Russian government demands that Youtube censor content
“Russia state regulator says YouTube activities are ‘terrorist in nature’ and threaten lives of Russian citizens.”
Study finds massive censorship of Covid-related information, by social media companies
Study finds widespread censorship of social media posts, by “BigTech” social media companies. In many cases, scientific skepticism, since show to be correct, was deleted by FB, Twitter and so on.
Danish newspaper says they failed in coverage of Covid-19
One of the largest papers in Denmark says they failed their readers by only publishing official government statements about Covid, without due skepticism and questioning.
Facebook cracks down on discussing ‘hoes’ in gardening group
Facebook censors posts referencing the garden tool known as a “hoe”.
Should a “Confederate flag” be banned as part of a historical parade float?
Should groups portraying U.S. history be prohibited from displaying the “Confederate flag”?
Facebook arbitrarily censors MD, PhD, calling her factual post “spam”
An MD, PhD (epidemiology) finds her factual Facebook post mis-classified by Facebook’s auto-filters/auto-censors and thereby censored from view. She had linked to the original source of the information. Therefore, the message from FB is – do not cite your sources!
The role of media in establishing public consensus
Link to an essay on the role that “technical authority”, media propaganda, and how “consensus of experts” are used to influence the public and to exert control over us. This essay is an eye opener.
Climate scientists tried to censor film by director Michael Moore
Michael Moore’s film Planet of the Humans questions much of the “common wisdom” about solar power, wind energy and so forth and argues renewable energy has its own issues. Leading climate scientists sought to have the film censored from public viewing.
NY Times is concerned about “unfettered conversations” taking place online
According to the NY Times “Unfettered conversations” are taking place on a new cloud-based app. Is the NY Times suggesting all conversations should be monitored by the secret police or their proxies, the tech companies? This seems bizarre.
Newsweek becomes Newspeak, edits past stories to conform to today
Newsweek and the Washington Post have both done stealth edits to long ago articles and did so for political reasons. Trust journalism? Why?