Reclaim the Net – The UN is tripling down on its role as an important global player in the “fight against online misinformation” and amplification of the narrative of a supposedly serious threat this allegedly new phenomenon brings to humankind.
Thus UN peacekeepers are adding another task to the duties the member-states fund when they approve their missions meant to help people and countries devastated by war and other disasters: they are now also “building a digital army.” Continue reading
SARTRE – The puzzling switch in the corporate motivation of Google seems confusing on the surface. But if you dig deeper into the manure of globalism, the notion that Google is primarily a business for profit is exposed as a distraction of what it really is and how it operates.
It is entirely understandable that free internet services, especially when they usually work well and use superior features will attract the public in droves. However, the filtration of search results that only provide a biased outcome can no longer be denied. Notwithstanding, who benefits the most from the abandonment of the old motto, “Don’t be evil“? Continue reading
Sean Adl-Tabatabai – The UK government has passed new laws where citizens can be jailed for accidentally clicking on “extremist” links online.
The new counterterror laws have been likened to “thought crime” by a United Nations inspector.
Yahoo News reports: A raft of new measures mean people can be jailed for viewing terrorist propaganda online, entering “designated areas” abroad and making “reckless expressions” of support for proscribed groups.
The government also lengthened prisons sentences for several terror offenses, ended automatic early release for convicts and put them under stricter monitoring after they are freed. Continue reading
Sean Adl-Tabatabai – An internal Google memo named “The Good Censor” lists a set of proposals to abandon the “American tradition” of free speech in order to advance global expansion.
According to the disturbing document, President Trump is a dangerous “conspiracy theorist” who shares views by outlets that must be censored from the Internet.
Breitbart.com reports: Despite leaked video footage showing top executives declaring their intention to ensure that the rise of Trump and the populist movement is just a “blip” in history, Google has repeatedly denied that the political bias of its employees filter into its products.
But the 85-page briefing, titled “The Good Censor,” admits that Google and other tech platforms now “control the majority of online conversations” and have undertaken a “shift towards censorship” in response to unwelcome political events around the world. Continue reading