Facebook content is already partially curated by government-linked think tanks, but for Samantha Power and others, that is simply not enough.
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By Peter Van Buren | We Meant Well | October 24, 2020 Twitter and Facebook are the censors the Founders feared when they wrote the First Amendment. In the 18th century, none of those forward-thinking men could have envisioned a day when technology and global corporations would overshadow the power of governments to control information. […]
The censorship train is leaving the station, and we’re all running out of time to jump off By Kit Knightly | OffGuardian | October 23, 2020 Fresh from labelling perfectly simple math as “misinformation”, based on complete lies, Facebook is now showing our potential readers another false warning. This time it’s claiming OffGuardian “may be […]
A new study conducted across nine countries revealed that Facebook played a leading role in facilitating anti-Muslim violence by providing a platform for Islamophobic groups to organize and refusing to stop them when their activities were brought to its attention.
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You have to protect all speech, not because everything is worth saying, but because you need to keep the power to silence people out of the hands of those who would abuse it.
RT | October 22, 2020 Facebook has deleted the account of biology professor Bret Weinstein without explanation, apparently expanding its crackdown on politically incorrect thought to include leftists who defend speech rights and criticize Big Tech. Weinstein, who rose to national prominence when he opposed a 2017 event at Washington’s Evergreen State College banning white […]
*****News Topic 108***** Senate Hearing on Facebook, Twitter Delayed after Opposition by Republicans: Report. Senate Hearing on Facebook, Twitter Delayed amid Opposition by Republicans: Report | National Review Update 12:50 p.m.: There are a “certain number of days of notice required before you can vote to issue a subpoena,” the staffer said. The potential subpoenas […]
By Malcolm Kendrick | RT | October 21, 2020 The world’s top scientists can’t yet be certain how deadly Covid-19 is, so why are Facebook’s censorial police consistently flagging stories saying this is ‘misinformation’ & claiming the rate is NINE times worse than my estimate? Covid-19 has impacted the world with massive force, a pandemic […]
A l'approche des élections, les camps démocrates et républicains mènent une lutte sans merci. Les Gafa ont pris clairement position pour Joe Biden, résolus à fermer ( pour ne pas dire censurer ) progressivement les pages de groupes hostiles au candidat démocrate sous des pretextes fallacieux.. Chacun mobilise ses réseaux. En France, les journaux mainstream se déchainent sur Trump. Les voix françaises non alignées sont rares, il faut aller les chercher ailleurs.... . VOIR A 13 mn 30 Des (...)
High Tech Oligarchs threaten democracy By Philip Giraldi • Unz Review • October 20, 2020 The current electoral campaign differs from that of 2016 in that the media, both conventional and online, has realized its power and has been openly playing a major role in what might well prove to be a victory across the […]
