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The Censorship-Industrial Complex: Top 50 Organizations To Know
The Censorship-Industrial Complex: Top 50 Organizations To Know [Update: How do we know Matt and crew are over the target? Facebook won’t allow this post…] Introduction by Matt Taibbi On January 17, 1960, outgoing President and former Supreme Allied Commander Dwight D. Eisenhower gave one of the most consequential speeches in American history. Eisenhower for eight years […]
Facebook Censors Seymour Hersh’s Article About US Involvement in Nord Stream Pipeline Attack
Facebook Censors Seymour Hersh’s Article About US Involvement in Nord Stream Pipeline Attack Using a biased ‘fact check’ with direct links to the Norwegian government. NurPhoto via Getty Images Facebook is censoring Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Seymour Hersh’s story about US involvement in the destruction of Russia’s Nord Stream pipelines using a ‘fact checker’ with links […]
Inside the Facebook Files: Emails Reveal the CDC’s Role in Silencing COVID-19 Dissent
Inside the Facebook Files: Emails Reveal the CDC’s Role in Silencing COVID-19 Dissent Throughout the pandemic, the CDC was in constant contact with Facebook, vetting what users were allowed to say on the social media site. Emails between the CDC and Facebook (Lex Villena / Reason) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) played […]
Of Economic Crises and Pandemics: Facebook as Fact, Government as Truth, Big Pharma as God
Of Economic Crises and Pandemics: Facebook as Fact, Government as Truth, Big Pharma as God If events since March 2020 have shown us anything, it is that fear is a powerful weapon for securing hegemony. Any government can manipulate fear about certain things while conveniently ignoring real dangers that a population faces. Author and researcher Robert […]
‘We live in an Orwellian hell-scape’: Facebook fact-checks top economist for stating America IS in a recession after Biden refused to admit it
‘We live in an Orwellian hell-scape’: Facebook fact-checks top economist for stating America IS in a recession after Biden refused to admit it Phillip Magness, the research and education director at the American Institute for Economic Research, believes the U.S. is in a recession Economists usually say it is a recession when two successive quarters […]
Digital Brownshirts and Their Masters
Digital Brownshirts and Their Masters We are under siege. A nihilistic fanaticism is running free among us thanks to the emergence of a journalistic “ethos” that establishes an almost complete equivalence between the “truth” and those utterances that support the strategic goals of the great economic and digital powers of our time. A few months […]
Facebook Fact Checkers getting Fact Checked
Facebook Fact Checkers getting Fact Checked We really have desperate need of independent investigation of both government and Facebook. But the likelihood of an honest investigation is up there with admitting that climate always changes and there is no global warming. The Office of Inspector General is really the ONLY hope of ever having anyone investigate the government. People […]
Pierre Omidyar’s Financing of the Facebook “Whistleblower” Campaign Reveals a Great Deal
Pierre Omidyar’s Financing of the Facebook “Whistleblower” Campaign Reveals a Great Deal The internet is the last remaining instrument for dissent and free discourse to thrive outside state and oligarchical control. This campaign aims to put an end to that. Pierre Omidyar, Founder of eBay, and Publisher of the Intercept looks on during the final […]
Learning To Fear Free Speech: How Politicians Are Moving To Protect Us From Our Unhealthy Reading Choices
Learning To Fear Free Speech: How Politicians Are Moving To Protect Us From Our Unhealthy Reading Choices Below is my column in the Hill on the increasing calls for censorship and speech regulation on the Internet. The most recent push on Capitol Hill surrounds the testimony of former Facebook product manager Frances Haugen who alleges […]
Democrats and Media Do Not Want to Weaken Facebook, Just Commandeer its Power to Censor
Democrats and Media Do Not Want to Weaken Facebook, Just Commandeer its Power to Censor “Whistleblower” Frances Haugen is a vital media and political asset because she advances their quest for greater control over online political discourse. Former Facebook employee Frances Haugen testifies at the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation hearing entitled ‘Protecting […]
Democrats and Media Do Not Want to Weaken Facebook, Just Commandeer its Power to Censor
Democrats and Media Do Not Want to Weaken Facebook, Just Commandeer its Power to Censor “Whistleblower” Frances Haugen is a vital media and political asset because she advances their quest for greater control over online political discourse. Former Facebook employee Frances Haugen testifies at the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation hearing entitled ‘Protecting […]
Free Speech Inc.: How Democrats Have Found A New But Shaky Faith In Corporate Speech
Free Speech Inc.: How Democrats Have Found A New But Shaky Faith In Corporate Speech Below is an updated version of my column in The Hill on Facebook’s decision to uphold the ban on former president Donald Trump. Notably, this weekend, Twitter took it upon itself to add a gratuitous response to an observation made by Donald […]
Congressional Testimony: The Leading Activists for Online Censorship Are Corporate Journalists
Congressional Testimony: The Leading Activists for Online Censorship Are Corporate Journalists A hearing of the House Subcommittee focused on anti-trust and monopoly abuses examines the role of the corporate media in these growing pathologies. Hearing of the House Judiciary’s Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law, Mar. 12, 2021 There are not many Congressional committees regularly […]
