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Facebook is rolling out its censorship initiative

By Guilherme Schneider | The Duran | December 11, 2016 According to the latest news, Facebook began testing new tools to carry out its “censorship plan” with the convenient name of “tackling fake news.” One of the tools being tested will enable users to inform Facebook if certain news stories are using “misleading language”. Some users posted […]

UK bases used for targeting in secret US drone war, documents indicate

Reprieve | October 30, 2016 Personnel on military bases in the UK have been involved in choosing targets for a secret US drone campaign which has killed hundreds of civilians in violation of international law, documents obtained by human rights charity Reprieve indicate. Job adverts and CVs identified from publicly-available sources show that the US […]

Controversy over WikiLeaks Podesta Emails Opens a Debate for Future Journalism

In its 10 years of existence, WikiLeaks has been at the center of controversy. Ever since its global debut with the 2010 Apache helicopter gun-sight video depicting the killing of civilians in Baghdad, the whistleblowing site has consistently exposed the naked power of empire for the world to see. As a result, the organization has been subject to relentless retaliation. With banking blockades, a secret grand jury and constant character assassination of its founder Julian Assange, who remains arbitrarily detained in the Ecuadorian embassy, the U.S.