Home » Posts tagged 'social media' (Page 9)
Tag Archives: social media
Internet Censorship Just Took An Unprecedented Leap Forward, And Hardly Anyone Noticed
Internet Censorship Just Took An Unprecedented Leap Forward, And Hardly Anyone Noticed While most indie media was focused on debating the way people talk about Kanye West and the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, an unprecedented escalation in internet censorship took place which threatens everything we all care about. It received frighteningly little attention. After […]
Google vs. Trump: “The Good Censor” On Collision Course With The Patriot President
Google vs. Trump: “The Good Censor” On Collision Course With The Patriot President The leaked internal Google briefing “The Good Censor” [PDF] has received suspiciously little attention from the Main Stream Media, but it represents the crassest statement yet of the Tech oligopolies’ intention to impose Silicon Valley Political Correctness on the U.S. As American […]
Facebook, Twitter Purge More Dissident Media Pages In Latest Escalation
Facebook, Twitter Purge More Dissident Media Pages In Latest Escalation Facebook has purged more dissident political media pages today, this time under the pretense of protecting its users from “inauthentic activity”. In a statement co-authored by Facebook Head of Cybersecurity Nathaniel Gleicher (who also happens to be the former White House National Security Council Director of […]
Why the Coordinated Alternative Media Purge Should TERRIFY Everyone: Soon Those Who Hate Freedom Will Have Unquestioned Access to the Minds of 2 Billion People
Why the Coordinated Alternative Media Purge Should TERRIFY Everyone: Soon Those Who Hate Freedom Will Have Unquestioned Access to the Minds of 2 Billion People Yesterday, the alternative media purge was boldly advanced in a coordinated effort to silence people who dissent from establishment views. It’s just one more step toward a monopoly on information […]
The Shaky Case That Russia Manipulated Social Media to Tip the 2016 Election
The Shaky Case That Russia Manipulated Social Media to Tip the 2016 Election The idea promoted by NYT’s Shane & Mazzetti that the Russian government seriously threatened to determine the 2016 election does not hold up when the larger social media context is examined more closely, reports Gareth Porter. In their long recapitulation of the […]
How To Make A Solid, Customized News Stream That Isn’t Manipulated By Silicon Valley
How To Make A Solid, Customized News Stream That Isn’t Manipulated By Silicon Valley It can be hard to find a supply of information about what’s going on in the world that isn’t being manipulated by power. You find a news outlet you like, then you start to notice them hiring reporters who regurgitate the establishment […]
EU: Politicizing the Internet
EU: Politicizing the Internet Even before such EU-wide legislation, similar ostensible “anti-terror legislation” in France, for example, is being used as a political tool against political opponents and to limit unwanted free speech. In France, simply spreading information about ISIS atrocities is now considered “incitement to terrorism”. It is this kind of legislation, it seems, […]
Is a Dystopian “Social Credit” Program Coming to America? Or Is It Already Here?
Is a Dystopian “Social Credit” Program Coming to America? Or Is It Already Here? Have you heard about China’s dystopian new “social credit” program? If you haven’t, there’s a terrifying infographic from Bored Panda that I’ll be referencing throughout this article. The good news is that this is happening in China, where we all know […]
The problem with models…is getting stuck on just one
The problem with models…is getting stuck on just one Alfred Korzybski, the father of general semantics, first uttered what must now seem like a well-worn phrase: “The map is not the territory.” And yet, I don’t think this view has yet been well-incorporated into human culture. In a time when social media outlets are trying […]
The Social Media Purge and How It Affects Everyone
The Social Media Purge and How It Affects Everyone Just about every website owner I know is feeling personally victimized by the recent social media purge that has been going on. But here’s an interesting fact: it isn’t, as is widely perceived, just conservative voices that are being silenced. It is dissenting voices. It’s the […]
Are Media Matters And George Soros Behind The Social Media Purge?
Are Media Matters And George Soros Behind The Social Media Purge? A nearly two-year-old document reportedly issued by ‘Media Matters for America’ lays out a plan for “defeating Trump” and Republicans over the next four years. But is this strategy actually responsible for the social media taking place on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Google? After […]
Social Media Titans Holding Private Meeting To Coordinate Strategy For 2018 Midterms
Social Media Titans Holding Private Meeting To Coordinate Strategy For 2018 Midterms Representatives from around a dozen US tech titans are holding a private Friday meeting at Twitter headquarters to coordinate their efforts ahead of the 2018 US midterm elections, reports BuzzFeed News. Last week, Facebook’s head of cybersecurity policy, Nathaniel Gleicher, invited employees from a dozen companies, including Google, Microsoft, and […]
Doug Casey on Social Media
Doug Casey on Social Media Joel Bowman: G’day, Doug. Thanks for speaking with us today. Doug Casey: No problem, Joel. It’s a pleasure to hear your Australian accent come across the ether from Mexico. Joel: Let’s dive right in. A week or two ago, Facebook registered the largest single day loss for any one company […]
Murphy’s Law: Big Tech Must Serve as Censorship Subcontractors
Murphy’s Law: Big Tech Must Serve as Censorship Subcontractors In a recent tweet, US Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) warned that “Infowars is the tip of a giant iceberg of hate and lies that uses sites like Facebook and YouTube to tear our nation apart.” His solution: “These companies must do more than take down one […]
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 […]
