Tag: Twitter

The Threat of Authoritarianism in the U.S. is Very Real, and Has Nothing To Do With Trump

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Glenn Greenwald The COVID-driven centralization of economic power and information control in the hands of a few corporate monopolies poses enduring threats to political freedom. Asserting that Donald Trump is a fascist-like dictator threatening the previously sturdy foundations of U.S. democracy has been a virtual requirement over the last four years to obtain entrance to cable news Green Rooms, sinecures as mainstream newspaper columnists, and popularity in faculty lounges. Yet it has proven to be a preposterous farce. In 2020 alone, Trump had two perfectly crafted opportunities to seize authoritarian power…

Twitter (Absurdly) Bans Former Assistant Treasury Secretary Paul Craig Roberts

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[Editor’s note: I have long regarded Paul Craig Roberts as our nation’s leading public intellectual. That Twitter would ban him discredits Twitter and indicates the profound corruption of the Social Media Giants in their despicable censorship of freedom of speech and of freedom of the press. This is disgusting beyond belief. Update: It appears to have been an account that Paul Craig Roberts himself requested be taken down. See below.] Sputnik News Twitter has suspended noted anti-war commentator, economist and former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, Paul Craig Roberts. The suspension…

RT: CENSORSHIP PURGE? 10 Top alt-media BANNED by FACEBOOK & TWITTER

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RT Sites dealing with government transparency, pages dedicated to police brutality and alternative media – take a closer look at the top ten accounts with millions of followers that were recently suspended by Twitter and Facebook. PAGE:  The Free Thought Project NUMBER OF FOLLOWERS: 3.1mn ABOUT: The widely known website which calls itself “a hub for free thinking conversations” focuses on government transparency. Founded in 2013 by Jason Bassler and Matt Agorist, the site claims to “shed light” on “corrupt entities”across our planet. Its reports have covered the Monsanto row, police brutality and shootings in the US, as…

LEAKED INTERNAL DOCUMENT: Google Admits They’ve ‘Shifted Towards Censorship’ to Suppress Nationalist Movements

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Chris Menahan  A leaked internal document from Google shows Big Tech has abandoned free speech in favor of censorship in order to suppress various nationalist movements in America and Europe.  Though Google loves to outright lie and claim they have no political bias in their search algorithms, the document just openly admits that they and other major tech companies are censoring free speech to stop “bad behaviour,” which they refer to, among other examples, as the rise of nationalism and trolling of celebrities by right-wingers. They even say their censorship regime…