FULL MEASURE | January 10, 2021 This past week saw a turbulent beginning of the end of the unprecedented term of President Trump. A rally in Washington supporting the president and calls to overturn the election turned violent. Protesters stormed both chambers of Congress and one was shot before being driven from Capitol Hill. Members […]
RT | January 10, 2021 The media office of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is reportedly shutting down its WhatsApp groups over privacy concerns. The move comes after Ankara called for a nationwide boycott of the Facebook-owned messaging app. Starting on Monday, the office is switching over to encrypted messaging app BiP, which is developed […]
By Helen Buyniski | RT | January 9, 2021 US President Donald Trump has been banned from most social media platforms, supposedly for inciting riots at the Capitol. But with no one capable of holding the tech behemoths to account, even fervent Trump-haters should worry. Twitter permanently banned the president from its platform on Friday, […]
By Helen Buyniski | RT | January 8, 2021 Big Tech’s moves to muscle President Donald Trump off social media have been heralded by some as victory. But a corporate-run state with politicians serving as mere figureheads amounts to the very fascism they claim to oppose. The smug, palpable air of ‘mission accomplished’ emanating from […]
While many breathed a collective sigh of relief when Trump’s social media bans were announced, Edward Snowden and other internet freedom advocates warned that the move sets a dangerous precedent.
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Facebook does it again. Shuts down Georgia Republican page ****News Topic 235***** Facebook Shuts Down Page For GOP Senate Campaigns Just Before Georgia Runoffs Facebook Shuts Down Page For GOP Senate Campaigns Just Before Georgia Runoffs Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times, Facebook shut down a fundraising page for Sens. Kelly Loeffler (R-Ga.) […]
Facebook attached a warning label yesterday to my AIER article on how 2020 ravaged comforting American myths. Here’s my attempt to help them out with a ‘full disclosure’ warning label that they can apply to any of my 2021 articles. Here’s a USA Today oped I did a few years ago on how Facebook […]
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The COVID-driven centralization of economic power and information control in the hands of a few corporate monopolies poses enduring threats to political freedom By Glenn Greenwald | December 28, 2020 Asserting that Donald Trump is a fascist-like dictator threatening the previously sturdy foundations of U.S. democracy has been a virtual requirement over the last four … … Continue reading →
Tandis que les GAFA sont ciblés par de nouvelles lois pour restreindre leur emprise, ils « censurent énormément », explique au Désordre mondial Francois-Bernard Huygues, directeur de recherche à l'Institut de Relations Internationales et Stratégiques (IRIS). Même l'armée française et la Russie viennent de subir les foudres de Facebook.
Tandis que les GAFA sont ciblés par de nouvelles lois pour restreindre leur emprise, ils « censurent énormément », explique au Désordre mondial Francois-Bernard Huygues, directeur de recherche à l'Institut de Relations Internationales et Stratégiques (IRIS). Même l'armée française et la Russie viennent de subir les foudres de Facebook.
