RIO DE JANEIRO – Four-plus years after the assassination of Rio de Janeiro councilwoman Marielle Franco (38), social media giant Facebook has yet to provide investigators with the full stored data of Internet users who visited her social media account prior to the double homicide.
Big Tech Keeps Withholding Data that Could Help Solve Assassination of Rio de Janeiro Councilwoman Marielle Franco
Category: Silicon Valley
Phishing Attacks On WordPress Site Owners Disguised As Copyright Infringement Warnings
Last year, we discussed how malicious actors on the internet were using fake copyright infringement notices in order to get people to click links that downloaded malware onto their machines. While there have long been these sorts of malware scams, what was notable about this one was that copyright culture and the fear of infringement had made this sort of thing viable. Putting the notices of a copyright troll and someone looking to infect machines with malware side by side, they’re basically the same thing in terms of tactic: scare the shit out of people over copyright infringement to get them to hastily do something they wouldn’t otherwise do. In some cases, that’s pay a settlement fee regardless of guilt. In other cases, click a link and get infected with malware.
Phishing Attacks On WordPress Site Owners Disguised As Copyright Infringement Warnings
The War On Dissent
By Whitney Webb
Online censorship is becoming increasingly normalized as growing restrictions, deplatforming and its other manifestations have become so pervasive that many have simply come to accept it.
The War On Dissent
Nancy Pelosi’s husband buys millions worth of Nvidia stock ahead of chip-manufacturing bill vote + Newly sworn-in SEC commissioner is former Pelosi aide
Nancy Pelosi’s husband buys millions worth of Nvidia stock ahead of chip-manufacturing bill vote
It’s worth noting that Nvidia designs their owns chips, but hires other companies to manufacture them and likely would not directly receive benefits from subsidies related to this congressional bill.
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Newly sworn-in SEC commissioner is former Pelosi aide
Chips and Dip: Congressional Trading in the Semiconductor Industry since 2020
The whale had to separate Speak Pelosi and Rep. Kim Schrier’s huge AAPL sell offs, as they make their House colleagues’ trades look like peanuts.
Meet the Ex-CIA Agents Deciding Facebook’s Content Policy + Social Media Is a Tool of the CIA
It is an uncomfortable job for anyone trying to draw the line between “harmful content and protecting freedom of speech. It’s a balance”, Aaron says. In this official Facebook video, Aaron identifies himself as the manager of “the team that writes the rules for Facebook”, determining “what is acceptable and what is not.” Thus, he and his team effectively decide what content the platform’s 2.9 billion active users see and what they don’t see.
Meet the Ex-CIA Agents Deciding Facebook’s Content Policy
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[2011] Social Media Is a Tool of the CIA. Seriously.
Google is already helping the government write, and rewrite, history. Here, from its transparency report, are some stats on the amount of information it has either given to the government or wiped from the web based on requests by U.S. agencies:
Blake Masters Is Peter Thiel’s Dream Candidate—and a Total Nightmare for Democracy
[06-02-2022] Palantir’s Karp is first western CEO to visit Zelenskyy amid invasion
U.S. targets Russia with tech to evade censorship of Ukraine news
U.S. targets Russia with tech to evade censorship of Ukraine news
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US funds software for Russians to slip past censors:
While some, like Ukraine’s leadership, have called for Russia to be cut off from the internet, others have noted access is key for opposition groups.
OTF was used during the Hong Kong riots/failed color revolution:
Hearing Reveals US Govt’s Invisible Hand in Protests Around the World
Washington finally admits it has been interfering in Hong Kong
Washington’s Anti-Chinese “Pan-Asian Alliance”
For US Corporate Media, Not Intervening in Chinese Politics Is Journalistically Suspect
Origins of OTF:
Internet Privacy, Funded By Spies (BBG is now USAGM)
The Centre of International Insecurity
The Biden administration is no longer in charge of the White House. Relying on a select network of think-tanks and their corporate proxies, the Big Defense is. What it wants, it seems to get.
The Centre of International Insecurity
Related:
Scott [Horton] is joined by Dan Steinbock to discuss an article he wrote about the network of Democratic organizations running American foreign policy. Steinbock has dug deep into the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) and WestExec Advisors, two organizations that have allowed top foreign policy officials to make money cycling between government, think tank and advisory roles. Steinbock also takes a step back and examines how these organizations are connected to weapons companies, Wall Street and technology firms.
6/27/22 Dan Steinbock: How Hawkish Democrats Make Money Pushing War
The Myopic Focus On TikTok Privacy Issues Remains Kind Of Weird + Facebook-Hired PR Firm Coordinated Anti-TikTok Campaign To Spread Bogus Moral Panics
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The Myopic Focus On TikTok Privacy Issues Remains Kind Of Weird
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Facebook-Hired PR Firm Coordinated Anti-TikTok Campaign To Spread Bogus Moral Panics
The NATO to TikTok Pipeline: Why is TikTok Employing So Many National Security Agents?
If TikTok is such a threat, why did the Biden Administration train TikTok influencers to propagandize others about Russia’s special military operation?! Even though TechDirt makes some good points (privacy laws and the xenophobia), it seems like they—and Buzzfeed—are just creating another moral panic!
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