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Best-Selling Author Michael Lewis Pens CIA Covid Propaganda

Debbie Lerman / July 10, 2023 / Government, Media, Society / 22 minute read

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The terrifying takeaways from this analysis are: First, that what Lewis is hiding – or trying to divert attention away from – is the massive CIA involvement in the Covid response. Second, that the intelligence and national security leaders who were in charge of the Covid response did not just censor information that contradicted their narrative; they also recruited widely trusted voices – including internationally renowned authors – to disseminate their propaganda.

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YouTube Censors Australian Politician’s Maiden Speech to Parliament

Rebekah Barnett / July 8, 2023 / Censorship, Media / 4 minute read

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While the Lib Dems are benefiting from the Streisand effect for the time being, Member of the European Parliament, Christine Anderson, is dealing with YouTube censorship by suing the social media platform. Anderson reports that YouTube blocked two videos from parliamentary sessions in which she acted on the official Special Committee on the COVID-19 Pandemic.

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We Landed a Major Blow Against the Censorship Leviathan

Aaron Kheriaty / July 6, 2023 / Censorship, Law, Media, Technology / 10 minute read

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One naturally wants to believe that an issue one is involved in is of world-historical importance. But as the judge himself wrote in the decision, “If the allegations made by Plaintiffs are true, the present case arguably involves the most massive attack against free speech in United States’ history.” That, my friends, is a strong claim, but as I have previously argued, an entirely accurate one.

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How To Create a Fake News Cycle

Pierre Kory / July 6, 2023 / Media / 5 minute read

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From masks and lockdowns to vaccines and remote learning: Time and again, solutions touted by the media oversold and underdelivered. We may never know how many lives were lost because of the tactics used to suppress ivermectin, but we know we can’t trust the media. That explains RFK Jr.’s rise – and it’s why I wouldn’t bet against him.

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Informational No Man’s Land

David Thunder / June 24, 2023 / Media, Technology / 5 minute read

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Under these circumstances, those who do their own independent research, rather than uncritically swallowing whatever “official authorities” tell them, are not the “cranks” and “conspiracy theorists” they are being made out to be, but citizens who actually understand the predicament they find themselves in, and have the courage to think for themselves, even when it draws down ridicule, censorship, and alienation from “respectable” society.

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The Great Debate That Will Not Happen

Bill Rice / June 22, 2023 / Media / 6 minute read

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There’s another expression we’ve all heard: “You can run, but you can’t hide.” Well, in our surreal New-Normal times, apparently the experts and authorities CAN run and they can hide. That’s what they’ve been doing for 40 months and, as far as I can tell, they’re all still in power. So that strategy is working perfectly.

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The Censorship Hegemon Must Be Stopped

Aaron Kheriaty / June 11, 2023 / Censorship, Government, Law, Media, Society, Technology / 7 minute read

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This agency was created in the waning days of the Obama administration, supposedly to protect our digital infrastructure against cyberattacks from computer viruses and nefarious foreign actors. But less than one year into their existence, CISA decided that their remit also should include protecting our “cognitive infrastructure” from various threats.

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The Deplatforming of the “Disinformation Dozen”: More Coverage From Tracy Beanz

Aaron Kheriaty / June 1, 2023 / Media, Technology / 5 minute read

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Facebook responded to the White House’s incessant and abusive demands for more censorship with, “We hear your call for us to do more, and as I said on the call we are committed to working towards our shared goal.” This after a triple punch of threats were lobbed by the White House and the Office of the Surgeon General (OSG), Dr. Vivek Murthy, at social media companies in mid July 2021.

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Complying, Not Defying: Twitter and the EU Censorship Code

Robert Kogon / June 1, 2023 / Censorship, Law, Media, Technology / 4 minute read

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The withdrawal of Twitter’s signature from the Code is a highly theatrical, but essentially empty gesture, which will undoubtedly serve to shore up Musk’s free speech bad-boy bona fides, but has virtually no practical consequences.

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Misinformation Is a Word We Use to Shut You Up

Daniel Klein / May 31, 2023 / Media, Philosophy / 32 minute read

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The “anti-misinformation” projects are obvious miscarriages of civility, decency, and the rule of law. We must rediscover the norms of openness, tolerance, and free speech that dignify humankind. Science depends on confidence, and confidence depends on those liberal norms. Those norms are the parents of good science, healthy sense-making, and civil tranquility.

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My Official Apology to the New York Post

Yasmina Palumbo / May 31, 2023 / Media / 5 minute read

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So, I’m sorry, NY Post. I judged you by your cover. By your red and black barking headlines. But I was wrong. And for anyone else out there who feels they might owe someone an apology, let me tell you it feels good to settle a debt. I highly recommend it.

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They Censored at the Behest of the White House: More Reporting from Tracy Beanz

Aaron Kheriaty / May 30, 2023 / Censorship, Law, Media / 3 minute read

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Social media companies acted in direct response to the White House calling out the so-called “Disinformation Dozen.” Evidence in the case proves that they acted to deplatform those branded within 24 hours of the White House publicly identifying them.

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