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Social media giants are digging their own grave as they mute some of the most important voices of our time
Yesterday was not a good day for free speech and democracy.
Paul Joseph Watson and Milo Yiannopoulos were censored, silenced and banned from Facebook and Instagram and Laura Loomer was removed from Instagram as well.
Earlier, Alex Jones, Tommy Robinson and others have been deplatformed in the same way.
The removal was well planned and mainstream media was tipped off in advance.
Brave, bold, important...
WhatsApp Blocks Spanish Party Channel Days Before Election
Facebook-owned messaging service WhatsApp unexpectedly blocked a channel belonging to the Spanish left-wing Podemos Party less than a week before the general election, sparking accusations of meddling.
The party’s account was blocked on Monday following a political debate held the day before. Podemos Communications Secretary Juanma del Olmo was the first to report the blocking.
“We have...
Vladimir Putin Calls For Defending Internet Free Speech
In stark contrast to attempts in numerous western countries to stifle free speech online, Russian President Vladimir Putin defended Internet freedom during a conference earlier today.
When rulers of authoritarian regimes are more pro-freedom than western leaders, you know we’re in trouble.
Putin told the Russian Internet Governance Forum, “I am confident that we should continue to follow the principle...
Google VP Stepped In After Employees Offended by Christian Video on Marriage
Google banned a video explaining Christian teaching on same-sex marriage from advertising on YouTube after backlash from upset employees, according to internal Google communications reviewed by The Daily Caller News Foundation.
The video was flagged in June 2018 in an internal listserv, “Yes at Google,” which is run by Google’s human resources department, according to those communications and...
Finnish Ministry goes GDR with hate speech
The Ministry of Justice in Finland is going GDR-style all the way with a video on it’s official YouTube-channel.
In the video they ask citizens to report each other for hate speech at the police.” Did you know that hate speech can be a crime? The same laws apply on the web as elsewhere”, they say.
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YouTube Broke Its Own Search Engine to Rig the Algorithm For the Corporate Media
Google-owned YouTube has broken its own search engine in order to favor corporate media outlets, with direct word for word searches of video titles now returning a wall of mainstream media results instead of the actual video searched for.
As Mark Dice illustrates in the video below, searching for “Celebrities React to Hillary Losing Election,” the title of a Dice video which has over six million...
Chief Rabbi declares that calling people Nazis “can never be justified”
Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis has issued a warning about the dangers of social media during a radio conversation about the “Nazi” slurs recently directed at Conservative MP Anna Soubry.
In an appearance on (((Emma Barnett)))’s Radio 5 Live show, the Chief Rabbi said he had watched the video clip – that went viral – of a group of protesters verbally abusing Ms Soubry “so many times”, saying...
PewDiePie is Going to be Banned No Matter What, He Should Take YouTube Down While He's #1
Both the left and Youtube which is also leftist at its core have set their eyes on PewDiePie. Countless articles have been written against PewDiePie in the last few months by the mainstream media.
They hate him because they ain’t him! Nooo not really, they hate him because he has uploaded many videos where he made fun at leftists. PewDiePie has released videos mocking soy-boys, feminists, crazy...
Oregon Man sentenced to Re-education for Trolling Black Woman on Twitter
So first, we’ve got the hunter who was forced to re-education in prison by watching Disney’s Bambi cartoon over and over again and now this. Apparently re-education is becoming a new trend in America.
A 22-year-old actor in Eugene, Oregon who called himself online “Byron de la Vandal” was forced by a court to get on his knees and publicly beg forgiveness after trolling a black...
60-Million-Strong Christian Group Issues Ultimatum to Big Tech Over Censorship
The National Religious Broadcasters group has sent out a final ultimatum to Apple, Facebook, Google and Twitter warning that if they don’t stop censoring Christian and conservative viewpoints, the NRB will lead its organization of 60 million members into a campaign to remove their Section 230 legal protections.
NRB President Jerry Johnson disputed claims by those tech companies which suggest they’re...
Jewish leader asks Hungarian Prime Minister to “limit freedom of the press”
Prime Minister Viktor Orban, in a letter to Ronald S. Lauder, president of the World Jewish Congress, expressed his “surprise” that the WJC leader had asked him “to limit freedom of speech and the freedom of the press” by calling on him to condemn an image that recently appeared on the cover of business weekly Figyelo, which Lauder had called anti-Semitic.
In the letter forwarded to MTI by...
Google Admits in Court Documents that it Believes Free Speech is “disastrous” for Society
Every year, nearly half the world’s population uses Google. According to Internet Live Stats, Google processes over 40,000 search queries every second. In that same second, internet users view over 76,000 YouTube videos, a streaming service designed by Google. Across the globe there are now over two billion active android devices, a mobile operating system designed by Google. Google uses these services...
Google now plays 'Good Censor' for civility's sake, leaked internal briefing confirms
Internal research commissioned by Google confirms Orwellian-scale censorship powers enjoyed by tech giants. It says free speech is a “utopian idea,” and creating “ordered spaces for safety and civility” is Google’s new mission.
The name of the briefing, leaked to Breitbart, says it all. ‘The Good Censor,’ prepared by a host of prominent industry researchers and “cultural leaders,”...
YouTube Shuts Down All Syrian State Channels As Idlib Assault Begins
Syrian state YouTube channels have been shut down this morning just as the Syrian Army’s ground offensive has officially begun.
This includes the following now terminated Syrian state and pro-government channels: Syrian Presidency, Syria MoD (Ministry of Defense), SANA, and Sama TV. This follows YouTube reportedly closing Syria’s Ortas News last week.
It is unclear whether or not the action is...
US Justice Department: “We’ll Investigate Tech Giants for Stifling Social Media Free Speech”
US Attorney General Jeff Sessions has announced that he will meet with a number of State attorneys general this month to “discuss a growing concern” that social media tech companies may be “intentionally stifling” the free flow of ideas on their platforms.
In a statement issued right after executives from Facebook and Twitter finished testifying before the Senate Intelligence Committee, the...