Tag: Media & Big Tech

Big Tech, Media, Governments, Medical Boards Colluded to Suppress COVID Dissent: Study Confirms

November 7, 2022
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Governments, medical authorities, media outlets, Big Pharma, and Big Tech colluded to censor medical professionals—with differing views on COVID-19 science—by deploying a range of tactics, including suppression of academic journals and online censorship, a new study confirms. The study, “Censorship and Suppression of Covid-19 Heterodoxy: Tactics and Counter-Tactics,” found well-known scientists and doctors were forced to…

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Kathy Griffin, Other Celebrities Suspended From Twitter After Impersonating Elon Musk

November 7, 2022
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Several celebrities were suspended by Twitter on Sunday and Monday after they impersonated new owner Elon Musk, who simultaneously issued a warning that impersonations of other users is prohibited unless they clearly state it’s a parody. Kathy Griffin, who achieved notoriety after posting a photo of herself holding the severed head of former President Donald…

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Elon Musk Urges Americans to Vote Republican to Ease Democrat Grip on Power

November 7, 2022
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk has issued a political endorsement as the midterm election looms large, urging Americans to vote Republican so that power is shared in Washington amid Democrat control of the White House. Musk addressed his remarks to voters who may have not yet made up their minds about how they’re going to vote…

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Elon Musk Says He’s Committed to Free Speech Even at Risk of ‘Direct Personal Safety’

November 7, 2022
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Elon Musk said late Sunday that Twitter’s mission is to become the most accurate source of information about the world, while reiterating his commitment to free speech even if it comes at “personal safety risk” to himself. Musk, a self-described free speech “absolutist,” took to Twitter on late Sunday to reiterate his pledge for open discourse…

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BBC Made ‘Significant Editorial Failings’ in Coverage of Anti-Semitic Attack: UK Watchdog

November 7, 2022
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The BBC committed “significant editorial failings” in its coverage of an anti-Semitic attack on Jewish students in London, the UK’s media watchdog Ofcom has concluded. On Nov. 29, 2021, while a group of Jewish students were travelling on a privately-hired Hanukkah party bus in London’s Oxford Street, they came under attack from a group of…

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Google Is Influencing Elections by Flipping Votes on ‘Massive Scale’: Researcher

November 7, 2022
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A psychologist is accusing Google of manipulating American citizens to influence the outcome of the November midterm elections. Robert Epstein and his research team from the American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology have been monitoring online political content being sent to voters in swing states. As part of the research, the team is looking…

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Trump Group CEO Backs Musk’s Twitter Takeover

November 7, 2022
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Devin Nunes, the CEO of Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG), has expressed support for billionaire Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter while highlighting the need to protect freedom of speech on the internet. “Here at Truth Social (a social media platform founded by Donald Trump), both [former] President [Donald] Trump and myself were very supportive…

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Former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Says He ‘Owns Responsibility’ for Company’s Mass Layoffs

November 7, 2022
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Twitter co-founder and former CEO Jack Dorsey said Saturday that he was responsible for the company’s situation that resulted in the layoff of 50 percent of the workforce under new owner Elon Musk. Dorsey posted an apology on Twitter for “growing the company size too quickly,” which he claimed was the cause of the company’s…

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Twitter Fact-Checks Biden’s Low Gas Price Claim

November 7, 2022
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Twitter fact-checked a Sunday post by President Joe Biden over what he dubbed “the most common” gas price—a top voter issue in Tuesday’s midterm elections. “Right now, the most common price at gas stations across the country is $3.19 per gallon,” Biden said in a Nov. 6 post. “That’s progress,” the president added. Users, however,…

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Australians to Lose $4 Billion to Scams in 2022: Aussie Minister

November 6, 2022
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The Australian government has warned that scammers could rob Australians of $4 billion (US$2.57 billion) in 2022, which is nearly twice the amount of losses reported in the previous year. On Nov. 7, Financial Services Minister Stephen Jones announced that the Labor government would establish a new anti-scam centre inside the Australian Consumer and Competition…

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