Category: censorship

LIVE NOW: Government Censorship in Big Tech Is the New ‘Operation Mockingbird’; Second War Brews in Europe

December 28, 2022
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The “Twitter Files” have exposed how federal agencies have engaged in censorship and online manipulation to push narratives they want and to eliminate narratives they oppose. The manipulation of Big Tech, alongside similar programs to manipulate journalists, is part of a concerning trend for free speech going back to the controversial “Operation Mockingbird” program to…

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LIVE 12/28, at 10:30 AM ET: Government Censorship in Big Tech Is the New ‘Operation Mockingbird’; Second War Brews in Europe

December 27, 2022
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The “Twitter Files” have exposed how federal agencies have engaged in censorship and online manipulation to push narratives they want and to eliminate narratives they oppose. The manipulation of Big Tech, alongside similar programs to manipulate journalists, is part of a concerning trend for free speech going back to the controversial “Operation Mockingbird” program to…

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Notes From the Digital Gulag

December 23, 2022
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Commentary As the author of “Google Archipelago: The Digital Gulag and the Simulation of Freedom,” I guess I should not be surprised to find myself squarely in the digital gulag—banished, perhaps permanently, from Twitter and Facebook. Twitter permanently suspended my account several weeks ago, mere days before Elon Musk took over the helm. Although I cannot…

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LIVE NOW: The World’s Most Powerful Spy Agency Is Targeting You

December 23, 2022
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The right to freedom of speech is Americans’ most precious right. Yet disclosures from the “Twitter Files” show that the U.S. government is spending a fortune to build a ruthless censorship program under the guise of stopping online “disinformation.” The resources deployed to censor and spy on Americans are evidence that the new security regime…

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The World’s Most Powerful Spy Agency Is Targeting You

December 23, 2022
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The right to freedom of speech is Americans’ most precious right. Yet disclosures from the “Twitter Files” show that the U.S. government is spending a fortune to build a ruthless censorship program under the guise of stopping online “disinformation.” The resources deployed to censor and spy on Americans are evidence that the new security regime…

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[Live Dec23 11AM ET] The World’s Most Powerful Spy Agency Is Targeting You

December 22, 2022
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The right to freedom of speech is Americans’ most precious right. Yet disclosures from the “Twitter Files” show that the U.S. government is spending a fortune to build a ruthless censorship program under the guise of stopping online “disinformation.” The resources deployed to censor and spy on Americans are evidence that the new security regime…

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LIVE at 11AM ET: The World’s Most Powerful Spy Agency Is Targeting You

December 22, 2022
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The right to freedom of speech is Americans’ most precious right. Yet disclosures from the “Twitter Files” show that the U.S. government is spending a fortune to build a ruthless censorship program under the guise of stopping online “disinformation.” The resources deployed to censor and spy on Americans are evidence that the new security regime…

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Ernst Squeal Award to Biden for Grant to Hackers Group That Creates ‘Enemies Lists’ of Policy Critics

December 22, 2022
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Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) gave her final Squeal Award of 2022 to President Joe Biden for the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) grant to an obscure group that rates U.S. media outlets and individuals on social media on the basis of how strongly they back federal policies. “The Biden administration is paying more than $5 million…

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Harris Demands Social Media Companies ‘Cooperate and Work With Us’ on ‘Protecting Our Democracy’

December 21, 2022
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Vice President Kamala Harris said on Monday that she expects and “would require” social media companies to work with the Biden administration to prevent so-called misinformation and disinformation, and to “protect democracy.” During an interview with NPR that aired on Monday, Harris was asked for her thoughts regarding the changes made at Twitter since Elon Musk took…

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Harris Says Social Media Companies Should ‘Cooperate and Work With Us’ on ‘Protecting Our Democracy’

December 21, 2022
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Vice President Kamala Harris said on Monday that she expects and “would require” social media companies to work with the Biden administration to prevent so-called misinformation and disinformation, and to “protect democracy.” During an interview with NPR that aired on Monday, Harris was asked for her thoughts regarding the changes made at Twitter since Elon Musk took…

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