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Mapping The Countries Shutting Down The Internet The Most
Mapping The Countries Shutting Down The Internet The Most With President Trump raising the threat rhetoric over conservative bias among the giant US megatech firms, it is worth remembering that when it comes to curbing dissent and freedom of expression, some governments take the drastic step of shutting down the internet. Across the world, as […]
Five examples that show internet censorship is as much a threat to the left as the right
Five examples that show internet censorship is as much a threat to the left as the right © Kacper Pempel / Reuters The banning of right wing controversialist Alex Jones from multiple social media platforms last week was a cause of celebration for many liberals, but should those on the left really be so complacent […]
5 Articles Show How TPTB “Fix” You As Staked Goats
5 Articles Show How TPTB “Fix” You As Staked Goats Five recent articles exemplify the ever-increasing surveillance by TPTB (The Powers That Be) to “fix” you and I…in the manner of goats staked out to lure in the lion. In this case, the lion is a ravening wolf, performing his own staking in the guise […]
Google Is Constantly Tracking, Even If You Turn Off Device ‘Location History’
Google Is Constantly Tracking, Even If You Turn Off Device ‘Location History’ Perhaps it should come as no surprise that Google is actually tracking you even when you switch your device settings to Location History “off”. As journalist Mark Ames comments in response to a new Associated Press story exposing Google’s ability to track people at all […]
Uganda Taxes the Internet Deny Access Unless you Pay Your Taxes
Uganda Taxes the Internet Deny Access Unless you Pay Your Taxes I have been warning that there are no rules when it comes to the greed of government. Throughout history, the ideas behind taxes keep popping up is slightly different ways. For example, your freedom to travel can be suspended and your passport revoked if […]
German Court Rules Govt Can Intercept Communications Without Just Cause
German Court Rules Govt Can Intercept Communications Without Just Cause Federal Administrative Court in Leipzig ruled last week that the Federal Intelligence Service (BND) may continue to access data at the world’s largest Internet node in Frankfurt am Main without just cause. In the ruling, the court dismissed an action brought against this practice by […]
The ‘fake news’ story is fake news
The ‘fake news’ story is fake news Judy Woodruff of PBS News Hour Almost every day on public radio or public television, I hear reports about how fake news is undermining our democracy. These high-minded reporters and anchors seem truly to believe that a feverish menace is overwhelming the minds of once-sensible people. This […]
How the Internet Turned Bad
How the Internet Turned Bad The 1990s Vision Failed It has been 25 years since I formed my first impressions of the Internet. I thought that it would shift the balance of power away from large organizations. I thought that individuals and smaller entities would gain more autonomy. What we see today is not what I hoped […]
Fake news, algorithmic sentinels, and facts from the future
Fake news, algorithmic sentinels, and facts from the future The suggestion that social media outlets need to police so-called “fake news” rings true on its face. Who wants to read news coverage known to be false? But what rates as “fake news” will be harder to define than we think. And, putting algorithms in charge […]
New California Bill Would ELIMINATE Free Speech, Require ‘Online Fact Checkers’
New California Bill Would ELIMINATE Free Speech, Require ‘Online Fact Checkers’ California Senator Richard Pan, the infamous fascist who forced a mandatory vaccination law through in order to rake in money from big pharma, has decided there should no longer be free speech for anyone other than the government. Pan’s new bill proposes to require […]
There’s Only One Word to Describe Julian Assange’s Internet Being Cut Off – Pathetic
There’s Only One Word to Describe Julian Assange’s Internet Being Cut Off – Pathetic Let’s get right to it. Earlier today, Julian Assange had his internet access severed. Here’s a translation of the statement from the government of Ecuador, in whose embassy he’s been trapped since 2012: The Government of Ecuador suspended the systems that […]
Modern Newspeak: How Internet Censors Are Making Sure You Hear Only One Side of the Story
Modern Newspeak: How Internet Censors Are Making Sure You Hear Only One Side of the Story It’s not breaking news that the internet censors have been hard at work to silence voices that are in opposition to the mainstream media agenda. But after the influence that social media had on the last election, things are […]
EU Preparing To Unleash First-Ever Regulations Targeting Search Engines
EU Preparing To Unleash First-Ever Regulations Targeting Search Engines Roughly nine months after Google’s parent company Alphabet was slapped with a 2.4 billion euro fine for “abusing its dominance in search,” Brussels bureaucrats are reportedly preparing to take things a step further and unleash Europe-wide regulations for search engines and other online platforms and apps. […]
The web is under threat. Join us and fight for it.
The web is under threat. Join us and fight for it. Today, March 12, is the World Wide Web’s 29th birthday. Here’s a message from our founder and web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee on what we need to ensure that everyone has access to a web worth having. Today, the World Wide Web turns 29. […]
This Is The Worst Purge Of Conservative Voices In The History Of The Internet
This Is The Worst Purge Of Conservative Voices In The History Of The Internet In recent weeks, we have witnessed an unprecedented social media crackdown on conservative voices. YouTube’s war with Alex Jones has gotten the most attention, but literally hundreds of conservative content creators have had their accounts penalized, suspended or deleted by YouTube, […]
