Category: censorship

Beijing Exploits Hollywood to Project a Positive Image of the CCP: Report

Beijing is manipulating Western movie and film production, especially in Hollywood, to project a positive image of itself to the world, according to a September report by a French military think tank. The 650-page report aims at exposing the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s all-encompassing global influence tactics. On the cultural front, the report pointed out that…


Facts Matter (Oct. 19): Manipulated Statistics? Senators Open Investigation into CDC and FDA Data Methodology

Nebraska’s attorney general has just issued a legal opinion statement, saying that his office will not prosecute doctors who prescribe either hydroxychloroquine or ivermectin as off-label medicines for COVID-19. Meanwhile, in Oregon, two state senators have just submitted a petition to the acting attorney general, requesting that he investigate the alleged manipulation of COVID-19 statistics…


Russia May Fine Google up to $240 Million Over Content Deemed Illegal

Russia said on Tuesday it is seeking to fine Google more than $200 million after the U.S. tech giant repeatedly failed to remove content deemed illegal by Moscow. Communications regulator Roskomnadzor said Google had failed to pay 32.5 million roubles ($458,100) in penalties levied so far this year and that it would now seek a…


Microsoft to Shut Down LinkedIn in China Following Censorship Criticism

Microsoft is abandoning its local version of LinkedIn in China, a move that would close off the last major U.S.-owned networking platforms remaining in the country. LinkedIn entered mainland China in 2014, a country known for its highly restrictive censorship practices set by the ruling Communist Party. The platform now boasts about 53 million local…


Microsoft to Shut Down LinkedIn in China Amid Censorship Criticism

Microsoft is abandoning its local version of LinkedIn in China, a move that would close off the last major U.S.-owned networking platform remaining in the country. In 2014, LinkedIn entered mainland China, a country known for its highly restrictive censorship practices set by the Chinese Communist Party. The platform now boasts about 53 million local…


German IT Security Watchdog Examines Xiaomi Mobile Phone

BERLIN—Germany’s federal cybersecurity watchdog, the BSI, is conducting a technical examination of a mobile phone manufactured by China’s Xiaomi Corp, a spokesperson for the interior ministry told Reuters on Wednesday. The spokesperson did not provide further details on what kind of examination the agency was carrying out. Lithanua’s state cybersecurity body said last week that…


Authoritarianism and Censorship in the COVID Era, Part 3: A Medical Holodomor, and Two Heroes of the Healing Arts

Commentary This is Part 3 of a multi-part series examining Authoritarianism and Censorship in the COVID Era. Click here for Part 1 and Part 2. Falsehood flies, and truth comes limping after it, so that when men come to be undeceived, it is too late; the jest is over, and the tale hath had its effect:…


Twitter Censored Dr. Baric’s CV and its Documentation of Gain-of-Function Research and me for Accurately Reporting the Bombshell Story

Commentary The Intercept’s recent FOIA results added abundant documentation of Dr. Anthony Fauci’s funding, using U.S. tax dollars, for dangerous gain-of-function research at the Wuhan lab—funding that Fauci had denied in testimony to Sen. Rand Paul; funding, indeed,  that I had tried to share with the public on Twitter in early June, the day before…


Ohio Files Lawsuit Against Google for ‘Anti-Competitive Behavior’

On Tuesday, Attorney General Dave Yost of Ohio filed a lawsuit against Google, accusing the tech giant of “discriminatory and anti-competitive behavior.” The lawsuit moves to have Google declared a public utility, subjecting it to regulatory boards in the state. Though Google has faced federal and state level scrutiny before, this lawsuit is the first…


Meet Your American Social Credit System

Commentary From social media canceling to national vaccine mandates, an unforgiving and punitive social credit system is emerging in America. As I wrote about in my previous article, under the guise of “medical security” from the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, the West is looking more like China every day. We are, by either political…