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Reports allege he used fake takedowns to bury criticism. This is digital censorship at its worst—who’s next?
📖 Read more: https://www.cybercriminal.com/investigation/mohsen-yeganeh
#MohsenYeganeh #FreeSpeech #Censorship #Fraud #Journalism
Mohsen Yeganeh - CyberCriminal.com
We are investigating Mohsen Yeganeh for allegedly attempting to conceal critical reviews and adverse news from Google by improperly submitting copyright takedown notices. This includes potential violations such as impersonation, fraud, and perjury.Ronit (CyberCriminal.com)
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https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-government-young-engineers/
#journalism #freedomofthepress #freespeech #1stamendment #musk #coup
The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk's Government Takeover
Engineers between 19 and 24, most linked to Musk’s companies, are playing a key role as he seizes control of federal infrastructure.Vittoria Elliott (WIRED)
https://www.councilestatemedia.uk/p/you-cant-criticise-israel-in-the
#gaza #gazagenocide #journalism #switzerland #europe #israel #germany #freespeech #democracy
You can't criticise Israel in the West without risking arrest
This is getting totally out of handRicky Hale (Council Estate Media)
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> "Then, Elon #Musk shut down the API – bricking up the fire exit. For a time there, Musk even suspended the accounts of #Twitter users who mentioned the existence of their #Mastodon handles on the platform – the " #freeSpeech absolutist" banned millions of his hostages from shouting "fire exit" in a burning theater: .."
https://pluralistic.net/2024/12/14/fire-exits/
Trust in the media has long been a problem for mainstream media. The latest scandal from the LA Times probably won't help the mainstream media's cause.
https://www.freezenet.ca/la-times-scandal-widens-after-ownership-completely-alters-op-ed/
#Censorship #News #FreeSpeech #journalism #LATimes #Media #US
NPR and PBS are in grave danger of going extinct. #trump #fascism #freespeech #media https://sign.moveon.org/petitions/don-t-cut-npr-and-pbs-funding?source=rawlink&utm_source=rawlink&share=376e538a-ae71-4b2f-b52f-ac2acd72e80d
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/business/media/paramount-trump-cbs-news-settlement.html
#USPolitics #USJournalism ##USMedia
#DonaldTrump #Texas #Paramount #60Minutes #Journalism #Media #FreeSpeech #FreeExpression #Censorship #ABCSettlement #MetaSettlement
Emerson Students, Staff, And Faculty Face Restrictive New Policies Born From Gaza Protests - HorizonMass
The Emerson College administration put rules in place in response to last year’s campus unrest that some community members say violate their First Amendment rightsMADISON LUCCHESI (HorizonMass)
by John McEvoy in Declassified UK @Declassified_UK
@UKLabour
@palestine
@israel
“Two RAF surveillance planes have flown over the eastern Mediterranean during the ceasefire, as campaigners demand inquiry into UK intelligence sharing with Israel”
https://www.declassifieduk.org/why-is-britain-still-sending-spy-flights-towards-gaza/
#Press #UK #RAF #Genocide #Gaza #Participation #WarCrimes #Starmer #Labour #MOD #WarCrimes #FreeSpeech #CrackDown
Why is Britain still sending spy flights towards Gaza?
Two RAF surveillance planes have flown over the eastern Mediterranean during the ceasefire, as campaigners demand inquiry into UK intelligence sharing with Israel.JOHN McEVOY (Declassified Media ltd)
by Ricky Hale and Council Estate Media on Substack
@palestine
@israel
@UKLabour
“The establishment is sending out a message that wherever we go in the West, we can be punished for offending war criminals. ‘War criminal’ is a protected characteristic now.”
https://open.substack.com/pub/councilestatemedia/p/you-cant-criticise-israel-in-the?r=27oltk&utm_medium=ios
#Press #Gaza #Palestine #Resistance #Israel #Genocide #Terrorism #WarCrimes #FreeSpeech #Denial #Zionism #Barbarism
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/01/25/caitlin-johnstone-another-journalist-arrested-in-on-western-nation-for-wrongthink-about-israel/
The best way to keep us all mindlessly marching along to the beat of this capitalist dystopia is to deceive us into thinking that we are free. By Caitlin Johnstone Caitlin8217;s Newsletter Listen to Tim Foley reading this article. They’ve8230;
#Politics #AmericanEmpire #Analysis #Australia #Britain #Censorship #Commentary #FreeSpeech #Gaza #Israel #Palestine #Switzerland #U.s. #AliAbunimah #AsaWinstanley #CaitlinJohnstone #CraigMurray #DonaldTrump #MaryKostakidis #MickNapier #RichardBarnard #RichardMedhurst #SarahWilkinson #Tiktok #TonyGreenstein
Caitlin Johnstone: Another Journalist Arrested in Western Nation For Wrongthink About Israel
The best way to keep us all mindlessly marching along to the beat of this capitalist dystopia is to deceive us into thinking that we are free. By Caitlin Johnstone Caitlin's Newsletter Listen to Tim Foley reading this article.Consortium News
#Pronouns and #TribalAffiliations are now forbidden in #SouthDakota public university employee emails
"The policy is billed by the board as a simple branding and communications policy. It came only months after Republican Gov. Kristi Noem sent a letter to the regents that railed against '#liberal ideologies' on college campuses and called for the board to ban #DragShows on campus and 'remove all references to preferred pronouns in school materials,' among other things."
By MARGERY A. BECK
Updated 5:40 PM EDT, May 24, 2024
"A new South Dakota policy to stop the use of gender pronouns by public university faculty and staff in official correspondence is also keeping #NativeAmerican employees from listing their tribal affiliations in a state with a long and violent history of conflict with tribes.
"Two University of South Dakota faculty members, Megan Red Shirt-Shaw and her husband, John Little, have long included their gender pronouns and tribal affiliations in their work email signature blocks. But both received written warnings from the university in March that doing so violated a policy adopted in December by the South Dakota Board of Regents.
"'I was told that I had 5 days to remove my tribal affiliation and pronouns,' Little said in an email to The Associated Press. 'I believe the exact wording was that I had ‘5 days to correct the behavior.’ If my tribal affiliation and pronouns were not removed after the 5 days, then administrators would meet and make a decision whether I would be suspended (with or without pay) and/or immediately terminated.'"
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bird flu. Solving the problem requires urgent, important communications from the CDC & FDA* and rapid development of research by the NIH**
* Currently paused by Executive Order
** Grant reviews now all canceled
https://www.kcur.org/news/2025-01-21/eggs-expensive-bird-flu
The above was originally posted by Katie Mack on Bluesky
My own commentary: And it's not just about the price of eggs. The strain of H5N1 that has been surging on poultry farms is far more dangerous than the strain infecting cattle. Mortality in humans is closer to 50%. If this strain evolves P2P transmission, the effects could be devastating. The public, scientists, epidemiologists, doctors and hospitals need timely information.
Withdrawal from the WHO only exacerbates the challenges of preventing and/or fighting major disease outbreaks, as the U.S. was providing a major chunk of that organization's funding. And withdrawal from the organization could impair communication and collaboration between U.S. and international scientists and health agencies.
Meanwhile, there actually is a vaccine already available for H5N1 that we know is effective for birds. However, it has not yet been confirmed effective for humans and, by the end of the year, there'll only be enough for a few million people, nowhere near enough for the >300 million people, just in the U.S. Seems unlikely that the vaccine research and production would increase with RFK Jr at the helm of HHS.
Great work from the "anti-censorship" and "free speech" president.
#H5N1 #birdflu #avianflu #pandemic #PublicHealth #trump #rfk #vaccine #censorship #FreeSpeech #science #cdc #nih #who
Egg prices are soaring again. Here’s why and what to expect
Bird flu has killed millions of hens in recent weeks, shrinking the supply of eggs and hiking up prices at grocery stores.Skyler Rossi (KCUR)
https://youtu.be/OV5_LQArLa0?si=MLGdhRdU1PuL3sBD
Hold your heads up high and keep on keepin' on, now more than ever...
#LGBTQ #Trans #Migrants #Seniors #Women #WomensRights #CivilRights #Democracy #Healthcare #K12 #PublicSchools #Libraries #Education #FreeSpeech #Media #Journalism
speech" town hall Saturday, Jan. 25, 6-8 PM Central. Info and registration at:
https://peaceworkskc.org/defend-free-speech-for-all-town-hall/
Trump and appointees say they will DEFUND the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB, including public
television and NPR) and REVOKE their noncommercial broadcast
licenses and those of Pacifica, which includes KPFA in Berkeley. [Also said will revoke nonprofit status of "enemies"]
#nonprofit #media #Trump #threats #public #community #radio #freespeech
Defend Free Speech For All (Town Hall) - PeaceWorks Kansas City
Join us in KC MO Sat., Jan. 25, 6-8 PM Central, to help defend free speech against Congressional attacks on nonprofits and Congressional efforts to deny noncommercial broadcast licenses to PBS, KKFI and other broadcasters people with power do not lik…PeaceWorks Kansas City
https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/20/24348210/brendan-carr-federal-communications-commission-chair-trump
#Section230 #FCC #Project2025 #FreeSpeech? #FreePress? #media #journalism #news
Brendan Carr is officially in charge of the FCC
Brendan Carr, who authored a chapter of Project 2025 and has previously supported a TikTok ban, is now the chair of the Federal Communications Commission.Lauren Feiner (The Verge)
Meta setzt Faktenprüfer außerhalb der USA vorerst weiter ein
Der Social-Media-Riese Meta plant, sein Faktenprüfungsprogramm außerhalb der USA vorerst beizubehalten. Das könnte auch mit gesetzlichen Hürden zu tun haben.Andreas Knobloch (heise online)
by veteran #UK Anti-Zionist campaigner Tony Greenstein in one of his regular blogposts
@palestine
@israel
@UKLabour
https://azvsas.blogspot.com/2025/01/tony-greenstein-speech-to-liverpool.html?m=1
#Press #UK #Liverpool #Protest #Gaza #Genocide #Labour #Repression #Starmer #FreeSpeech #MetPolice #FreePalestine
https://skwawkbox.org/2025/01/17/breaking-jewish-anti-genocide-campaigner-yael-kahn-re-arrested/#comments
#palestine #uk #freespeech #starmer @UKLabour
Breaking: Jewish anti-genocide campaigner Yael Kahn re-arrested
Israeli anti-Zionist taken again into police custody for reasons not yet given Jewish Israeli anti-genocide campaigner Yael Kahn, who lives in the UK, has been re-arrested around 11am this morning …SKWAWKBOX
An excellent piece on what's at stake.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/16/tiktok-democratic-social-platform-us-ban-silicon-valley-chinese-app
#tiktokban #freespeech #media
#tiktokban #media #freespeech
#LeCanardEnchaine #blast #journalisme #journalism #libertedexpression #libertedelapresse #freespeech #freedomofspeech #freedomofexpression #présomptioninnocence #justice #abusdebiensocial #corruption #presse #france #canardenchaine #patrimoine #probite #ethique #morale #exemplarite #contrepouvoirs #lanceurdalerte #medias #satire #investigation
Procès : Blast 1 - Canard enchaîné 0
Soupçonnée d’emploi fictif, l’ancienne direction de l’hebdomadaire satirique a perdu la procédure en référé qu’elle a intentée contre Blast pour atteinte à la présomption d’innocence.www.blast-info.fr
https://skwawkbox.org/2025/01/12/video-jewish-anti-zionist-greensteins-uncompromising-liverpool-speech/
#palestine #zionism #uk #freespeech
Video: Jewish anti-Zionist Greenstein’s uncompromising Liverpool speech
Greenstein faces trial later this month as Starmer regime continues to abuse anti-terror laws to persecute anti-genocide activists and writers Tony Greenstein giving his speech to hundreds of anti-…SKWAWKBOX
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:l6kt4zpqzprqasiqvmpjamsi/post/3lfk2vz4rac24
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
" #Zuckerberg must now recalibrate his #algorithms to keep the #Trump team happy, and not stray too far from the 'free speech' mantra of fellow billionaire and social media mogul Elon #Musk. Zuckerberg must ensure his own platforms don’t end up getting treated like a US equivalent of #Tiktok, under risk of a ban for supposedly posing a 'national security' threat."
https://jonathancook.substack.com/p/billionaires-dangle-free-speech-like
Billionaires dangle free speech like a bauble. We gawp like open-mouthed babes
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 trillionairesJonathan Cook
https://www.joanwestenberg.com/the-left-and-right-are-both-wrong-about-free-speech/
#FreeSpeech
#Politics
#HumanRights
#Blog
The Left and Right Are Both Wrong About Free Speech
You’re given complete control over speech regulation in a small nation. You can either ban all politically controversial speech or allow complete freedom of expression. The choice is yours.Joan Westenberg (westenberg.)
There are reasons that dictators and authoritarian regimes suppress and/or block freedom of the press.
In the November election, those living in news deserts voted overwhelmingly for Trump https://localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu/posts/2024/12/05/trump-wins-news-deserts-in-landslide/
https://open.substack.com/pub/anntelnaes/p/why-im-quitting-the-washington-post?r=18451&utm_medium=ios
#democracy #journalism #freespeech
Why I'm quitting the Washington Post
Democracy can't function without a free pressAnn Telnaes (Open Windows)
There is an obvious raw measure of sentiment, based on how many people are openly saying it: the more popular an action, the more people will call for it.
There's also a threshold here, where, if the thing is illegal, perhaps even calling for a crime or condoning it, there is a limit to how many people can be saying it before systems in place (moderation, regulators, police, etc) can no longer take effective action. This would not only mean enough people could call for a technically illegal act, but that anyone looking to do said act would have the cover of a lot of other people talking about it.
Take the #UnitedHealthcare #CEO #shooting, and how so many people sympathized with, and even condoned the illegal action, it became impossible for moderators to enforce it on Social Media (if we cared) but for #government actors to act.
I wonder what other illegal #activism we will see this with over the next few years, in this uncharted political territory...
#politics #USPol #FreeSpeech
killing journalists is a WAR CRIME.
Intentionally Killing civilians is a WAR CRIME.
https://youtu.be/v8iSYo8VNCk?si=d0U3WrPS8uvdL9OS
#JournalismIsNotACrime
#FreeSpeech
#israelIsATerroristState
#EndTheOccupation
#Gaza #WarCrimes #FreePalestine #IsraelApartheid #StopGenocideNow #CeaseFireNow #CeaseFireNowPermanently
#EndTheArmsTrade #BoycottBoeing #BoeingKills
and ALL librarians who are under attack.
#FreeSpeech #library #censorship #bannedbooks #books #bookban
Went about as well as you'd expect.
GTFO Russian trolls.
#mastodon #decentralized #freespeech #journalism #news #russia
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
Free speech crises loom with crackdown on Israel criticism - EUROPE SAYS
As one administration exits and another takes form, a harsh reality is becoming clear for critics of maintainingEUROPE SAYS (EUROPESAYS.COM)
From a Jewish student at the University of Sydney, link below:
"For many Zionists, criticism of Israel is interpreted as malicious and an existential threat to the future of the Jewish people, warranting a multitiered response that seeks to curtail free speech regarding Israel via laws, government policy, media standards and social media regulations.
This is always framed in terms of a response to “antisemitism”, but the borders between valid criticism of Israel and anti-Jewish bigotry are purposefully obscured to provide political protection for Israel and its supporters. "
#auspol #australia #israel #gaza #sydney #antisemetism #freespeech
https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/as-a-jewish-academic-i-have-not-experienced-antisemitism-at-sydney-uni-20241002-p5kf8n.html
As a Jewish academic, I have not experienced antisemitism at Sydney Uni
Creating a false panic around university antisemitism runs the risk of building genuine fear in my community. Forcing the vice chancellor to resign would set a dangerous precedent.Eva Shteinman (The Sydney Morning Herald)