Yes Google. The results WERE quite 'useful' in ways you'll never understand 😎

For the record #Google Lens DOES NOT IDENTIFY this EXPLOSIVE device, which appears to be either a re-purposed #landmine or some sort of fragmentation bomb. Also results without explosive device prompt. Lastly using "Land Mine". #Censorship @palestine @israel #IDF #Genocide #Palestinians #Gaza #GoogleLens #MemoryHole

“Brickgate-linked former [Angela] Eagle [MP] staffer swapped emails about ‘collaborative efforts’ with Israel govt”

by Skwawkbox @skwawkbox
@UKLabour

“After ‘Stop Funding Fake News’ anti-left smear campaign, Imran Ahmed’s CCDH exposed in collusion in anti-Palestinian propaganda”

https://skwawkbox.org/2025/01/09/brickgate-linked-former-eagle-staffer-swapped-emails-about-collaborative-efforts-with-israel-govt/

#Press #Labour #Eagle #Ahmed #CCDH #Propaganda #Smear #Israel #Funding #AntiSemitism #Censorship #Grayzone #Leak #Emails #Gaza #Genocide #IsraelLobby

“‘Fact-checkers’ melt down over Facebook free speech move”

by Skwawkbox @skwawkbox

“Censorship industry panics over Zuckerberg’s announcement that platform will no longer use it”

https://skwawkbox.org/2025/01/09/fact-checkers-melt-down-over-facebook-free-speech-move/

#Press #Meta #Facebook #Instagram #FactChecking #Zuckerberg #Bias #Censorship #Industry

“ Right now, on Stack Overflow, Luigi Magione’s [sic] account has been renamed. Despite having fruitfully contributed to the network he is stripped of his name and his account is now known as “user4616250””

and

“ As of yet, Stack Exchange has not replied to the above post, but they did promptly and within hours gave me a year-long ban for merely raising the question”

https://substack.evancarroll.com/p/the-erasure-of-luigi-mangione

#UnitedHealthcare #LuigiMangione #UHC #Tech #Censorship

Oh no, #Threads (a #Meta company) censoring stuff and being actually as shitty as everyone from the #FediPact kept saying? Shocks! Who would've thought?! #Enshittification #Propaganda #Censorship #Facebook #Instagram

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Instagram, Facebook, and Threads Are Censoring 404 Media Stories About Facebook's Censorship
https://www.404media.co/facebook-is-censoring-404-media-stories-about-facebooks-censorship/

Some fellow Friends (or, Quakers) have had an advertisement rejected from The New York Times because it calls Israeli actions in Gaza a genocide: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/jan/08/new-york-times-ad-cancel-gaza-genocide

#israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #israelgazawar #nyt #newyortimes #quakers #friends #americanfriendsservicecommittee #afsc #advertising #ads #advertisements #censorship #stupidity #apologia #guardian #theguardian #michaelsainato #genocide #war

Permitted ‘hateful conduct’ – what users can now say on Meta platforms https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/08/permitted-hateful-conduct-what-users-can-now-say-on-meta-platforms #Digitalmedia #Socialmedia #Censorship #Technology #Worldnews #Media #Meta

Facebook Is Censoring 404 Media Stories About Facebook’s Censorship

https://www.404media.co/facebook-is-censoring-404-media-stories-about-facebooks-censorship/

#CENSORSHIP #FACEBOOK #JOURNALISM #KEWLNEWS #PRESS

“Billionaires dangle free speech like a bauble. We gawp like open-mouthed babes”

by Jonathan Cook on Substack

“Zuckerberg, Trump, Musk. None care about free speech, least of all yours or mine. They care about power and remaining billionaires – or, better still, becoming trillionaires”

https://open.substack.com/pub/jonathancook/p/billionaires-dangle-free-speech-like?r=27oltk&utm_medium=ios

#Press #FreeSpeech #Zuckerberg #Musk #Trump #Censorship

I (and others) frequently get asked why I go after Owen Jones, despite his reporting on Gaza and ostensible tubthumping for Palestinians. Well, explanation here.
Whatever criticisms he makes of Israel, he doesn't criticise the *ideology* of Zionism - quite the reverse, in fact

https://x.com/KitKlarenberg/status/1876724358061638054

#censorship
@palestine
#Gaza
#Lebanon
#Syria
#iran
#Genocide
#geopolitics
#russia
#germany
#france
#africa
#blackmastodon
#indigenous
#syria
#china
#democracy
#humanrights
#socialism
#fascism

"Today #Mark Zuckerberg announced his plan for “restoring free expression on our platforms,” going as far as saying “the US government has pushed for #censorship.”

A review of #Meta’s newly updated policies, however, reveals that the changes are largely cosmetic. Many continue to evince the same deference to government wishes that #Zuckerberg claims to be fighting against,"

Zuckerberg Declares War on Censorship (Not Really Though) -Ken Klippenstein
https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/zuckerberg-declares-war-on-censorship

War criminals fleeing to Argentina to escape justice. Where have I heard that one before?

https://x.com/AlanRMacLeod/status/1876689461536280868

#women
#censorship
@palestine
#Gaza
#Lebanon
#Syria
#iran
#Genocide
#geopolitics
#africa
#democracy
#humanrights
#socialism
#blackmastodon
#indigenous

Ann Telneas, cartooning, journalism and democracy.
https://anntelnaes.substack.com/p/the-canaries-arent-doing-well
#Journalism #News #Censorship

International Journalists' Network: *Bypassing censorship to reach audiences in Iran: The case of Zamaneh Media*

https://ijnet.org/en/story/bypassing-censorship-reach-audiences-iran-case-zamaneh-media

"For nearly two decades, Zamaneh Media has brought the people of Iran valuable information about their country, one of the most closed information ecosystems in the world. The outlet, which operates from the Netherlands and whose name means “time” in old literary Persian, is one of the most visible media platforms writing about Iran today, reporting stories in Persian and English on topics such as mass executions in prisons, child labor, and treatment of Afghan migrants.

“As a news organization, we have something that a lot of advocacy organizations, for instance, don’t have, which is reach,” said Joris van Duijne, Zamaneh Media’s executive director at the time of this interview.

The Iranian government is one of the world’s most repressive in terms of press freedom, ranking 176 out of 180 countries in Reporters Without Borders’ press freedom index. Thirty-five journalists are detained by the Iranian government as of September 2024, often under vague and arbitrary laws such as offending religious and political leaders. …"

#Iran #IJN #PressFreedom #journalism #censorship #Zamaneh

“Ann Telnaes, Pulitzer-winning cartoonist for the Washington Post since 2008, quit the paper this week after her editor killed her cartoon depicting WaPo owner Jeff Bezos and other craven billionaires debasing themselves before Donald J. Trump. [please share the cartoon]
Andy Borowitz
[Report]#Politics #americanpolitics #oligarchy #washingtonpost #journalism #politicalcartoons #Censorship #AnnaTelnaes

2 More from Barak Ravid:

"WH cancels meeting, scolds Netanyahu"

"Biden running out of patience w/ Bibi as War hits 100 days"

"Biden, Bibi clash escalates"

"Biden & Bibi: red lines for Rafah put them on a collision course"

The pieces try to whitewash US complicity in this genocide, make it look like the US is an honest broker trying to do their best...

as if they're not as guilty & complicit in genocide as they truly are.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cms8aD7g0y8

#USPol #USMedia #Unit8200 #Censorship .

“Facebook blocks Flintoff show invites”

by Skwawkbox @skwawkbox

“Left channel viewed by hundreds each week limited by Zionist-friendly platform to just 50 invites”

https://skwawkbox.org/2024/12/27/facebook-blocks-flintoff-show-invites/

#Press #UK #Flintoff #Facebook #Censorship #Left #Israel #Gaza #Genocide #Complicity

#USA #US #american #Western #censorship #media #capitalism #mindmanipulation

"In blatant contradiction with its proclaimed commitment to freedom of information, #Apple is yielding to the demands of Russian censors by removing independent journalistic apps and content from its App Store in #Russia."

#Censorship #Journalism

https://rsf.org/en/apple-s-complicity-russian-censorship-rsf-calls-tech-giant-refuse-compliance-regulators-do-not

"If you’re a #socialmedia user who’s expressed anything other than condemnation for the murder of #UnitedHealthcare CEO #BrianThompson, #counterterrorism authorities might consider you an “extremist.” That’s according to yet another document the media refuses to publish in full. In the holiday spirit of generosity, we’ve included a copy below..."

Read the #NYPD’s Mangione report the #MSM media won't publish
https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/post-luigi-the-extremist-threat-is #LuigjMangjone #Censorship #domesticsurveillance

Support your radical militant librarians....
and ALL librarians who are under attack.

#FreeSpeech #library #censorship #bannedbooks #books #bookban

Meanwhile, in Oklahoma...

Oklahoma Revokes License of #Teacher Who Gave Class #QRCode to #BrooklynLibrary in #BookBan Protest

A former public high school teacher in Oklahoma had her teaching license revoked by the State Board of Education Thursday for providing students a link to a list of banned books posted online two years prior

By Associated Press, Aug. 23, 2024

"Oklahoma's education board has revoked the license of a former teacher who drew national attention during surging book-ban efforts across the U.S. in 2022 when she covered part of her classroom bookshelf in red tape with the words 'Books the state didn't want you to read.'

"The decision Thursday went against a judge who had advised the Oklahoma Board of Education not to revoke the license of #SummerBoismier, who had also put in her high school classroom a QR code of the Brooklyn Public Library’s catalogue of banned books.

"An attorney for Boismier, who now works at the Brooklyn Public Library in New York City, told reporters after the board meeting that they would seek to overturn the decision.

“I will not apologize for sharing publicly available information about library access with my students,” the former teacher posted on X. “My livelihood will never be as important as someone’s life or right to read what they want.'

[...]

"Teachers in public schools across the country continue to face scrutiny at the local and state level as lawmakers in Republican-led statehouses push forward with book bans and restrict curriculum on issues related to race, gender, and sexuality such as in #Iowa and #Utah. "

Original article:
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/oklahoma/articles/2024-08-23/oklahoma-revokes-license-of-teacher-who-gave-class-qr-code-to-brooklyn-library-in-book-ban-protest

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/ArZoU#selection-1095.0-1167.13

#BannedBooks #Censorship #BookBanning #Authoritarianism #OklahomaSchools

sorry to say this is from #CNN but the message is nevertheless clear - #Trump #FCC pick sends stern letter to #BobIger, blasting ‘erosion in public trust’ #news #journalism #censorship #interference #freespeech #legalresearch #television #TV https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/23/media/fcc-brendan-carr-bob-iger-abc-letter/index.html

#fediverse disaster

Half of my friends are banned on one server, half on the other, #500characters = 9lines of text - ridiculous.

I can't see #diaspora, #friendica can see #mastodon but mastodon doesn't see friendica

In general decentralizing an oligarchic corporate medium means many little dictators can practice #censorship without criteria or limits, while the majority can not afford or manage a server.

I give it a few years of #ghetto development before it implodes

How Facebook restricted news in Palestinian territories
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c786wlxz4jgo

#Facebook #Instagram #Meta #DeleteFacebook #DeleteMeta #SocialMedia #Censorship
#Palestine #Gaza #WestBank #Israel
@palestine

Israel has become the number one terrorist nation on the planet .
the ceo's and board of netflix and co are complict in genocide

#Palestine #Censorship #NetflixCensorship #USPol #israelumber

Belarusian authorities arrest 7 journalists who worked for an independent newspaper https://www.byteseu.com/562864/ #AlexanderLukashenko #AndreiBastunets #Belarus #BelarusGovernment #Censorship #CivilRights #Europe #GeneralNews #HumanRights #journalism #Politics #ProtestsAndDemonstrations #tallinn #WorldNews

https://www.europesays.com/1682879/ Belarusian authorities arrest 7 journalists who worked for an independent newspaper #116734440 #article #belarus #Censorship #CivilRights #GeneralNews #HumanRights #journalism #Politics #ProtestsAndDemonstrations #WorldNews

Fall of the prog DAs, Iran’s next proxy and other commentary https://www.byteseu.com/551761/ #AlShabaab #AlvinBragg #Australia #barbados #Canada #Censorship #Conflicts #Editorial #FastTakes #HealthInsurance #houthis #Iran #LuigiMangione #Opinion #progressives #Syria #Yemen

Just Stop Oil activist jailed for six months for taking part in slow march

Stephen Gingell, 57, thought to be first to receive prison sentence under new Public Order Act

by Damien Gayle
Fri 15 Dec 2023

"A #ClimateActivist has been jailed for six months after pleading guilty to taking part in a peaceful #SlowMarch protest on a London road.

"The sentence handed to Stephen Gingell, 57, is thought to be the first jailing under a new law that critics say makes anyone walking in a road liable for prosecution for 'interference with key national infrastructure'.

"#Section7 of the #PublicOrderAct2023 bans any act that prevents newspaper printing presses, power plants, #oil and #gas extraction or distribution sites, #harbours, #airports, #railways or #roads 'from being used or operated to any extent', with a potential penalty of 12 months in jail.

"Gingell, a father of three from #Manchester, was one of about 40 supporters of #JustStopOil who spent about 30 minutes marching on #HollowayRoad in north #London at about 4pm on 12 November, the climate campaign group said.

"He pleaded guilty to breach of section 7 at a hearing that same month at Wimbledon magistrates court. On Thursday, his case was transferred to Manchester magistrates court, where he was sentenced to six months.

"Just Stop Oil has been campaigning since 2022 for the UK government to stop all new fossil fuel production. The campaign’s 'guerrilla tactics' were cited by the Home Office when it introduced the Public Order Act’s tough new #AntiProtest measures to parliament.

"Police began using section 7 to tackle Just Stop Oil’s protests at the end of October, arresting 60 people taking part in a march in Parliament Square. In a campaign of slow march protests carried out by the group between then and 4 December, 470 of the group’s supporters were arrested 630 times, with about half of those arrests under the new law.

"A spokesperson for the campaign said: 'Section 7 of the Public Order Act 2023, a law drafted by the #FossilFuel lobby, was introduced in April by Priti Patel, and covers ‘interference with the use or operation of key national infrastructure’. It seems this government has now made walking down the road, walking on the public highway an illegal act that is worthy of imprisonment.

"'How many fathers will be imprisoned before those planning to kill us are stopped? New oil and gas will see millions upon millions lose their homes, livelihoods and lives. Protected by the government, by failed politicians, by the police, those committing genocide continue to walk free, those protesting the killings are banged up. Whose side are you on?'

"The human rights organisation Liberty criticised Gingell’s sentencing. Katy Watts, a lawyer at Liberty, said: “It is shocking to see such harsh sentences handed down to protesters. This is yet another unnecessary and draconian law introduced by a government that is hell-bent on discouraging people from standing up for what they believe in. It is a clear attempt to silence people and for the government to hide from all accountability.

"Protest is a fundamental right, not a gift from the state. Government should be protecting our right to protest, not criminalising it.'"
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/dec/15/just-stop-oil-activist-is-first-to-be-jailed-under-new-uk-protest-law?share=jetpack-whatsapp

#BigOilAndGas #WaterProtectors #DirectAction #CriminalizingDissent #DefendTheForest #EnvironmentalActivists #ClimateActivists #ClimateJustice #ACAB #Fascism #SilencingDissent #CorporateColonialism #EcoActivists #Censorship #HumanRightsViolations #Article20 #AbolishTheMonarchy #RightToProtest

„The bitter truth is that events in #russia affect your life, too! Help Meduza continue to bring news from Russia to readers around the world by setting up a monthly donation.“
#putin #syria #freepress #journalismisnotacrime #journalism #war #ukraina #fakenews #assad #kremlin #censorship

https://meduza.io/en/feature/2024/12/10/a-personal-defeat-for-putin

"For years now, deep-pocketed individuals and corporations have been turning to civil lawsuits to silence their opponents. These Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation, or SLAPPs, aren’t designed to win on the merits, but rather to harass journalists, activists, and consumers into silence by suing them over their protected speech. While 34 states have laws to protect against these abuses, there is still no protection at a federal level.

Today, Reps. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) and Kevin Kiley (R-CA) introduced the bipartisan Free Speech Protection Act. This bill is the best chance we’ve seen in many years to secure strong federal protection for journalists, activists, and everyday people who have been subject to harassing meritless lawsuits."

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/12/bill-could-put-stop-censorship-lawsuit

#USA #FreeSpeech #Censorship #Journalism

An article about aid blockades had disappeared. Another, on the collapse of Gaza’s health system, was missing, a popular explainer page was significantly altered in ways that seemed to reframe the narrative around Israel’s destruction of #gaza.

The decisions, US colleagues answered, were made by senior leadership to remove content.

A report by Irwin Loy for The New Humanitarian:

📰 Staff accuse International Rescue Committe management of Gaza bias and #censorship 👇🏽

https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2024/11/21/staff-accuse-irc-management-gaza-bias-and-censorship

JTI Mitgliederversammlung - Combating Misinformation and Media #Censorship

#Mitgliederversammlung: Join us for an evening on #media freedom, December 13, 2024, in Berlin with expert talk and Taiwanese snacks! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/jti-mitgliederversammlung-combating-misinformation-and-media-censorship-tickets-1100474862939

“The OCCRP, the largest organised network of investigative #media in the world, hid the extent of its links with the #US government, this investigation can reveal. Washington supplies half of its budget, has a right to veto its senior staff, and funds investigations focussing on Russia and Venezuela.”
–Mediapart

It’s also about discrediting journalists. And haven’t the time to read all the paper yet, but also about how #Democracy is arbitrary depending on interests!

#censorship

🤬 we should all be VERY angry!

https://www.mediapart.fr/en/journal/international/021224/hidden-links-between-giant-investigative-journalism-and-us-government?utm_source=alerte-20241202-152359&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ALERTE&utm_content=&utm_term=&xtor=EREC-83-%5BALERTE%5D-alerte-20241202-152359&M_BT=8961966016899

#ConvictedFelon #DonaldTrump #Threatens to #Sue #Penguin, #RandomHouse, and More for 10 #billion #dollars.

#ColumbiaJournalismReview noted that this #lawsuit #threat “was part of a larger #effort from the #Trump camp to accuse #media outlets including #CBSNews, #theDailyBeast, and the #WashingtonPost of #bias in #reporting or other #alleged #actions

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Censorship #RepublicanParty #ThePartyOfHate

https://bookriot.com/trump-sues-penguin-random-house/

Lawrence W. Britt: 14 Characteristics of #Fascism

"#Historian #LawrenceBritt studied the fascist regimes of #Hitler (Germany), #Mussolini (Italy), #Franco (Spain), #Suharto (Indonesia), and #Pinochet (Chile) and found they had 14 elements in common. He calls these the identifying characteristics of fascism.

1. Powerful and Continuing #Nationalism
Fascist regimes tend to make constant use of #patriotic mottos, slogans, symbols, songs, and other paraphernalia. #Flags are seen everywhere, as are flag symbols on clothing and in public displays.

2. Disdain for the Recognition of #HumanRights
Because of fear of enemies and the need for security, the people in fascist regimes are persuaded that human rights can be ignored in certain cases because of “need.” The people tend to look the other way or even approve of torture, summary executions, assassinations, and long incarcerations of prisoners.

3. Identification of #Enemies / #Scapegoats as a Unifying Cause
The people are rallied into a unifying patriotic frenzy over the need to eliminate a perceived common threat or foe: #racial, #ethnic or #religious #minorities; #liberals; #communists; #socialists, #terrorists…

4. Supremacy of the #Military
Even when there are widespread #domestic problems, the military is given a disproportionate amount of government funding, and the domestic agenda is neglected. Soldiers and military service are glamorized.

5. Rampant #Sexism
The governments of fascist nations tend to be almost exclusively male-dominated. Under fascist regimes, traditional #gender roles are made more rigid. Opposition to #abortion is high, as is #homophobia and anti-#gay legislation.

6. Controlled #MassMedia
Sometimes the media is directly controlled by the government, but in other cases, the media is indirectly controlled by government regulation or by sympathetic media spokespeople and executives. Government #censorship and #secrecy especially in war time, are very common.

7. Obsession with #NationalSecurity
Fear of hostile foreign powers is used as a motivational tool by the government over the masses.

8. #Religion and Government are Intertwined
Governments in fascist nations tend to use the most common religion in the nation as a tool to manipulate public opinion. Religious rhetoric and terminology is common from government leaders, even when the major tenets of the religion are diametrically opposed to the government’s policies or actions.

9. Protection of #Corporate Power
The #industrial and business #aristocracy of a fascist nation often are the ones who put the government leaders into power, creating a mutually beneficial business/government relationship and power elite.

10. Suppression of #Labor Power
Because the organizing power of labor is the only real threat to a fascist government, labor #unions are either eliminated entirely, or are severely suppressed.

11. Disdain for #Intellectuals and the #Arts
Fascist nations tend to promote and tolerate open hostility to #HigherEducation and academia. It is not uncommon for professors and other #academics to be censored or even arrested. Free expression in the arts is openly attacked, and governments often refuse to fund the arts.

12. Obsession with #Crime and #Punishment
Under fascist regimes, the #police are given almost limitless power to enforce laws. The people are often willing to overlook police abuses and even forego #CivilLiberties in the name of patriotism. There is often a national police force with virtually unlimited power in fascist nations.

13. Rampant #Cronyism and #Corruption
Fascist regimes almost always are governed by groups of friends and associates who appoint each other to government positions and use governmental power and authority to protect their friends from accountability. It is not uncommon in fascist regimes for national resources and even treasures to be appropriated or even outright stolen by government leaders.

14. #FraudulentElections
Sometimes elections in fascist nations are a complete sham. Other times elections are manipulated by #SmearCampaigns against or even assassination of opposition candidates, use of legislation to control #voting numbers or political district boundaries, and manipulation of the media. Fascist nations also typically use their judiciaries to manipulate or control elections.

This post is a summary of Fascism, Anyone? by Lawrence W. Britt published in 2003 by Free Inquiry magazine."

https://voxpopulisphere.com/2017/08/23/lawrence-britt-14-characteristics-of-fascism/

#History #Histodon #RabidRight #Antifa #Antifascism #FarRight #Trump #Putin #Russia #MAGA #Project2025 #CharacteristicsOfFascism