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Are You A Threat? Police Software Scans Your Social Media: “Very Dangerous For a Citizen”
Are You A Threat? Police Software Scans Your Social Media: “Very Dangerous For a Citizen” Sticks and stones may break my bones. But names will never hurt me. That old rhyme has been conventional wisdom for those bred in common sense and thick skins. But that world is fading away. Its replacement is a now-cemented […]
MH-17 Case: ‘Old’ Journalism vs. ‘New’
MH-17 Case: ‘Old’ Journalism vs. ‘New’ Exclusive: For skilled intelligence operatives, the Internet can be a devil’s playground, a place to circulate doctored photos, audio and documents, making investigations based on “social media” and such sources particularly risky, a point worth recalling in the mystery of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, says Robert Parry. The first thing any thinking person learns […]
David Cameron Attacks Twitter Users, Following in the Footsteps of the Saudi Religious Police Chief
David Cameron Attacks Twitter Users, Following in the Footsteps of the Saudi Religious Police Chief You know things are not well in the world when you hear claims that the Prime Minister of Great Britain had sex with a dead pig’s head and you barely flinch. That’s because sexual relations with farm animal carcasses simply pales in […]
The UN Releases Plan to Push for Worldwide Internet Censorship
The UN Releases Plan to Push for Worldwide Internet Censorship The United Nations has disgraced itself immeasurably over the past month or so. In case you missed the following stories, I suggest catching up now: The UN’s “Sustainable Development Agenda” is Basically a Giant Corporatist Fraud Not a Joke – Saudi Arabia Chosen to Head […]
China “Punishes” Hundreds For “Maliciously” Manipulating The Market
China “Punishes” Hundreds For “Maliciously” Manipulating The Market The deadly chemical blast in the Chinese port of Tianjin was a preventable catastrophe in which more than 100 people lost their lives thanks in part to what looks like the political connections of the warehouse’s owners and although an upfront, transparent investigation and honest assessment of […]
How Pope Francis’s climate encyclical is liberating the world
How Pope Francis’s climate encyclical is liberating the world In my life there are two things that have the effect of at least somewhat isolating me from others. The first is being a writer on climate change, peak oil, and the economic crises bound up with those modern predicaments. The other is being a Christian […]
Fracking Firm Encourages Industry to Imitate Taco Bell’s Twitter Strategy
Fracking Firm Encourages Industry to Imitate Taco Bell’s Twitter Strategy Can fracking firms win public support through social media by replicating the whimsical style of Taco Bell’s Twitter account? That was one of the goals discussed at an Energy Digital Summit event with Brittany Thomas, an external affairs coordinator for Cabot Oil and Gas, a leading hydraulic fracturing company. Big corporations, […]
Was Charlie Hebdo a “Convenient” Incident for Policymakers?
Was Charlie Hebdo a “Convenient” Incident for Policymakers? Many Questions On the 7th of January two gunmen attacked the office of Charlie Hebdo, a French weekly magazine. The shooters were two brothers who belonged to the Yemeni branch of the Islamist terrorist organization Al-Qaeda. The attack resulted in 11 casualties and many injured, while the […]
In Every City In America There Are People Ready To Riot, Loot And Set Things On Fire
In Every City In America There Are People Ready To Riot, Loot And Set Things On Fire The city of Baltimore has been transformed into an “absolute war zone“, and the governor of Maryland has declared a state of emergency as the rioting in “Charm City” continues to escalate. The funeral for Freddie Gray has […]
That Moron Who Spews Garbage and Doesn’t Listen to Reason May Be a Bot
That Moron Who Spews Garbage and Doesn’t Listen to Reason May Be a Bot Rampant Disinformation NATO has announced that it is launching an “information war” against Russia. The UK publicly announced a battalion of keyboard warriors to spread disinformation. It’s well-documented that the West has long used false propaganda to sway public opinion. Western military and intelligence services manipulate social […]
Turkey indicts Dutch reporter over ‘terror propaganda’
Turkey indicts Dutch reporter over ‘terror propaganda’ Geerdink, who rejects charges, is indicted for making “terrorist propaganda” in social media and her opinion articles. A Dutch journalist based in southeastern Turkey has been officially indicted by Turkish prosecutors for spreading “terrorist propaganda” on social media. Frederike Geerdink, who rejected the charges, told Al Jazeera that […]
British army creates team of Facebook warriors
British army creates team of Facebook warriors Soldiers familiar with social media sought for 77th Brigade, which will be responsible for ‘non-lethal warfare’ The British army is creating a special force of Facebook warriors, skilled in psychological operations and use of social media to engage in unconventional warfare in the information age. The 77th Brigade, […]
Target Liberty: Syria ‘Hero Boy’ Video Revealed to be Government Propaganda
Target Liberty: Syria ‘Hero Boy’ Video Revealed to be Government Propaganda. A dramatic video clip showing a young boy heroically rescuing a young girl amid a hail of gunfire in Syria has racked up millions of YouTube viewings and has been trending heavily on other social media platforms. The mainstream media and US government jumped on the […]
