21st Century Wire says…
It’s becoming all too clear where the global censorship effort is headed. With tech giants now a willing dongle to government, the infrastructure is in place to decide what is ‘foreign interference’ and who will be taken down next. Now, a legal framework to scale it out to the masses is being planned.
According to witnesses who were present at the meeting – a private conversation with Australian news publishers and broadcasters, Facebook’s head of news partnerships told the group that if they do not work with Facebook that their businesses would die.
Alex Jones and his media outlet InfoWars were recently removed by Facebook, YouTube, Apple and Spotify. (Photo: Michael Zimmermann/21WIRE. Source: Wikicommons)
21WIRE says…
With all the public furor about Cambridge Analytica the corporate media and political establishment has extremely careful to avoid mentioning the role of the George Soros-funded radical left-wing political organization Media Matters in data mining and advising social media monopolists on how to restrict content on their platforms under the cover of “fighting fake news”.
At present, the US and China make up approximately 40 percent of the world’s economy, and when China grows, it acquires a larger share of the global economy. How will the US tech sector compete with this surging tiger?
Last month we looked at how Russia’s fifth generation Su-57 compared with Lockheed Martin’s F-35 fighter project – with both aircraft exhibiting comparable capabilities in speed, altitude, sensors, missile carriage, engagement range, and maneuverability.
Syriana Analysis reports…
A Syrian student at Tishreen University, Ali al-Hassoun Bakeer, has invented an artificial hand. The smart “palm” is designed to operate naturally, based on the pulse of a person’s muscles.
Bakeer told SANA the invention is intended to help all people with disabilities, including wounded soldiers of the Syrian Army. Bakeer also has plans for a similar application for feet.
When one of the creators of the Internet (not you Al Gore!) voices their discontent with the latest overstep of power towards full throttle censorship, it’s serious business…
Despite better capitalisation elsewhere in China, India and Singapore, cutting edge innovation is still percolating down under.
Ashlee Vance visits his ancestral homeland of Australia in search of a booming indy tech scene – now home of polyamorous biohackers, internet playboys, underwater drones and giant animatronic robotic dinosaurs. Watch:
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