Accidental bug or intentionally built-in feature? Regardless, that's what happened is happening. Since 9/11, constitutional rights and civil liberties have been diminished significantly.Strategic Culture FoundationHow Russia-gate Rationalized Censorship Joe Lauria
Read More »Zero Hedge — Twitter Bans Former Asst. Treasury Secretary Paul Craig Roberts—NOT
UPDATE False alarm! Dear Readers: It is all over the internet and international media that Twitter has suspended my account.This is not the case. I do not use social media.I discovered that a Twitter account was operating in my name.I requested that the account be taken down. Paul Craig Roberts“My” Suspended Twitter Account I just checked — Account suspended (10:30 AM CST, 26 Oct)."It can't happen here.""Back in the USSR."Zero HedgeTwitter Bans Former Asst. Treasury Secretary Paul Craig...
Read More »Media Roots — US Sanctions Shut Down ‘The Empire Files’ with Abby Martin
The Empire Files is temporarily appealing for donations on a one-time and monthly basis to continue production in the midst of US attacks on the TeleSUR Network. As a result of US sanctions against Venezuela, The Empire Files has been forced to completely shut down operations. The Empire Files, which airs on TeleSUR throughout Latin America and on Free Speech TV and The Real News Network in the United States, has been funded through a contract with the TeleSUR network. As Abby Martin’s...
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Expect additions to this thread. This is a developing story. “Social Media is totally discriminating against Republican/Conservative voices. Speaking loudly and clearly for the Trump Administration, we won’t let that happen. They are closing down the opinions of many people on the RIGHT, while at the same time doing nothing to others.......” the president tweeted. “.....Censorship is a very dangerous thing & absolutely impossible to police. If you are weeding out Fake News, there is...
Read More »Joseph Menn — U.S. think tank’s tiny lab helps Facebook battle fake social media
The Atlantic Council is now the national censor.Check out who and what the Atlantic Council represents and who funds it, and then go figure. Right, the Atlanticists, a euphemism for the Anglo-American Empire of the combined American and British elite and their European vassals. Facebook donated an undisclosed amount to the lab in May that was enough, said Graham Brookie, who runs the lab, to vault the company to the top of the Atlantic Council’s donor list, alongside the British...
Read More »Dave Lindorff — The attack on “fake news” is really an attack on alternative media
Last December Congress passed a new law, promptly signed by then-President Barack Obama, that enacted an Orwellian amendment to the Defense Authorization Act of 2017. Called the Countering Disinformation and Propaganda Act, this measure tasks the State Department, in consultation with the Department of Defense, the director of national intelligence and an obscure government propaganda organization called the Broadcasting Board of Governors, to establish a “Center for Information Analysis...
Read More »Andrew Korybko — Will RussiaGate Result In Social Media Regulation?
Whether preplanned or inadvertent, one of the most likely and far-reaching consequences of the fake news RussiaGate scandal is that Facebook and other social media giants might soon come under strict regulation by the state.The artificially contrived and “deep state”-driven RussiaGate scandal has been inflated to epic proportions and has already resulted in the unexpected suicide of the US’ soft power, but this never-ending conspiracy theory is now poised to affect the rest of the world in...
Read More »Rueconomics.ru — Russian Federal News Agency (Riafan) announces political censorship by Google.news
The Federal News Agency has announced political censorship by Google .. Fort RussRussian Federal News Agency (Riafan) announces political censorship by Google.news Rueconomics.ru, translated by Tom Winter
Read More »Sputnik — Twitter’s RT Ad Ban Violates First Amendment – Former Deputy Attorney Gener
Brian Becker and John Kiriakou of Sputnik Radio's Loud & Clear spoke to journalist and author Max Blumenthal and former Assistant Attorney General of the United States Bruce Fein, a constitutional lawyer, to discuss Twitter's announcement.... Sputnik InternationalTwitter’s RT Ad Ban Violates First Amendment - Former Deputy Attorney General
Read More »Alex Christoforou — Full on censorship! Twitter removes all RT and Sputnik ads from platform
It is a slippery slope and we have just entered a fast descent into Deep State censorship. This is a test case. If public pushback in the US in not significant, the process will be gradually ratcheted up until the bipartisan establishment regains control of the narrative. TPTB have realized that there is no alternative.The DuranFull on censorship! Twitter removes all RT and Sputnik ads from platform Alex ChristoforouSee alsoBlackmail and the latest attack on RTAlexander Mercouris
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