civil liberties

US developed AI tool to battle ‘Russian disinformation’ – Blinken

RT | May 10, 2023 Washington has developed an artificial intelligence-based system to detect and gather ‘Russian’ disinformation online, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken claimed on Tuesday at the Freedom House 2023 Annual Awards Ceremony. The State Department has created “an AI-enabled online Ukraine Content Aggregator to collect verifiable Russian disinformation and then to […]

Paris to Block Websites Sharing News Content of Sputnik, RT France

Sputnik – 10.05.2023 PARIS – France will block websites that share information of sanctioned media, including RT France and Sputnik, under a new law on security of digital space, French Minister for Digital Transition and Telecommunications Jean-Noel Barrot said on Wednesday. “As part of measures to protect democracy we will also begin blocking websites that […]

Anger spreads in Pakistan as govt arrests nearly 1,000 Imran Khan supporters

The Cradle | May 10, 2023 Pakistani police have detained at least 945 supporters of ousted prime minister Imran Khan in Punjab, the country’s most populous province, since protests erupted on 9 May following Khan’s arrest. At least one protester was shot dead by security forces in the southwestern city of Quetta on Tuesday, according to a CNN reporter present […]

In the Eye of the Polarizing Storm(s)

It is indeed a tale of many cities, worlds, perspectives, and then we have beliefs and morals. Add to that alternative and ulterior modes of realities, and we have a virtual Babel’s Tower of conflicting, contradicting and confusing form of “discourse,” or debate.  Never mind the Matrix angle of things! In today’s Western Culture (sic), […]

Imran Khan’s Arrest Will Bring Pakistan’s Year-Long Crisis Much Closer To Its End Game

BY ANDREW KORYBKO | MAY 9, 2023 The post-modern coup that removed former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan from office last April as punishment for his multipolar foreign policy catalyzed cascading crises across the economic, judicial, political, and security spheres that have shaken this South Asian state to its core. The US-backed regime that was installed in his place […]

One Health: A Plan to ‘Surveil and Control Every Aspect of Life on Earth’?

This is part two of a two-part series on the One Health initiative. Read part one here. By Michael Nevradakis, Ph.D. | The Defender | May 8, 2023 The World Health Organization (WHO) defines “One Health,” as “an integrated, unifying approach that aims to sustainably balance and optimize the health of people, animals and ecosystems,” as […]

World Economic Forum-Affiliated Pro-Censorship Group Is Hit With House Panel Subpoena

By Dan Frieth | Reclaim The Net | May 7, 2023 The House Judiciary Committee has issued subpoenas to executives at a group often affiliated with the World Economic Forum (WEF). Chair of the committee, Rep. Jim Jordan said the Global Alliance for Responsible Media (GARM) and the organization that created it, the World Federation […]

Canada Liberal’s Assault on Press Freedom: The Plot To Censor ‘Untraceable Sources’

By Dan Frieth | Reclaim The Net | May 7, 2023 During the Party National Convention, the Canadian Liberals discussed a proposal for online news publications whose sources cannot be verified to be censored. The proposal was titled “Combatting Disinformation in Canada.” A section of the proposal read, “BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Liberal Party […]