivered free to you with the support of donations from Friends of Pambazuka. Continue reading

Pambazuka Africa News

Africa, Brazil, democracy, Open Society, PAMBAZUKA, Review, rights, Twitter
July 14, 2013

The rules of secret justice in Britain By Angela Patrick

To impliment the deployment of ‘Secret Justice’ in the UK the government has to table the rules that will deliver the legisation. It has done so in a sneaky fashion and has announced they will be debated and decided in the House of Commons tomorrow! Continue reading

Liberties, National Security State, UK

Government, Holland, Human Rights, justice, Justice and Security Act 2013, rights, secrecy, security, Twitter
July 9, 2013

NSA leaker accepts political asylum in Venezuela: Russian official

“As was expected, Snowden agreed to (Venezuelan President Nicolas) Maduro’s offer of political asylum,” Alexei Pushkov, the head of the Russian parliament’s foreign affairs committee, said on his Twitter account Tuesday. Continue reading

Liberties, National Security State

Asylum, Foreign Affairs, Maduro, New York, NSA, parliament, political asylum, snowden, spying, Twitter, Venezuela
June 26, 2013

US Expands Global Electronic Surveillance By Andrei Akulov

A huge proportion of global Internet traffic flows through networks controlled by the United States because eight of 15 global tier 1 telecommunications companies are American, the majors like AT&T, Century Link, XO Communications and Verizon. The social media services are mostly provided by giants headquartered in the United States, like Google, Facebook, Yahoo! and… Continue reading

National Security State, USA

CIA, facebook, Google, Internet, liberties, NSA, prism, privacy, rights, security, snowden, Strategic Culture, surveillance, Twitter, United States

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